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Forging Confident New Pathways for Girls in STEAM
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 FORGING CONFIDENT NEW PATHWAYS FOR GIRLS IN STEAM One Educator's Journey TINA SURDIVALL ETFO Voice - SUMMER 2023 Click HERE for link to the original article. As a teacher-librarian in the Toronto District School Board, I have...
Scientists Can Now Use WiFi to See Through People’s Walls
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Scientists Can Now Use WiFi to See Through People's Walls This won’t get creepy. BY TIM NEWCOMBPUBLISHED: JAN 19, 2023Click HERE for a link to the original article Carnegie Mellon University Researchers at Carnegie Mellon...
I Got It Off Google Images…
Submitted by Michael Frankfort I Got It Off Google Images… By Mark Anderson (January 15, 2017) - Click HERE for full article I often ask teachers if they use Google Images for the pictures they use in the resources they make for the classroom. The majority...
Project Learning Tree Canada’s New Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide
Project Learning Tree Canada’s Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide Communications Toolkit EXPLORE YOUR ENVIRONMENT: K-8 ACTIVITY GUIDE Project Learning Tree Canada’s new flagship curriculum, Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide, provides 50 hands-on,...
What is a Super Buck Moon? July 3, 2023.
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 What is a Super Buck Moon? Please click HERE for a link to the original article. ABC News Photo Illustration Things are heating up, so feel the fireworks and soak up the power of the full supermoon moon this July. Take...
The Center of the Universe – Tulsa, Oklahoma
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 The Center of the Universe Tulsa, Oklahoma An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause. Please click HERE for access to the main article. THE SO-CALLED CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE in downtown Tulsa is marked by a small concrete...
Ontario Envirothon – Congratulations to Markville Secondary School in York Region
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Ontario Envirothon A new Ontario Envirothon champion has been crowned! Click HERE for link to the original article. Congratulations to Team 15 from Markville Secondary School in Markham for taking top spot at the 2023 Ontario...
Toronto students drive Canadian lunar rover prototype headed for moon exploration
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Toronto students drive Canadian lunar rover prototype headed for moon exploration Beth Macdonell CTV News Toronto Videojournalist Follow | Contact Published June 5, 2023 7:37 p.m. EDT Click HERE for a link to the original...
How Stuff Works? Sewing Machines
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 How Sewing Machines Work By: Tom Harris Please click HERE for a link to the full article. A standard electric sewing machine is an amazing piece of technology. MICHAEL HAEGELE / GETTY IMAGES Without the sewing machine, the...
Kaprekar’s Constant
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Kaprekar’s Constant Click HERE for a link to the main page. Take any four digit number (whose digits are not all identical), and do the following: Rearrange the string of digits to form the largest and smallest 4-digit numbers...
Scientific America – Newfound ‘Quasi-Moon’ Has Been Earth’s Fellow Traveler for Thousands of Years
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Please click HERE for a link to the full article. Astronomers recently identified asteroid 2023 FW13 as a quasi-moon, a space rock orbiting the sun nearly in tandem with Earth By Kiley Price, LiveScience on June 2, 2023 An...
Researchers use infrared light to wirelessly transmit power over 30 meters
Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 30 August 2022 Researchers use infrared light to wirelessly transmit power over 30 meters New laser charging system could offer safe cordless power for mobile devices and sensors Please click HERE for a link to the full...