Saturday Science Links

Physics World, magazine of IoP, https://physicsworld.com/
Institute of Physics (IoP), UK-based learned body for physics, http://www.iop.org/
Royal Academy of Engineering UK national learned body for engineering https://www.raeng.org.uk/
Microbit Foundation for education using credit card computer with sensors, the BBC Microbit https://microbit.org/
Association for Science Education (ASE) https://www.ase.org.uk/
National STEM Centre, York, UK, (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) https://www.stem.org.uk/
Peter Goodhew, who helped set up world-leading education in engineering in Liverpool, who has a (free !) e-book on engineering education. http://www.goodhew.co.uk/
IRIS, Institute for Research in Schools. Set up by the amazing enthusiastic Becky Parker, IRIS gets students involved in research, often using datasets from large experiments, and can get you started with the VERTIGO computer/sensor device. http://www.researchinschools.org/
Michael de Podesta, researcher at the National Physical Lab in Teddington, near London, has long done great outreach things from there, including his famous protons for breakfast course for the non-scientist man or woman. His blog continues in this tradition. https://protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/
Patents: valuable, free, Espacenet, https://worldwide.espacenet.com/
More patents: USPTO, the US Patent Office https://www.uspto.gov/
IChemE, UK-based chemical engineering learned body, https://www.icheme.org/
IMechE, UK-based mechanical engineering learned body, http://www.imeche.org/
IET, Institute of Engineering and Technology, UK-based international engineering learned body , https://www.theiet.org/
Royal Society of Chemistry, UK national learned body, http://www.rsc.org/
Exploratorium, the grandparent of most hands-on science centers, 50 years old ! https://www.exploratorium.edu/
E I Whitney Museum, Hamden, Connecticut, hands-on science more, https://www.eliwhitney.org/
Da Vinci Center, Allentown, Pennsylvania, hands-on science and more, https://www.davincisciencecenter.org/
Grand Illusions, great stuff andgreat little videos from video star and friend Tim Rowett : you can click on the toystore https://www.grand-illusions.com/ or go direct to the youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmgSO_4g6QcRzy0yFeglyA some great physics amongst some of Tim’s famous collection of tens of thousands of toys
Physics Olympiad, internationally, http://ipho.org/ British Physics Olympiad, https://www.bpho.org.uk/

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