SMD is committed to building awareness of local communities on its services and mandates.
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MetLink is the educational website launched in early 2010, with weather and climate resources aimed at primary and secondary school teachers, students and the general public.
Resources include lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations, experiments and demonstrations and after school club activities.
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SPC | Learning about Climate Change the Pacific Way
A picture based education resource for students, teachers and facilitators. It introduces Pasifika as an imaginary island that is nowhere but everywhere. Pacific learners and explorers can find local buildings, plants, animals, people and geographical features they can relate to. The guides have been produced for Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu in close partnership with these countries. The information is also relevant to all Pacific Island countries and territories.
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PACCSAP Climate Crab and Cloud Masara
The Pacific Adventures of the Climate Crab gives an overview of climate processes and impacts in the Pacific region as a whole. Cloud Nasara is specifically focused on Vanuatu as a pilot country.
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Science Courseware Organisation
The Virtual Courseware Project produces interactive, online simulations for the life science laboratory or for earth science field studies. The activities are designed to enhance an existing curriculum and include online assessments. They can be used by students ranging from middle school, high school, or college classrooms.
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United States Geological Survey Earthquakes & Map
This website allows you to see the most recent earthquakes across the globe, and can be viewed on an interactive map.
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NASA For Students site provides excellent information on solar system and other planetary units. It contains a number of resources ideal for kids to learn about the universe and the work of NASA.
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CSIRO | Do it yourself science
This excellent website provides classic hands-on science experiments you can try.
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The Naked Scientists are a media-savvy group of physicians and researchers from Cambridge University who use radio, live lectures, and the Internet to strip science down to its bare essentials, and promote it to the general public.
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