Comments on: Star Stories and the Nobel Prize
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Comments on MetaFilter post Star Stories and the Nobel PrizeThu, 25 Sep 2008 08:31:07 -0800Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:31:07 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Star Stories and the Nobel Prize
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<a href="http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/physics/star_stories/">Star Stories</a> explains the life and death of stars using a <a href="http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/physics/star_stories/game/index.html">multimedia</a>
approach that incorporates <a href="http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/physics/star_stories/overview/index.html">images, animation, video and text</a>. From the official website of the Nobel Foundation. Don't miss out on the other cool <a href="http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/"> games </a>. <br /><br />One of the games has been <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/72891/History-crudely-drawn">posted </a> before, but Star Stories is hot off of the presses.post:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75154Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:27:27 -0800ozomatlistarstoriesnobelprizecosmologyphysicsbigbangscienceflasheducationalBy: DU
http://www.metafilter.com/75154/Star-Stories-and-the-Nobel-Prize#2272975
Well, they aren't getting a Nobel Prize in Browser Compatability.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75154-2272975Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:31:07 -0800DUBy: CheeseburgerBrown
http://www.metafilter.com/75154/Star-Stories-and-the-Nobel-Prize#2273011
H'mm...the only real multimedia or animated angle is the menu system -- the content itself is pretty text heavy and static.
There is a short animation of the Sun, but it features clumsy use of Trapcode's Particular using an all-too-familiar preset.
A big round of "meh" from me...disappointed, because I was hoping this would be good item to work into a lesson plan for my homeschooled daughter (5.5 yrs). She's very interested in cosmology, but I think if I were simply to read the text to her I might as well use one of the books I already have on the shelf that at least feature lots of photographs.
The menu's pseudo-parallax in response to to cursor movement was kind of neat, though.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75154-2273011Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:54:39 -0800CheeseburgerBrownBy: tommasz
http://www.metafilter.com/75154/Star-Stories-and-the-Nobel-Prize#2273038
Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't find the entry on Chris Farley anywhere.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75154-2273038Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:15:44 -0800tommaszBy: hnnrs
http://www.metafilter.com/75154/Star-Stories-and-the-Nobel-Prize#2273044
I hoped you were referring to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ou2829MxVA">these </a>Star Stories...comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75154-2273044Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:22:13 -0800hnnrsBy: Mayor Curley
http://www.metafilter.com/75154/Star-Stories-and-the-Nobel-Prize#2273075
Totally glossed over Proxima Centauri's oxycodone addiction and how it supported Enoch Powell in the 70's.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75154-2273075Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:55:09 -0800Mayor CurleyBy: Mister_A
http://www.metafilter.com/75154/Star-Stories-and-the-Nobel-Prize#2273159
I read a story in the <em>Star</em> about how a certain VP candidate has had chestic enhancement surgery.
LOLBIDEN amirite?comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75154-2273159Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:51:40 -0800Mister_A
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