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This modified smartphone measures blood pressure directly from your finger – Science Magazine
Removing the need for inflatable cuffs would allow people to monitor their blood pressure anywhere. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2D7Ih1d Read the research: http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/10/...
How To Get Into Inquiry-Based Learning: Part 1 – First Steps to Inquiry: Ontario Science Centre
Incorporate Inquiry-Based Learning into your Classroom. Start with this short four part video series. (Version française: https://goo.gl/fkRRea) PART 1 – First Steps to Inquiry (https://youtu.be/N9cK_eto3HE) Prepare yourself to create an Inquiry - Based activity for...
What does the liver do? – Emma Bryce
https://youtu.be/wbh3SjzydnQ There’s a factory inside you that weighs about 1.4 kilograms and runs for 24 hours a day. It’s your liver: the heaviest organ in your body, which simultaneously acts as a storehouse, a manufacturing hub, and a processing plant. Emma Bryce...
We Just Found Out Fat Cells Can Move!
https://youtu.be/4at3bqjqvsU Fat cells don't often receive praise in everyday life, but they probably deserve more credit, as they might be healing our wounds. Hosted by: Hank Green Click here to go to the source for more info.
A Can of Bull? Do Energy Drinks Really Work? Case Study and Lab Experiment
Submitted by: Laura Wodlinger Blurb: Using Case Studies can give context to detail rich subjects like Biochemistry, stimulate student interest, and link together multiple lessons for better unit flow. The case study "Can of Bull: Do Energy Drinks Really Work?" links...
Laryngoscopy of an Opera Singer – 2017 CHRISTMAS LECTURES
https://youtu.be/-1Fv7IPmJo4 With the help of a specialist doctor and an opera singer, Sophie Scott investigates how the different parts of the voice box come together to create the human voice. Watch the full lecture here: https://youtu.be/MbvoQoOn2YE Link to the...
Which Falls Faster – A Feather or a Bowling Ball?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E43-CfukEgs Fascinate your students with this large scale re-enactment of Isaac Newton’s classic thought experiment.
Structure and Function of Organs
««« Written by Leila Knetsch. This is an engaging activity that helps students see how the circulatory, respiratory and digestive systems interrelate. Materials • Mapping Your Organs: Playing cards, chart paper and markers. • Main Lesson: Magnetic Slates or Dry Erase...
https://youtu.be/l3VGeq56B-A There’s nothing like a good hand warmer in your glove when you’re skiing. But how do they work? Our science guy Steve Spangler uncovers the science secret that makes your hand warmer work. Contact Steve Spangler at steve@stevespangler.com...
Space junk threatens to disrupt our daily lives. Here’s what experts are trying to do about it
We may not give it much attention, but Earth is surrounded by more than 165 million pieces of space debris that could cause problems in the future. Source: Space junk threatens to disrupt our daily lives. Here's what experts are trying to do about it
Lemon battery breaks Guinness World Record – Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2016 – BBC Four
https://youtu.be/6fDail5bvss The Christmas lecturer Saiful Islam tries to break the world record for the world's largest lemon battery. Programme website: Programme website: http://bbc.in/2i03YY7
How does caffeine keep us awake? – Hanan Qasim, TED-Ed
https://youtu.be/foLf5Bi9qXs Over 100,000 metric tons of caffeine are consumed around the world every year. That’s equivalent to the weight of 14 Eiffel Towers! Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, and energetic, even if we haven’t had enough sleep — but it can also...