Planet Diary

www.planetdiary.com

PlanetDiary.com is an incredibly intriguing site; it records the events and phenomena that affect the Earth and all who inhabit it.

As the sites introduction states, it presents geological, astronomical, meteorological, biological, and environmental news from around the globe.

The site consists of current phenomena that will draw you into the issues and help you understand the impact of natural events around the world.

Another feature within this site includes 'Phenomena Backgrounders', the information within this section will help you understand the forces behind events, as well as prepare for them.

The site calendar will help you to plan ahead and view scheduled or predictable events and the final feature 'Universal Measurements' will help you to put current phenomena into perspective.

If you are any way interested in our planet and its activity, then this is one site you should definitely take the time to visit.

Ash

www.ash.org.uk

The mission statement of this organisation is as follows; 'ASH is a campaigning public health charity working for a comprehensive societal response to tobacco aimed at achieving a sharp reduction and eventual elimination of the health problems caused by tobacco.'

This is a mighty aim and one that this organisation takes very seriously. ASH (Action on Smoking & Health) works by formulating the best information and analysis of the tobacco problems then communicates that in order to generate awareness and invoke a public and political reaction that will reduce tobacco use and ultimately tackle the epidemic of disease that it causes.

Although ASH have made it clear in their mission statement that they are not anti-smoking or trying to get tobacco banned it is obvious from the content of this site that they are not fans of the 'drug' as they label it.

Apart from the strong words outlined, ASH has provided resources to support you in your battle to quit smoking.

This site will educate you of the dangers of nicotine and will point you in the right direction to help you start stopping.

Strange Matter

www.strangematterexhibit.com

This site examines the study of everyday stuff, which is essentially the basis of the entire field of science, which is why this site presents it as 'materials science'. According to strangematterexhibit.com there are 300,000 (and counting) known materials, and all are either natural substances like metals, wood, or the silicon or man-made ones such as plastics and polymers.

There are four main sections to this site including; Zoom Inside Stuff, Transform Stuff, Crash Stuff and Improve Stuff.

Each section aims to educate you in the ways of materials science.

You can see how sand becomes a mobile phone, how bridges stay in place and how athletes stay ahead of the curve.

Smaller sections such as Stuff for Parents and Stuff for Teachers make this site a good resource for educational material. Strangematterexhibit.com is full of games, experiments, videos and more that tackle the four big things materials scientists study, so if science is your thing, then you should definitely check out what this site has to offer.