The site is organised into eight sections:

Each section has it's own front page. Once you are in a particular section, all the content in that section is listed and linked from the front page of that section. You'll always be able to go to another section using the navigation list on the left hand side of the page.



About
What is Planet Science? What’s it all about, who’s involved, and what’s in it for YOU?

About The Site
The Planet Science Newsletters
The Planet Science Roots
NESTA

Sci -Teach
Classroom resources and ideas for educators

African-Caribbean Science Education Project
Bad Science
Brightsparks
Bringing Science To Life
Club Activity Pack
Curriculum Review
Debating Kit
Do You Get Out Much?
Ethical Emporium
Faces Of Modern Science Posters
Hands On Real Science
Hotspots
Joke Collection
KS2/3 Passports
Lab Design Software
Lever Logic
Making A Mint
Nanotechnology Movie
Online Resources
Planet Science For Teachers In Scotland
Planet Science Free Newsletter Sign Up
Planet Science Grillers
Planet Science Outreach Project
Planet Science Rewards Stickers
Planet Science Wall Chart
Real Science
S.E.N. & Science
Science Live
Sci-Teach Archive
The Little Book Of Experiments
The Planet Science Whodunit
Winning Ways With Whiteboards
Work Experience Placements




Next Steps
Careers advice & information for 11-14s plus

Agony Archive
Aquapharm
Day In The Life
Faces Of Modern Science Posters
Fairs Fair!
Giant Posters
Girls!
Meet Your Match
Outside Track
PHSE Careers Worksheets
Suits You!




Out There
Features and interactives for everyone

Black Flowers
Club Activity Pack
Colds and Flu Feature
DNA 50
Fire Facts
Get Clobbered
Green Scene
Making A Mint
Mars - The Facts
Nanotechnology Movie
Oh Please!
Our Planet - Inside Out
Planet Goth
Primary Science
Ready Steady Science
Sound Check
Sugar Science
Ten Inspiring Lives
The Science Of Coookery
Tranist of Venus
Undercover Science




Parents
Ideas and resources for parents with their kids

Clone Zone
Do You Know A Science Kid?
Egg Box & Cress Heads
Fortune Tellers
Fun Pack
Get Outside!
Joke Collection
Magic Box
Nobel Pursuit
Parties
Quizzes 1, Quizzes 2 and Quizzes 3
Ready Steady Science
Rewards Stickers
S.P.Y.S.C.I.
Sci Dice
Spotto!
Survival Pack




Under 11s
All relevant preschool, KS1 or KS2 content

Bringing Science To Life
Do You Know A Science Kid?
Lever Logic
Play Box
Playground Painting
Science Friction
Science Nursery Rhymes
Young Science




Randomise
Online games and activities for kids and games fans

aka Science Room
Amazing Facts
Current Quiz
Flipside
Games Index
Hay-Wire Newsletter Sign Up
Joke Round Up
Light Designer
Magic Box
Neutrino
Planet 10
Science Quiz Archive
Send A Secret
Swim For It
Up For The Cup
Wired Archive
Randomised Newsletter Sign Up




Library
The world's best science websites sorted by subject and audience

Fun Sites
Future Links
Inventors & Inventions
Museums / Attractions
News and Media
Organisations
Science Resources
Science Using Your PC
Signpost Sites
Top Whiteboard Sites


Please Note:
Planet Science also has a Text Only site with as much content as possible from the main site. There is always a link to the home page of the text site from the left hand navigation list.

If you have any queries about other aspects of the site you can contact the Editor.


TECHNICAL

The Planet Science web site has been designed to take full advantage of the very latest internet technology. It contains content that includes, but is not restricted to: text, sound, pictures, animation, video and interactive applications.

To appreciate all the features available on the interactive site we recommend the following minimum equipment specifications:

Modem
Connection 33kbs or above

Browser (click name to download)
Internet Explorer Version 4 or above
Netscape Version 4 or above

Plug-ins (click name to download)
ShockWave Version 8.5 or above
Flash Version 5 or above
Real Player Version 6 or above
QuickTime Version 4 or above

Software
Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4 or above
MS Office Version 5 or above

Note:
If your equipment fails to reach any of these minimum requirements, or you are experiencing problems we suggest you use our "Text Site" which has been optimised for lower specification equipment and easy print out.

The Text Site contains where possible all Planet Science textual content available in the Full Site, but excludes all other interactive, or plug in dependent content.

If you have any queries about the Planet Science websites or content contained herein, please contact us at the address below.

Email: the editor

TROUBLE-SHOOTING:

Note:
Many problems occur due to incorrect settings within your Browsers. You can minimise these by following the instructions below:

Please make sure you enable/allow the following in the Preferences, or Options settings available from the Browser menu bar: Show pictures, Animated gifs, Allow looping, Show style sheets, Play sounds, Show frames, Allow page to specify fonts and colours, Enable scripting, Enable plug-ins, Enable ActiveX, Enable Java, Set font size to 12pt.

01: Pages don’t display updated information.

A: Refresh the page
B: Empty the Browser cache file
C: Place a ? at the end of the requested page name ie: (www.planet-science.com/home.html?)

Note:
(If you are using one of the many free ISP services, or are connected to the web via an intranet, or office network which uses a proxy server you may find pages don’t display updated information until these servers refresh the stored data in cache. Please consult your system administrator, or ISP)

02: An un-requested page is displayed before the requested page.
The site has been designed to work within a frameset and has an automatic redirect script built in. Therefore pages linked directly, or bookmarked need to find their frameset first and will subsequently load a default page before the requested page. With a slower modem, or congested connection this may cause a delay before the requested page is displayed. This is not a fault, but a way of insuring the bookmarked pages are always loaded within the correct frameset.

03: No pictures are shown.
Go to the Preferences, or Options settings available from the Browser menu bar and make sure the following are set to On, Enable or Allow:
Show pictures, Animated gifs, Allow looping, Show style sheets, Play sounds, Show frames, Allow page to specify fonts and colours, Enable scripting, Enable plug-ins, Enable ActiveX, Enable Java, Set font size to 12pt.

04: Alerts appear stating script problems.
Go to the Preferences, or Options settings available from the Browser menu bar and make sure the following are set to On, Enable or Allow:
Enable scripting, Enable plug-ins, Enable ActiveX, Enable Java.

05: Alerts appear stating plug-ins are required.
Download and install the required plug-in.

Note:
Plug-ins are third party applications developed to enable additional content formats to be viewed / played within a web browser. They are normally downloaded from the third party host site and installed into the plugins folder of your browser. The vast majority of these plug-ins are available free of charge.

TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

There are many terms and abbreviations used on the net, so to help we have complied a glossary of those frequently used.

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