American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Time Travel Kit
Would you like to travel forward in time? Use this time travel kit to help you think through different ways to experience time travel. Click on the starred words to learn more about the topic.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Time O Logy Card
Flip over this interactive OLogy card to find short overviews, fact-or-fiction questions, and similar bite-size bits of information about the nature of time, time travel, atomic clocks, and the general theory of relativity.
BBC
Bbc Science & Nature: Black Holes and Time Travel
This article describes how black holes may provide clues to the possibility of time travel and parallel universes.
Other
Uc Riverside: Usenet Relativity Faq
A physics usenet listing of frequently asked questions relating to relativity, answered by a number of scientists. Administrivia and Reference, Speed of Light, Special Relativity, General Relativity and Cosmology, Black Holes. Loads of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Think Like Einstein
This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site challenges you to think like Einstein and understand how time travel might be possible.
New York Times
New York Times: Space
The New York Times maintains this archive of articles relating to space and space exploration.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire by Thomas W. Knox
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire by Thomas W. Knox (1886). It is an illustrated novel relating the adventures of two youths in a journey in European and...
BBC
Bbc: Wormholes
The BBC reveals what is known about wormholes, a possible consequence of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity in which space is bent, opening up the possibility of time travel.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Rock Your World!
Travel to the Grand Canyon with gophers and learn that if rocks can tell stories, so can YOU! Practice using two different kinds of questions: comparative and descriptive, and learn that during reading time, there is no such thing as a...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The Science of Racing: Hitting the Mark
Since running a race car is VERY expensive, race engineers know a great deal about how speed, time and distance relate. In this activity, you will investigate the relationship between distance traveled, speed and elapsed time. You will...
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Average Velocity and Speed
Gain an understanding of average velocity and speed with this helpful reference tool. Provides a detailed definition and examples that enhance further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Distance and Speed of Rolling Objects
This project is an experiment in classical physics. You'll be following in Galileo's footsteps, and investigating Newton's laws of motion, but you'll be taking advantage of modern video recording technology to make your measurements. The...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Utopian Promise: Sarah Kemble Knight
Business woman and author, Sarah Kemble Knight, was a humorist writer who documented her travels and the times of seventeenth century New England. Click on "Sarah Kemble Knight" for related resources.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Life's Little Lessons: New Experiences
Childhood is full of new experiences. Whether going to the doctor, traveling on an airplane, or visiting a relative's house for the first time, talking about and planning for new experiences can help children manage their fears and...
Other
The Stoa Consortium: Acropolis: The East Slope
The East Slope of the Acropolis is an area that has not (yet) been the focus of a great deal of archaeological investigation. Early travelers and explorers noted, of course, the very large and prominent East Cave that forms such a...
Rice University
Rice University: The Hand Squeeze
Students will enjoy this data collection and class analysis experiment involving the time it takes for a hand squeeze to travel around a circle of people. From organizing the activity to collecting the data to making a table and graphing...