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A Diamond's Deep History  (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/fun/diamonds_flash.html) Look at a natural diamond and you are looking at ancient history. Look at this PBS Flash-enabled site and you are looking at a great educational resource for learning about the chemistry and other properties of diamonds.

AMSER  (http://amser.org/) 'Amser' me this. Why are we so attached to word-like acronyms? Whatever the answer, AMSER, Applied Mathematics and Science Education Repository is a project of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) program that aims to "build and sustain a national digital library that supports science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education." [There's another one of those acronyms, Ed.] The project will form part of an integrated network of STEM learning environments and resources for a wide variety of learners from grade school children to graduate students and life-long learners.