Useful Internet Links

Background Information

www.yini.org.uk - "Year in Industry" scheme. Earn a salary and gain experience in your GAP YEAR

www.ofgem.gov.uk - general information on the electricity and gas industries

www.dti.gov.uk - information on energy usage and general statistics on the economy

Design and Technology

www.greenpower.co.uk - Build an electric car for yourself and race it against other schools

www.bsi-global.com/index.html - The British Standards Institute

www.npl.co.uk - The National Physical Laboratory

Maths and Science

www.bbc.co.uk/science/ - BBC Science pages

The Internet Pilot to Physics (TIPTOP) The site to start finding what you need. (Virtual Laboratory is particularly good).

www.rog.nmm.ac.uk/ - The Royal Observatory Greenwich has a popular introduction to astronomy.

www.jpl.nasa.gov - NASA Jet Propulsion Lab. Site.

www.clrc.ac.uk - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory for particle physics.

www.mathsyear2000.org - Fun with Maths website

www.etsi.org - The European Telecommunications Standards Institute

www.radio.gov.uk/ - The Radio Communications Agency

www.itu.int/home/index.html - The International Telecommunications Union

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/ - An interesting site dealing with physics

www.scenta.co.uk/default.cfm - Science, Engineering & Technology