freeware - downloads
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programs are self-extracting .exe files
some
programs offer extra features in shareware versions
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You will need to emulate older versions of Windows for some of these programs.
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Seismic Waves
by Alan
Jones (3.39Mb)
earth quake simulation
program
view the world in 2D
or 3D and
watch the interaction
of the various types of earth quake waves
as they reflect , refract
and map the interior of the earth
Erupt
by Ken Wohletz
volcano simulation program from the U.S.A.
Los Alamos Laboratories, New Mexico U.S.A.
demonstrates all the
major types of volcanoes simple to complex eruptionscomplete with
sounds
Dana
by Mike Mueller
hard
coded mineral identification program
excellent form basic
mineral identification
Home Planet (6.78Megs)
by John Walker
view day/night/moon over earth from your location in real
time, positions of planets and stars at your location, satellite
tracking...
Crater
Screen Saver
from http://www.fourmilab.ch/
unzip
then copy to your windows/system folder
go
to Start - Settings - Display - Screen Saver and choose "crater"
realistic
simulation of crater impacts
Make
your own graph
paper program
very easy to use ( off site link) using this link printyourowngraphpaper.com
Capture
1.4.7 (179Kb)by
Nestegg Software
a screen capture
utility
if you see it on the
screen you can save it as a .BMP image file
and
you can convert it to
standard .JPG or .GIF
internet images using
LView Pro or Infan View
Convert
(453K) by
Joshua F. Madison jmadison@dti.net
converts a huge range of quantities mass, area, force ...
in an excellent tab file folder format
World
Time (4.37 Mb .exe file) Ver. 5.5.2.748
by Pawprint.net
Keeps
track of 10 simultaneous locations, map, many features
learn
all about time zones and Universal Time.
One
of the most useful features is a stop watch
to
keep track of your online elapsed time
or
charge out time on multiple accounts
Explorer Weight/32 ver1.00 (.exe file 516K)
You to determine your
relative weight on other planets in the solar system.
You also get to find
out a little more about the planet,
such as what you might
expect to see if you went there.
Even better, this latest
version actually shows you the planets!
Geo2Gridby
Peter Walker walkz@zip.com.au
converts latitude and longitude to grid coordinates
Satbuster satellite tracking program
Rockcycle(167K)-
by Wallop Ware - the Hamstead School
an interactive
way to learn about the rockcycle -three levels novice to expert
React(167K)-
by Wallop Ware - the Hampstead School
works out
your reaction time for various stimuli (sound, sight, thinking)
JupSat95
ver1.14 (753k)
Jupiter's
Moons
gives realtime animation of the position of
Jupiter's four moons by
Gary Nugent gnugent@indigo.ie
Glayers(156k)
A
neat interactiive program that gets you to name the layers of the earth
and the atmosphere
2nd place in the 1997 ThinkQuest
WinPlot-
a freeware graph making program, plots lots of kinds of graphs, even
several at a time
Carbon
14 Dating Calculator
(interactive javascript)by Mark Gregory