MadSci Network
How Come When You Open a Window the Door Is Pulled In?
From the Mad Scientist Network. Using a question and answer format, this page explains the answer to the question "How come when you open a window the door is pulled in?" This intriguing everyday phenomenon is explained in terms of air...
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Gulf War Debriefing Book
Site provides information on the players, the military systems, a summary of the war, a timeline, and more.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Atmospheric Circulation
Check out how air circulates around us. Understand the differences between mesoscale and microscale.
Geographic
Hong Kong: Military
Get the basic facts about Hong Kong's military attributes, which is presently the Hong Kong garrison of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), including elements of the PLA Ground Forces, PLA Navy, and PLA Air Force.
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Warmair.com: Heat Gain
An excellent page describing the variables lead to rising temperatures in the home. The causes and sources of such heat gain are identified and explained. Lays the groundwork for understanding the importance of and need for home air...
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Engine Science: Induction Basics
This page discusses the things involved with the fuel mixing in with air to produce a power output. Also include a picture of the intake system.
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science Bob: Make Your Own Balloon Rocket!
This site contains a brief procedure for building (and launching) a balloon powered rocket. Introduces concepts of air pressure and propulsion.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: What Is Atmospheric Pressure?
See how atmospheric pressure affects air masses, which in turn affects the weather on Earth.
Weather Wiz Kids
Weather Wiz Kids: Wind
Wind is air in motion. It is produced by the uneven heating of the earth's surface by the sun. Since the earth's surface is made of various land and water formations, it absorbs the sun's radiation unevenly. Two factors are necessary to...
Curated OER
Warm Air: Central Air Conditioning
The operation of conventional air conditioners are described. Their parts and the refrigerant/heat exchange cycle is discussed. The use of alternative geothermal systems are explained.
Curated OER
Warm Air: Solar Heating
Solar heating systems and their operation are described, and their benefits, both economic and environmental are discussed in detail.
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Warm Air: Electric Furnace
Site describes Electric furnaces. The major parts of electric furnaces and their respective roles are discussed, and maintenance and troubleshooting tips are provided.
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National Emphysema Foundation
This site has detailed information on emphysema and other Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD), such as chronic bronchitis.
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: Gulf War Photographs
A collection of photographs taken during the Gulf War by the XVIII Airborne Corps History Office. They are representative of the types of photographic products generated during combat and contingency operations as historical evidence by...
Center for Educational Technologies
Classroom of the Future: Earth Spheres
Everything in Earth's system can be placed into one of four major subsystems: land, water, living things, or air. These four subsystems are called "spheres." Specifically, they are the "lithosphere" (land), "hydrosphere" (water),...
Hofstra University
Hofstra Univ: Why Was Bubonic Plague So Devastating to European Society? [Pdf]
The Bubonic Plague or "Black Death" came out of the eastern Mediterranean along shipping routes, reaching Italy in the spring of 1348. By the time the epidemic was abating in 1351, between 25% and 50% of Europe's population had died. The...