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Superheroes

Are you a Superhero?
www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/
superheroes/game.shtml
Play this great new game from the BBC.

Museum of Black Superheroes
www.blacksuperhero.com/index.html
History, articles, a gallery and links in this US heroes site.

The Science of Superheroes
www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/superheroes
Loads of info on the best-loved superheroes, where you also get a chance to vote on your favourites.

Stan Lee's Super-heroes
www.iofilm.co.uk/feats/interviews/s/stan_lee.shtml
The father of Spider-Man, The Hulk, X-Men and other Marvel Comic superheroes shares some insights into his life and creations.

Superhero Hype
www.superherohype.com
Follows heroes every step of the way as they make it to the big and small screen. Each project, based on a comic book, graphic novel or original idea, is covered from rights acquisition to development, production and distribution. The site also has loads of fan reviews and articles.

Superheroes Live
www.superheroeslives.cjb.net
US site dedicated to all live action movies based upon comic characters and original superhero movies.

More from 4

Channel 4 Science
www.channel4.com/science
Science in engineering, science in space, science in society and much more from the Channel 4 Science site.

Grid Club
www.gridclub.com/games/science/index.html
Excellent science games on Channel 4's site for 7-11 year olds.

Salvage Squad
www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/
salvage_squad/index.html
Salvage Squad faces the challenge of restoring dilapidated classic machines across the UK back to working order.

Science for Schools
www.channel4.com/learning/main/
secondary/science.htm
Channel 4's online learning for the classroom.

Scrapheap Challenge
www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/
scrapheap/index.html
Now in its sixth series of bodge-job engineering, the teams are faced with some of the craziest and weirdest challenges ever devised.

Useful links

Biologically Inspired Synthetic Gecko Adhesives
http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ronf/GECKO
Find out how scientists could soon have us running up walls like geckos!

How Electromagnets Work
www.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm
Electromagnets are found in motors, tape decks, hard drives, VCRs and tons of other devices. Find out what makes an electromagnet 'electro' and learn how to make one at home.

How Fire Extinguishers Work
http://science.howstuffworks.com/fire-extinguisher.htm
Takes a look inside different fire extinguishers and explains how they work, with links to other related information.

How Vacuum Cleaners Work
http://home.howstuffworks.com/vacuum-cleaner.htm
Standard vacuum cleaner design is exceedingly simple, but it relies on a host of physical principles to clean effectively. Learn all about suction power from this article.

Mad Sci Network
www.madsci.org
Ask any question on science and get an answer from an expert in the relevant field. There is also a huge archive of previously answered questions and a library of links.

Nasa Kids
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov
Fun site from Nasa with great graphics and games. Type 'electromagnet' in the search box and read how Nasa has a new track, where they're experimenting with magnetic levitation, 'maglev'. Engineers think that maglev could be used to give rockets a running start.

Nexia and US Army Spin the World's First Man-made Spider Silk Performance Fibers
www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2002/E/20023668.html
Find out how scientists managed to artificially grow genetically engineered spider thread for the first time, in 2001.

Resistive Force of Friction
www.school-for-champions.com/science/friction.htm
Good page on the physics of friction.

Science Net
www.sciencenet.org.uk
The Science Line sadly closed in 2003, but their site still has tons of information from thousands of science questions asked online.

Sir Christopher Cockerell
www.hythe-hants.org.uk/pages/
famous/cockerill_biog.htm
Nice tribute to the British inventor of the hovercraft who started testing his theory, in 1955, using an empty Kit-e-Kat tin inside a coffee tin, an industrial air blower and a pair of kitchen scales.

Young Engineers
www.youngeng.org/katedesktop.html
Fancy a career as an engineer? This site has lots of useful advice, plus info on amazing inventions and amazing engineers, with lots of great links too.

DIY home experiments

Dynamo's Science Lab
www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/index.shtml
Lots of games and fun things in the BBC Science Lab where you can also set up your own cool experiments.

Mad Science
www.madscience.org
Online science-based activities for kids aged 4-12, plus some fun experiments you can do at home.

Succeed in Physical Science
www.school-for-champions.com/science.htm
Free online lessons and loads of easy-to-understand info on electricity, magnetism, motion, matter and loads more subjects. Also shows you how to do computer-based and hands-on experiments.

New Scientist – Experiments and Activities
www.newscientist.com/weblinks/categories/
experiments1.jsp
Lots of information on this site, but this particular page takes you to great places where you can set up your own science experiments.