Web resources on penguins and Curiosity rover
Here are some links that were shared during recent science cafes. Thought some of you might find these useful.
Websites from Gary Wesche’s January presentation on penguins.
www.polareducator.org
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www.penguinscience.com
The best education site for following Antarctic Adelie penguins
Links from Aaron Sengstacken’s presentation on the Curiosity rover.
Mars Science Laboratory http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl
Raw Images http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/
Curiosity Twitter http://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity
MARDI Landing Video http://youtu.be/Esj5juUzhpU
New York Times Interactive
www.nytimes.com/interactive/science/space/mars-curiosity-rover-tracker.html