Second Life Science Tour

This is a tour of some science related locations in Second Life. I've included the surl (Second Life url) and a description of the location

1.NASA Education Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/NASA%20eEducation/183/129/29

Even though this location is currently being updates, when completed it should be a great resource. Educators can find ideas for using NASA related information in science and mathematics.




2.Science Friday
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Science%20Friday/248/165/27

On Friday, listeners of NPR's Talk of the Nation can meet here to listen and discuss Friday’s topic, which always relates to Science. Also, there is additional information linked to websites. This is great place for educators to keep up on what is currently happening in the science community.



3.Sploland: Home to interactive museums of: Science, Human Perception and Humor. Science Exhibits and Exhibitions.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/SploLand/128/128/29

This location is crazy! There is so much going on all around you. There’s different areas to the location: Splo Central, The Orbital Experience, Mount ‘Splo, The ‘Splo Giftshop, and the Molecular Dance Floor. I think this place would be a good site to have students explore to get ideas. It is also fun for a science teacher to see how traditional ideas can be presented in interesting ways.


4.Abyss Museum of Ocean Science
http://abyss-secondlife.blogspot.com/

After arriving at the location, you can go on a self-guided tour. The tour includes areas like the boardwalk, a sculpture garden, Underwater observation pods, Observation deck and Imagination Garden. This site has models of historical undersea crafts, undersea creatures, a fishing game and undersea pods to observe the ocean. This site is interesting for a teacher a landlocked area to use because it makes learning more about oceans interesting.


5. Moody Gardens at Galveston Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Galveston%20Isle/82/116/27

This location is modeled after the real life Moody Gardens in Galveston Texas. The Aquarium Pyramid, Rainforest Pyramid, and the Discovery Pyramid have interactive demonstrations and science experiments.




6. Popsic Future Lounge: The Second Life home of PopSci.com (the Web site of Popular Science Magazine)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Future/186/68/30

This location has an area to relax and discuss science related ideas with others. In the circular building, there are links to articles in Popular Science Magazine.




7. Starry Night Art Gallery From SciArt Media
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Siringo/19/98/34

This location has images you can purchase that relate to science and nature. Although this location does not offer information, I think it is a good resource to use if you are creating a house for a science classroom.




8.European Science Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/European%20Science/48/213/25

This is a place to meet for discussions and has interesting things to visit like the interactive globe and real time weather maps. What I liked most about this location was that it had a spot to get notes cards listing locations in SL on topics such as geoscience, human geography, regional geography, climate/weather. The location did have some publications to read, but many of them were in languages other than English.