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"Innovative math educators looking for engaging ideas to enhance teaching and learning should check out this newly launched, curriculum-based, online math game site for 11 - 16 year olds. "

David Parker Brown, the owner/founder of AirlineReporter.com, joins the Geeks to talk about the week's aviation news, look back on 2010, and predict the aviation future for 2011.

Animated Videos Fun and free services for creating short animated videos. Screencasting Use these services to create demonstration videos on your computer. Useful for teachers and students. Documentary Video In this section we'll look at some free services for creating documentary- style slideshow- based videos.

Aviation History Through Photos A look at some of the photos displayed in the LaGuardia Air Traffic Control Tower Exhibit

"Is math class too easy for you? Are you looking for a greater challenge? You've come to the right place! * Read Books specifically designed for high-performing math students. * Take Online Classes bringing together thousands of top students to work with outstanding instructors. * Join our thriving Online Community with students, parents, and teachers from around the world. * Learn with Alcumus, our free online learning system. * Play For the Win!, a real-time math competition modeled after the MATHCOUNTS Countdown Round. "

I hope you have already looked through the page on Why I Like Engineering in general. Now let me give you a little taste of what is it like to be a woman in engineering.

"What kind of science can you find in your city? Explore the science find in your city in a two-minute (or less) video. Look for technology and science principles all around - bicycles, boats, cars, fossils, fountains, mirrors, traffic lights, trees, trains - these are just some examples. There's science behind everything. Become a science communicator and show us what you found. "

"If you are one of those out there that believe that Facebook has no place in the classroom, then, well maybe this post isn't for you. But please first take a look at just a few reasons why you should reconsider:"

"Energy is the ability to do work. It is one of the basic human needs and is an essential component in any development programme. In this lesson, we are going to look at the forms that energy exists, namely: heat, light, sound, electrical, chemical, nuclear and mechanical. These forms of energy may be transformed from one form to the other, usually with losses. "

"Burt Rutan took the lid off his latest project, the BiPod, at a homebuilders chat this morning, and it looks different than images released last week by Scaled Composites, Burt's former company that owns the design. The first images of the BiPod included CAD drawings with four propellers-one on each wing and two on the horizontal stabilizer between the tails of the twin-fuselage, hybrid-electric roadable aircraft."

" Desmos Calculator! Use this calculator for graphing, for calculating, for sharing, for creating. Look on the right for help or inspiration. "

"CS221: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. For the first time, you can take this course, along with several hundred Stanford undergrads, without having to fill out an application, pay tuition, or live in a dorm. This is more than just downloading materials and following along with a live stream; you're actually going to have to do all the same work as the Stanford students. There's a book you'll need to get. There will be at least 10 hours per week of studying, along with weekly graded homework assignments. The professors will be available to answer your questions. You can look forward to a midterm exam and final exam. If you survive, you'll get a certificate of completion from the instructors,"

"Welcome to the Desmos Calculator! Use this calculator for graphing, for calculating, for sharing, for creating. Look on the right for help or inspiration. "

"One of aviation's oldest clichés is that if an airplane looks right, it'll fly right. Whether our selection of avia­ting dogs affirms or contradicts that aphorism is debatable. Some of these mutts flew just fine and were oddly configured simply so they could fulfill their mission"

The Aussies score again. Did You Know There's An Entire Type Of Aircraft That Relies On The Ground Effect To Stay Aloft? Take a look...I can see many, many coastal and inland sea applications and ferries. Only 1.5 cents per passenger mile is very cheap and it uses a chevy engine!!!! Its Chevy engine is similar to our Caprice 396 we had for 30 years as a family car.

"adoption and use of mobile technologies opens up a new world and opportunity for learning at the moment of need anytime, anywhere. If you are just looking into mobile learning for your organization or you have already launched an mLearning initiative in your organization, this eBook provides 61 ideas to help you maximize the effectiveness of your mLearning. "

"On June 30, 2004, the Cassini spacecraft entered orbit around Saturn to begin the first in-depth, up-close study of the ringed planet and its domain. As expected, the Saturn System has provided an incredible wealth of opportunities for exploration and discovery. With its initial four-year tour of the Saturn system complete as well as an initial two-year extended mission called the Cassini Equinox Mission, the spacecraft is conducting a second extended mission called the Cassini Solstice Mission. "We're looking at a string of remarkable discoveries -- about Saturn's magnificent rings, its amazing moons, its dynamic magnetosphere and about Titan's surface and atmosphere," says Dr. Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist. "

Take the next step up the foodchain to take a look at predators.

"100 reference sites will come in handy, letting you look up everything from the basics of the periodic table to the intricacies of human DNA."

"The "Supersonic bi-directional flying wing" has wings of alternating length at each compass point and therefore can solve both situations, by taking off in one orientation, then essentially flying sideways when it's time to go supersonic. I'd like to see video of how this happens in motion, but from what I can see in the stills, it looks like the dual engines up top determine the direction of flight, and that the rest of the plane rotates around them. "