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Is It Hot Enough for You Yet?
The sun is the principal source of energy for the earth. Inquiry Skills Used Initiating & Planning: questioning Performing & Recording: organizing data on a chart Analysing and Interpreting: drawing conclusions based on information gathered Communicating: oral...
Light and the Rate of Photosynthesis – A Lab Simulation
Written by Ana Pereira Neves. In this activity, students will be using a simulation to determine how light intensity and light wavelength affect the rate of photosynthesis (and the production of ATP). This activity was first published on www.biologycorner.com. This...
SciNews Feb 12
Student smoking, cockroach colonoscopies, drinking wine, one more quark, and Pluto like you've never seen it before. This eclectic collection of science news stories is brought to you by STAOBlog. SciNews is published every Monday and Thursday. Stay tuned for more....
Fracking for Fuel on Shaky Ground – World Science Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVp3z7itKKo&feature=youtu.be Recent technological advances in horizontal drilling and fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, have allowed the United States to tap natural gas and oil reserves at record and near-record levels,...
The Evening Sky Map — Best Bargain In Town
Curriculum Connection: Grade 6 Space, Grade 9 Astronomy To help find your way around the night sky, Skymaps.com makes available for free each month The Evening Sky Map. It is a 2-page monthly guide to the night skies of the northern and southern hemispheres. Each...
Learning by Accident – Do I Have to Wear Goggles?
A teacher began a project where students were asked to build a solar car. Students were instructed to take parts from last year’s projects. The teacher supplied students with the necessary tools that included screwdrivers, pliers, and wire snips. They were instructed...
SciNews Feb 9
Measles, Lung Cancer and Women, Pluto, Climate change, and the not so constant speed of light. Just some of the fascinating themes featured in this issue of SciNews. This eclectic collection of current science news stories is brought to you by STAOBlog. SciNews is...
Could We Detect Parallel Universes? – World Science Festival
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RL4ZRQDpYY&w=728&h=408] Could We Detect Parallel Universes? Somewhere out there, there might be a different version of you—or maybe trillions of different yous. How could that be? String theory suggests that other...
Penny Drop – MythBusters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHxvMLoKRWg Can a penny dropped from a building kill a pedestrian below? The MythBusters have the answer. | For more MythBusters, visit http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/myt...
Dr. Frankenstein – A Lesson on Organ Systems
Grade 5: Life Systems Contributed by: Derek Totten I was working late in the lab one night when .... Big Ideas: Organ systems are components of a larger system (the body) and, as such, work together and affect one another. Organ structures are linked to their...
SciNews Feb 5
Hearts, hair loss, DNA, Xrays, and the first movements of the universe - just another typical edition of SciNews. This eclectic collection of current science news stories is brought to you by STAOBlog. SciNews is published every Monday and Thursday. Stay tuned for...
Science of Snowflakes
http://youtu.be/fUot7XSX8uA Snowflakes are infinitely beautiful, but are they infinitely unique? Here's all the science behind Earth's favorite cold crystal. Follow the author on Twitter: @jtotheizzoe Email author: itsokaytobesmart AT gmail DOT com Facebook:...