http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Second%20Earth%201/140/156/37

This site has many different opportunities to learn about weather, ocean and tsunamis. The first thing I checked out was a ride on a plane through a hurricane. How often do you get that kind of opportunity. It allows you to see the basic structure of a hurricane and where it produces its rain.
To give you some other fun you can be a crab fisherman and try your luck at catching crab on an Alaskan crab boat. I thought this was pretty slick considering I am really into the show on Discovery channel called Deadliest Catch.

I think the best part is the Tsunami interactive. You are standing on a beach and get to experience a full tsunami with the large wave crashing over you. Not to mention the complete destruction of houses and other structures. It really allows you to see what happens during a tsunami and why people would be fascinated with the tide going out and exposing land never seen before.

Just realized I forgot the link.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Geo%20Island/94/159/502

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/ACS/159/198/25

This is a very graphic intesive Island with many cool items. The best part for me was the freebies. They had safety glasses, lab coats, geeky science shirts and more!

But as for the more important stuff. It contains PowerPoint slides on topics such as pollution, water desalination plants, and current research on such diseases as AIDS. There are a number of Periodic Tables some of which are interactive and others which can be used as carpeting. Another great part of this SLURL is the focus on science topics relavant to people in society. It is focused on the main issues causing problems in our world right now!

You have got to check it out even if you are not a science teacher.

Cynthia,

I think if I remember correctly the buildings next to the different research PowerPoints had some free items in the lobby as well as the second floor.