by msander | Oct 25, 2017 | All Science Teachers
Physicist Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th centuries. Al-Khalili turns detective, hunting for clues that show how the scientific revolution that took place in the...
by msander | Oct 23, 2017 | Gr. 11-12 Physics
The merging of two neutron stars was detected by gravitational waves and then by telescopes in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. This is a historic detection as it demonstrates: – the first gravitational waves detected from inspiraling neutron stars...
by msander | Oct 23, 2017 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry, Gr. 11-12 Physics
It’s going to be a lot easier to colonize Mars if we can terraform it first. The first step would be to give Mars a thicker atmosphere, which means it will need a magnetic field, or magnetosphere, to protect it. Here’s how we would do...
by msander | Oct 23, 2017 | Gr. 11-12 Chemistry
Mr. Key introduces another representation of electron configurations, using orbital box diagrams to explain bonding as well as providing an explanation as to how multivalency can occur. ...
by msander | Oct 22, 2017 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech
The inquiry began by the grade 5 students’ wonderings about two students in the community class after an assembly. They noticed that the students were communicating via Proloquo2go. This is a computer picture communication exchange system software that allowed the...
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