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Experience Sustainability – Grade 8 | STAO Connex by Michael Frankfort and Teresa Huang
https://youtu.be/Lx3KWcTWQ-4 The purpose behind this project is to help people learn about environmental issues using a hands-on approach and actions that they can take to minimize their environmental footprint. A suggestion for the culminating activity is to...
Momentum does NOT require Mass!! – YouTube
When physics students first learn about Newton's law and momentum, they get the impression that it's all about mass. If that's true, how can mass-less light have momentum? It's because mass isn't actually required.
Misconceptions About the Universe – YouTube
The expanding universe is a complicated place. During inflation the universe expanded faster than light, but that's something that actually happens all the time, it's happening right now. This doesn't violate Einstein's theory of relativity since nothing is moving...
Blue Origin Unveils ‘Blue Moon,’ Its Big Lunar Lander | Space
"Blue Moon" could take astronauts to the moon in 2024. Source: Blue Origin Unveils 'Blue Moon,' Its Big Lunar Lander | Space
How To Drink Coffee In Space – YouTube
I love coffee. Like, a lot. You know who else loves coffee? Astronauts! And also the people who help them do awesome things in space (I think NASA might be powered by coffee). But how do astronauts actually drink coffee in space, aboard the International Space...
Steve Spangler – Balloon Skewer
https://youtu.be/rcqnCjsb-do Our science guy Steve Spangler made a return appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show today. This was his 19th appearance on the show. Ellen loves magic and Steve shared a few tricks you can try at home... and a stunt that will go down in...
Static Electricity – Van de Graaff Generator
https://youtu.be/rNEY3Yv9kC8 Steve Spangler is a celebrity teacher, science toy designer, speaker, author and an Emmy award-winning television personality. Spangler is probably best known for his Mentos and Diet Coke geyser experiment that went viral in 2005 and...
One million species facing extinction, posing a risk to human well-being: UN report – The Globe and Mail
The landmark assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services says that nature and the benefits it provides are in unprecedented decline and can be reversed, but only with a co-ordinated international effort Source:...
The Science of Tie-Dye | Science Experiments | Steve Spangler Science
Source: The Science of Tie-Dye | Science Experiments | Steve Spangler Science
Can I Die From Too Much Water? Blood? Oxygen? – YouTube
We all know that we need things like water and oxygen to live, but what happens when you get too much of a good thing? Hosted by: Hank Green
How Blue LEDs Changed the World – YouTube
Not only are small, energy efficient LEDs used in almost every piece of modern electronics, they have the greatest potential impact on energy savings globally. But LEDs didn't have much use until the '90s, when Japanese scientists discovered the missing link needed to...
Tree rings show human effect on climate goes back more than a century – The Globe and Mail
Tree rings can measure past climate because trees are sensitive to soil moisture. Scientists found over the past 120 years North America, Australia and the Mediterranean have been getting drier while parts of Asia, including India and western China, have been getting...