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Celebrate Pi Day!

A resource that gives a large number of links to all kinds of sites associated with Pi. Pi day is 14th March, 3/14 in American notation. A large number of links give access to material that can ...

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http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/math/piday.htm

The cherry pie collider

A great article looking at the difference between the LHC and the ILC particle accelerators.

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http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/may-2013/cherries-in-the-bean-cake
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Fresnel Lens

Faced with the need to construct a large lens for a lighthouse of appropriate focal length, but unable to support the large weight of a double convex lens of that size, French physicist Augustin ...

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/geoopt/fresnellens.html#c1

Relativistic heavy ion collider

The particle accelerator, its construction, and some of the experiments running on it.

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http://www.bnl.gov/RHIC/

BBC guide to the LHC

Come here for a down to earth introduction to the collider and its experiments, with videos and animations aplenty.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7543089.stm

Magnetism Demo

Instructions on how to make high magnetic fields without the need for large currents

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http://www.amasci.com/exhibits/hiamp.txt

Fact Monster

A large collection of bite-sized facts on all areas of sience.

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http://www.factmonster.com/science.html

Halloween Sounds - Screaming Cup

A simple experiment to do on sound. All you need is a large plastic cup, piece of string and some water.

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http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/halloween-screaming-cup
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Quasar

Quasars have large red shifts, indicative of great distance from the earth, but have variability with periods of weeks or months which indicate that they are small.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/astro/quasar.html#c1

Sound Waves

A very comprehensive resource covering a large range of wave topics, includes excellent animations and diagrams.

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http://www.isvr.soton.ac.uk/SPCG/Tutorial/Tutorial/StartCD.htm
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