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World’s Heaviest Weight
https://youtu.be/_k9egfWvb7Y How do you measure big forces accurately? By calibrating your force transducer on the world's biggest weight - 1,000,000 pounds of force. This machine ensures planes don't break apart, jets provide required thrust, and rockets make it to...
It’s STAO Award Nomination Time!!!!!
Are you working with an outstanding colleague, someone who has inspired you in your career? Have you wished that that person could be recognized for his/her contributions to the teaching of science? STAO can help you with that recognition. Consider the...
Interview with Dr. Ulyana Horodyskyj – Glaciologist
Dr. Horodyskyj is the CEO of Science in the Wild (Boulder, Colorado). This is a citizen science adventure company. Prior to this, she held a post-doc position at the National Snow and Ice Data Center based in Boulder, Colorado. Currently, she is taking people on...
Student Exercise for Concept Attainment of the Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
Concept attainment exercises often use verbal or written forms of thought. The attached student exercise uses visual imagery to teach the concepts of Elements, Compounds and Mixtures at the atomic and molecular level. The recent emphasis on literacy all too often only...
Space Camp! Sunday June 11
Check out the amazing line-up of speakers at this year's space camp. Don't miss it!
Why Is Fake Blood so Hard to Make?
https://youtu.be/sZ5wMZE9_QQ Functional artificial blood could solve a lot of problems, so why hasn't it been created yet? Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow
The Next Mission to Mars: Mars 2020
https://youtu.be/iZCRFRgSgas In 2020, NASA will send a new rover to the Martian surface with one of its objectives to search for evidence of ancient life on the planet. I made this clip as a correspondent for Bill Nye Saves the World on Netflix. Touring the Jet...
CALLING ALL EDUCATORS – WEATHER, CLIMATE AND OCEAN EXPERTS GATHER TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES AT ANNUAL TEACHER’S DAY EVENT
WHAT: Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society’s Teacher’s Day Event WHEN: Tuesday June 6th, 8 am to 5:30 pm WHERE: Hilton Toronto Downtown, Toronto, ON HOW: Cost is $10, registration required, Canada’s top meteorologists, climatologists, and ocean scientists...
New Elements Contest | University of Waterloo
The contest is to have students design an elemental tile for each of the four newly named elements, nihonium (Nh), moscovium (Mc), tennessine (Ts) and oganesson (Og). Voting for the winning tiles We are now down to the final four! During the month of May, we will...
Pills Dissolve In Macro
https://youtu.be/4rY3X4xafs0 Who would've thought that the science of dissolving pills is so cool. Check out this amazing video and the accompanying Wired article Wired Article: https://www.wired.com/2016/08/dissolving-pills-arent-just-beautiful-theyre-science-hell/...
Teacher Demo – Water Quality Demonstration
This demonstration shows some differences between potable (drinkable) water and non-potable (non-drinkable) water. Variations in temperature, turbidity and pH level also determine the types of microorganisms that can thrive in each water sample. After the...
NASA released its first incredible video of our closest look at Saturn yet
https://youtu.be/f1vGQJw8q4c On April 26, the Cassini spacecraft flew closer to Saturn than ever before — between the gap that separates the planet from its rings. Since then, Cassini has been transmitting dozens of images of Saturn's surface. Here, NASA has compiled...