by msander | May 4, 2015 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Wherever the pleasure of Grimm’s Fairy Tales and other folk tales may lie, it’s hardly in the plausibility of the stories, but it’s fun to see how particulars of the fantasy could actually occur in real life. Here are a few instances where fairy tale events don’t...
by msander | May 4, 2015 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry, Gr. 11-12 Physics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YLFHNedPfo Global News Report. We’ve all heard of electric cars, but imagine your home or business being powered by the same kind of battery. Tesla founder Elon Musk, the billionaire futurist and inventor who always pushes the limits,...
by msander | Apr 27, 2015 | Gr. 11-12 Physics
You’ve probably seen E=mc2 somewhere, in science class or maybe in cartoons or other pop culture ephemera, but if you really want to know what it means, listen to World Science Festival co-founder and Columbia University physicist Brian Greene’s explanation above....
by msander | Apr 27, 2015 | Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Globe and Mail Science reporter Ivan Semeniuk describes Canada’s contribution to the construction of a new, state of the art telescope in Hawaii that is hoped to look farther back in time than ever...
by msander | Apr 16, 2015 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Why doesn’t magenta appear in the rainbow? The answer lies not in physics but in biology. Science presenter Steve Mould demonstrates the strange phenomenon of colour mixing, in which not everything is as it seems. The cone cells within our eyes are responsible...
by msander | Apr 9, 2015 | All Science Teachers, Gr. 11-12 Physics
https://youtube.com/watch?v=YcyV9Pmn7hw%3Fvq%3Dhd1080 This video posted on YouTube introduces the Medical Physics undergraduate program at McMaster University. Medical Physics is the study of applications of physics to medicine, which can be divided into three areas:...
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