Chapter 1
www.intheair-online.com
Just one of many sites that give ballooning news, ballooning history etc. at an easy reading level.
almax.com/nobel/nobel.html
Gives a lot of information about the Nobel prizes, their value and past winners.
www.quackwatch.com www.hoaxbusters.ciag.org/HBUrbanMyths.shtml www.skeptic.com
Provide plenty of examples of pseudo-science to discuss with students.
unmuseum.mus.pa.us/piltdown.htm www.clarku.edu/~piltdown www.talkorigins.org/faqs/piltdown.html
Background information to the famous fraud of the Piltdown Man. The first one is easy to read for students.
www.science.org.au/scientists/index.htm The Australian Academy of Science website has transcripts of interviews with and videos on many famous Australian scientists. The transcripts include photos. Accompanying teacher resource materials are also available and can be downloaded free of charge. Order forms for the videos can also be downloaded.
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