Lee Trampleasure's Science Pages

Pages generally of interest to students

• A video clip of ice skating to analyze conservation of angular momentum.
• Optics
• Sunset observations lab
• Waves

Pages generally of interest to teachers

• Using TI graphing calculators in a science classroom (as presented at the NorCal/Nevada AAPT meeting on November 9, 2008).
• "Penny Diffusion" lab
• Environmental Science (includes AP ES textbook recommendations)
• Levers and the Human Body worksheets
• www.EmbracingChallenge.net has great teacher resources, in addition to a great archive of several NSTA email lists.
• "Physics on the Subway"
• Speed of Sound Labs
• Tools for science and science teaching
• Fisheye camera in a globe, a way of seeing solar movement. This project is under developmenet, feel free to watch the development.

General interest science pages

• Earth Science pages and links
• Climate Change (aka Global Warming) positions of science organizations
• A great site on Daylight Saving Time
• NASA J-Track 3D satellite simulator, includes over 500 satellites showing their real-time position, or you can speed it up.
• Satellite image stitching using Google Earth.
• Solar Calendar, Berkeley Marina. Set up a planetarium program on your computer using the Solar Calendar as the background for the stars.

Other

• My personal blog