Twitter Lists: A Workaround to the Follow Limit

Twitter has a limit, once you are following 2000 people you are unable to follow additional people. This is explained here: http://help.twitter.com/forums/10713/entries/66885 > this limit is designed to discourage spam.
A workaround to this limit is to create a Twitter List and add the person you want to follow to that list. This doesn’t seem to count against the follow limit and allows you to follow additional people.

Twitter Treats

Here are some interesting things to follow using Twitter. If you are not familiar with Twitter, check out this link for a good introduction. http://www.commoncraft.com/Twitter.

Biology/Ecology

@WildEarth This is the Twitter stream for Wild Earth TV Wild Earth TV broadcasts from the Djuma Private Game Reserve. They have a web cam and also post live video from frequent drives through the reserve.

@UntamedScience This is the Twitter Stream from Untamed Science and the EcoGeeks Podcasts.

@EarthVitalSigns If you are looking for information about Global Climate Change from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Exploration/Adventures

@Rich_Wilson Rich Wilson is the Skipper aboard the Great American III which is participating in the Vendee Globe Solo-Non Stop around the world race. This Twitter stream includes frequent updates of his trip. Also check out sitesALIVE for teaching resources. Here are a few additional resources from Loraine a technology teacher at the Jackson School.
http://www.vendeelglobe.org/en
http://ehrweb01.aaas.org/sail/

Space Science

Space Shuttle Missions

@STS_119 STS 119 Discovery scheduled for launch on February 1, 2009.

@STS_126 This was the most recent mission from November of 2008. Check out this page for more information. http://www.space.gs/08/sts-126/

@NASA … for general information from NASA.

@Astrospace … space and astronautics news. http://www.space.gs/

Moon

@LCROSS_NASA… Lunar mission to the poles to see if there is water ice near one of the poles. See also http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/

@LRO_NASA… The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter scheduled for launch in April of 2009. See also http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Mars

@MarsScienceLab Here’s information on the next science mission to Mars due to launch in 2011.

@MarsPhoenix This was the twitter stream for Mars Phoenix which stopped transmitting from Mars on November 10, 2008. It is still active with news from Mars.

@MarsRovers Spirit and Opportunity’s official Twitter Feed. Its hard to believe that they have been on Mars for five years already. For more rover information check out: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Saturn

@CassiniSaturn From the Cassini Equinox Mission to Saturn

To Boldly Go…

@PlanetQuest Looking for planets beyond our Solar System with JPL.

It might be interesting to set up a iGoogle Page or a Pageflakes page with these feeds to use as part of a classroom science page. Or if students were studying a particular topic they have some resources to follow.
Feel free to add other similar sites in the comments.