Useful and interesting websites and links

Carbon-14: We teach our learners about isotopes and one of them is carbon-14. I am pretty certain many teachers also tell their learners about carbon-14 dating. The Guardian has recently published a very user-friendly and interesting article about the history of carbon-14. You can read it here and here is a pdf version (1,5 MB) of the article. We have such appreciation to The Guardian to publish such educational articles.

Amazon's distribution centre in Baltimore, USA has an amazing ability to process thousands of parcels every day. The Wall Street Journal has recently published a very interesting article about it. You can read the original article here. In case it is not available, here is a printout of the article.

Cling wrap is used on a daily basis in our lives. Did you know about the serious health issues involved when bad chemicals start to migrate from the cling wrap? Click here to read an article about this on the original website of the University of Pretoria, or click here to access a pdf file of the article. 




It seems as if cell phones and power lines do not harm us. Here is an article about the latest findings.




New role for technology ... drones are used for invigilation during examinations. Read more ...



Interesting articles about Einstein. Read here and here. A digital archive, The collected papers of Albert Einstein, is available here. Digitized versions of many of Einstein's papers and letters are available on the Einstein Archives of the Hebrew University. Read more about it here.



The physics of productivity: Newton’s laws for getting stuff done.



Five science "facts" we learnt at school that are plain wrong.





Generate your own graph paper with this graph paper generator. The multi-weight option is a nice way to distinguish between minor and major units.




Read this interesting article about using solar panels instead of tar, cement, etc. on roads.




The website for The Answer Series is here. Contact them directly to order their study guides.




Smartlearner - a free learning website.




The trouble with "Made in China". Terrible pollution in China.




Dowload your Grade 12 Siyavula textbook (CAPS version) from http://everythingscience.co.za/grade-12.



maths and science website with resources.