This collection of physics animations lets students see and understand the principles behind the motion of objects under different circumstances, including single and double springs, pendulums, roller coasters, and various combinations of these. Users can vary the parameters of the animations (mass, more

This map and summary describe the Antarctic Coastal Current, also known as the East Wind Drift Current. It is considered the southernmost current in the world and is the counter-current of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. On average, it flows westward and parallel to the Antarctic coastline, provi more

In this lesson plan students will speculate on various scenarios of future world climates if the greenhouse effect increases. Upon completing this lesson, students should be familiar with carbon dioxide (CO2) and theories about its role in the greenhouse effect; the global conference that was held i more

This module focuses on the biogeochemical cycles of five of the major elements important to life - carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and oxygen - and their role in climatic change. The chapters include: Biogeochemical Processes, Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate, The Modern Coupled C-N-P-S-O Sys more

This visualization depicts the life stages of a star, with supporting telescopic images of a star in each stage.

This site describes the nature of the solar winds and the relationships between its speed and solar features. The effect of the variations in the speed of the solar wind on the magnetosphere of the Earth is also discussed, along with the research results of the Ulysses spacecraft and the Advanced Co more

This animation shows two views of a pendulum swinging over the North Pole. A drawing shows the path traced out by the swinging pendulum which when traced out over time, the orientation of the plane appears to change. This provides evidence for Earth's rotation because it shows that Earth is rotating more

Google Sky includes a number of different ways to explore the universe. The initial view shows the visible universe and is a mosaic of images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Digitized Sky Survey and the Hubble Space Telescope. Images can be seen in x-ray, ultraviolet, infrared, microwave and more

This tide and tide prediction resource directory links to online tide predictors, tide observations/sea level measurements, tide prediction software you install to generate tide predictions on demand, and general information on tides and tide prediction.

The Global Change Project is an undergraduate program at the University of Michigan. It is a three course interdisciplinary sequence focusing on Physical Processes, Human Impacts, and Case Studies. These courses form the core of a Global Change Academic Minor for students who want to understand the more