Discovery

Scientific Creativity

There are all sorts of creative approaches to life's questions and the scientific research required to answer them.

http://www.tawa.school.nz
A Web site created by students at Tawa School which has a fun MathsAbility section challenging visitors to provide creative solutions to problems such as "how to measure the volume of your arm" -- with all manner of ideas involving bathtubs and blenders.

http://www.learnlink.emory.edu/peep/
A light-hearted site in the tradition of the Annals of Improbable Results, of a scientific investigation into the properties of the Marshmallow Peep candy chick.

http://www.urbanlegends.com
Check out the many creative ideas that have become part of the urban legend scene. The science section of this archive site covers the oft-discussed questions of whether the moon really is larger when seen at the horizon (and why), whether glass really flows very slowly and other good topics for debate and dissension.

http://www.turnpike.ret/~mscott/stfor2.htm
The Forgeries and Frauds section of the Strange Science site. See the creativity that goes into hoaxes and what we can learn from them. This is a graphic intensive site as it is something of an illustrations archive.