Physics Games are fun!
Physics Games - online physics-based games The actual learning about physics needs more explanation but the games are very cute. Played for a good 45 minutes on a Saturday afternoon. Enjoy!
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Battling swine flu in cyberspace
Inder Bugarin
BBC Mundo, Brussels
Grab from flu game, Erasmus Medical Centre. The game shows how well, or badly, a player handled the outbreak
Like many other nations, the Netherlands is battling swine flu on many fronts.
At the forefront of the fight against the pandemic are the ranks of specialized doctors and millions of anti-viral tablets. But it also has one unusual weapon to call on - a videogame designed by experts at the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam.
Dubbed "The Great Flu", the game is based on the threat that the emergence of a new flu virus and its rapid spread across the globe would pose to humanity. read more
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Language That Puts You In Touch With Your Bodily Feelings
"Merely seeing a smile (or a frown, for that matter) will activate the muscles in our face that make that expression, even if we are unaware of it Now, according to a new study in Psychological Science, simply reading certain words may also have the same effect..."
Read on and weep...err Smile..
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How a 2-Minute Story Helps You Lead - Stew Friedman - HarvardBusiness.org
How a 2-Minute Story Helps You Lead - Stew Friedman - HarvardBusiness.org The article describes 6 key elements of a two minute story. As it happens, I was presenting today and started with a two minute story that met all of the criteria. The story did a great job of starting off the session. I read this afterwards and plan use it myself.
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