by msander | Nov 15, 2019 | Gr. 11-12 Physics
I’ve been making major updates and changes to my materials in the intro physics course this year. It is the first year we are teaching a yearlong physics class to everyone (10th graders) in my school as the result of a big curriculum redesign in science, and the...
by msander | Nov 5, 2019 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
The outer layer of the sun is slowing down, something we’ve known for decades but haven’t been able to figure out until now. Supported by Google Making & Science: http://youtube.com/makingscience References: A Poynting-Robertson-like drag at the Sun’s...
by msander | Sep 9, 2019 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Making liquid nitrogen is hard – in fact up until 150 years ago scientists doubted whether it was even possible to liquefy nitrogen. In 1823, At the royal institution in London, Michael Faraday first produced liquid chlorine, kind of accidentally by putting it...
by msander | Aug 30, 2019 | Gr. 11-12 Physics
Check out these amazing new resources from the Perimeter Institute. They are available for free download at: Back to school in a BIG way
by msander | Aug 21, 2019 | All Science Teachers, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
First, astronomers made history when they detected a gravitational wave from two black holes merging. Then it was two neutron stars. Now, astronomers believe they’ve detected a gravitational wave coming from another first-time discovery: a black hole swallowing...
by msander | Jul 10, 2019 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Susanne Åkesson, Professor of Evolutionary Ecology at Lund University in Sweden, has been awarded the prestigious Ig Nobel Prize. The prize, which she shares with six other researchers from Hungary and Spain, was presented to them for their discovery that white horses...
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