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SciLands

Area in the virtual world Second Life

Field	Value
name	SciLands
size	150px
msize	200px
formation	December 2006
purpose	Creating science and technology education content for virtual worlds.
headquarters	SciLands in Second Life
location	Second Life
main_organ	Senate and council

SciLands is an area within the virtual world Second Life dedicated to science and technology. The member organizations share the borders of their regions to create a larger virtual continent. Their goal is to foster conversations and ideas that might not have occurred if each region were separate. Other goals of the SciLands include increasing visitor traffic and making it easier to find useful educational content within Second Life.

SciLands members have regular meetings in Second Life where they share ideas, try to help each other, vote on new memberships, and plan future projects. Members also share resources such as meeting spaces and developers.

SciLands was initially formed around the International Spaceflight Museum and NASA CoLab. Since its establishment, it grew to host a variety of other organizations including government agencies, universities, and museums, but many of these organisations have since left Second Life, so the area has become increasingly fragmented.

Highlighted content

Name	Category	Sponsoring Organization	Description	Photo	NPR's Science Friday	Victoria crater	Real-time US weather map	Hurricane Ride
General	NPR's Science Friday	A weekly talk show on NPR covering a variety of science-related topics.	[[Image:Sl npr science friday.jpg	thumb]]
Space	NASA	A one-third scale model of Victoria crater found on the surface of Mars.	[[Image:Sl victoria crater.jpg	thumb]]
Earth Science	title=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	url=https://www.noaa.gov/	access-date=2023-06-25	website=www.nasa.gov	language=en}}	Observe the current weather above the continental U.S.	[[Image:Sl weather.jpg	thumb]]
Earth Science	NOAA	Fly through a virtual hurricane aboard a P-3 Orion Hurricane Hunter.	[[Image:Sl hurricane.jpg	thumb]]
Earth Science	NOAA	See the deadly effects of a tsunami wave and learn how they are formed.	[[Image:Sl tsunami.jpg	thumb]]
Earth Science	NOAA	Hold on to a balloon and learn about the instrumentation that NOAA uses to collect atmospheric data.	[[Image:Sl balloon.jpg	thumb]]
Earth Science	NOAA	Visit a variety of coral sanctuaries worldwide on board a virtual submersible.	[[Image:Sl scuba.jpg	thumb]]
Earth Science	NOAA	Assist in the cleanup of an oil spill.	[[Image:Sl oilspill.jpg	thumb]]
Earth Science	NOAA	Understand the effects of harmful algae bloom commonly known as red tide.	[[Image:Sl redtide.jpg	thumb]]
Earth Science	NOAA	Map the sea floor aboard an NOAA ship.	[[Image:Sl vessel.jpg	thumb]]
Earth Science	NOAA	Visualize Earth data sets on a spherical projection screen.	[[Image:Sl sos.jpg	thumb]]

General

Nanotechnology
Genetics
Science School I, II, III

Space

Rocket Ride to Space
Virtual Planetarium
Solar System Tour
Apollo 11 Landing Site on the Moon
Real-time Satellite Positions
Martian Dust Storms

Health science

Visualizing Future Healthcare Options for London (Imperial College London)

Member organizations

Name	Description/Focus	Logo	NOAA	National Physical Laboratory (NPL UK)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere.	[[Image:NOAA logo.svg	100px]]
	[[File:NPL logo.svg	thumb	[https://www.npl.co.uk/ National Physical Laboratory]]]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the United States government responsible for the nation's public space program.	[[Image:NASA logo.svg	100px]]
The Exploratorium: a hands-on museum of science, art, and human perception in San Francisco.
A private institution in North Carolina.	[[File:Elon University primary wordmark 2016 hi-res.png	alt=Elon university	thumb	Elon university logo]]
A private university in the Rocky Mountain region, DU has undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs.
The Tech Interactive is a hands-on technology and science museum located in San Jose, CA.
Imperial provides scholarship, education, and research in science, engineering, management, and medicine.
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. It collects materials in all major areas of the health sciences and to a lesser degree in chemistry, physics, botany, and zoology.	[[Image:US-NationalLibraryOfMedicine-Logo.svg	100px]]
The National Space Society (NSS) is an independent, educational, grassroots, non-profit organization dedicated to creating a space-faring civilization.
Space Studies Institute is a nonprofit educational and research organization. Founded in 1977 by Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill, Gerard O'Neill, Princeton University professor and author of The High Frontier, SSI sponsored and conducted research into areas such as solar power satellites, lunar bases, space colonies, asteroid mining, and mass drivers.
Weekly two-hour radio program about science, technology, and environmental issues in the news.
The Space Frontier Foundation is an organization of people dedicated to opening the Space Frontier to human settlement as rapidly as possible.
Futurefocus is a purpose-built resource in London, open to everyone in the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR), the Department for Universities, Innovation & Skills (DIUS), the Department for Children, Schools & Families (DCSF), and across government and business.
Texas Wesleyan University, founded in 1890 in Fort Worth, is a United Methodist institution with a tradition in the liberal arts and sciences with professional and career preparation.
Northern Michigan University, located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is a four-year, public university that offers 180-degree programs to nearly 9,400 undergraduate and graduate students.
The International Spaceflight Museum is a museum in the virtual world of Second Life. It hosts exhibits and events about real-world spacecraft, rockets, astronomy and exploration.

References

(29 August 2007). "SciLands Bylaws". SciLands.
Medeiros, Joao. (1 February 2008). "Doing physics in Second Life". [[Institute of Physics.
Psaltery, Phoenix. (29 January 2008). "Science continent grows to 41 islands". Metaverse Messenger.
Mabeus, Courtney. (25 February 2008). "Spice up your next meeting: Wear wings". [[Federal Times]].
(30 April 2007). "Bringing Real Life Science to Second Life". SciLands.
"ScienceFriday.com".
"NASA - 'Victoria Crater' at Meridiani Planum".
Roush, Wade. (July 2007). "Second Earth". Technology Review.
"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration".
Semeniuk, Ivan. (7 August 2007). "Astronomy in Second Life". New Scientist Space Blog.
"Largest medical library".
"MLA : TAKE ACTION : The National Library of Medicine: an Investment in Good Health".

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