Web watch

http://www.kineticcity.com

From the American Association for the Advancement of Science comes Kinetic City, a collection of web-based educational video games for children. Players learn about evolution and other scientific principles, follow exercises, and then test their knowledge in interactive quizzes.

http://www.nationalpostdoc.org

Now almost three years old, the National Postdoctoral Association champions postdoctoral scholars in the US. The association’s resource-filled website includes an international postdoc survival guide and advice on how to form a local association.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/kids/movncane.htm

The interactive simulator Aim a Hurricane demonstrates how low- and high-pressure zones influence a hurricane’s path. The simulator is based on data collected and analyzed by meteorologist Mark DeMaria of the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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Compiled and edited by Charles Day