Date:    Wed, 20 Nov 1996 15:48:28 GMT
From:    critual@aol.com
Subject: Volunteers Needed For Science By Mail

Volunteer Scientists Needed!


Science-By-Mail, a national pen-pal program that pairs 4th-9th graders
with  scientists, needs additional scientists for this year's program.
This non-profit program, started in 1988 at the Museum of Science, Boston,
is designed to encourage children to explore the world of science. Twice
during the school year, the children and their pen-pals will receive
activity packets containing materials and instruction. This years topics
are "Simple Machines" and "Flight". The children work on the activities in
the packets, and then share their results with their scientist pen-pal.
The volunteer scientist acts as a mentor offering encouragement and
answering questions. The children especially like hearing anecdotes
regarding scientists' schooling, work, and hobbies.

If you are interested in learning more about Science-By-Mail, please
contact us by Dec. 2, 1996 at: 800-729-3300 or 617-589-0437 or Email us
at:  sbm@a1.mos.org  If you get our voice mail, please leave your fax
number or address so we can send you the enrollment form. You need to have
a minimum of a bachelor's degree in a science or technology related field
to volunteer.

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Date:    Wed, 20 Nov 1996 09:40:44 +0000
From:    Myk Rushton 
Subject: Re: Newspaper article on addition of iron to ocean floor

In article <19961119140600.JAA23368@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
nemoonmom@aol.com writes

>This was tested in May and June of 1995 in a 27 square mile patch of ocean
>800 miles west of the Galapagos.  They dumped iron there.  The iron
>produced 2,000 times its own weight in plant material.

>Or perhaps you have more information?

New Scientist 12/10/96 contained an article in the news section titled
'Extra iron makes blue desert bloom'. It was available via the New
Scientists W3 site http://www.newscientist.com/
--
Myk Rushton: Myk@rockbase.demon.co.uk
Middlesex University-Ecology & Ecotechnolgy: MR107@mdx.ac.uk

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Date:    Sun, 24 Nov 1996 11:57:52 GMT
From:    "Michael R. Martin" 
Subject: Environmental Links

ANyone interested in a fairly comprehensive list of web sites should
check out the links page maintained by AAI at
http://www.paulsmiths.edu/aai/aai-link.html

The following is a list of subcatagories

RESOURCE MENU

Botany
Clean & Green
Engineering
 Environmental Data
Environmental Organizations
 Environmental Resources: includes environmental agencies
 Equipment Suppliers
US EPA
Forestry
GIS Resources
Grants Info On-Line
Microbiology
 Models
National Science Foundation
New York State
 Search Pages
 Support
Weather

Michael R. Martin, Executive Director
martinm@paulsmiths.edu; (518) 327-6214
Adirondack Aquatic Institute at Paul Smith's College
PO Box 244, Paul Smiths, NY  12970-0244
http://www.paulsmiths.edu/aai

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Date:    Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:49:52 -0700
From:    "Timothy H. Keitt" 
Subject: Re: Fractals & Ecology

Karen M. Goh wrote:
>
> Hi everybody
>         I recently found an article in Ecology of this year on
> "Fractal Analyses of Animal Movements", and it sounded very
> interesting to me..  I've been trying to find more background
> information on the relationship of fractals and ecology, and was
> wondering if anybody here knows anything about the subject to offer
> thoughts on the relationship, or material or people I could get in
> touch with?
>
> Thanks,
> Karen

I have a preprint you might be interested in.  Its at

    http://www.santafe.edu/~tkeitt/papers/spectral/

Also, you can find some additional sourses at

    http://algodones.unm.edu/

Cheers,
Tim

--
Timothy H. Keitt
SFI Postdoctoral Fellow
tkeitt@santafe.edu

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