by msander | Jun 22, 2018 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry
Water is refreshing, hydrating, and invaluable to your survival. But clean water remains a precious and often scarce commodity – there are nearly 800 million people who still don’t have regular access to it. Why is that? And how can you tell whether the water you have...
by msander | Jun 11, 2018 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Physics Girl astrophysics series – Brown Dwarfs are among the most recently observed objects in the universe. They have at MOST 8% the mass of the Sun. The lower mass boundary is not known! So they are halfway between stars and gas giant planets. Astrophysicist...
by msander | Jun 4, 2018 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
Will Smith talks with Astronaut Drew Feustel in the first ever Instagram Live with the International Space Station. YouTube source of the original...
by msander | May 30, 2018 | Gr 1-3 Science & Tech, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
This demonstration only uses a few kitchen items and requires very little set up and clean up time. It’s perfect for little scientist-artists who are always looking for new activities and wondering how they work. Source: Puffy Paint in the Microwave | Science...
by msander | May 28, 2018 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry
Less than a tenth the size of an ant, a dust mite’s whole world is contained in the dusty film under a bed or in a forgotten corner. This realm is right under our noses, but from our perspective, the tiny specks of brilliant color blend together into a nondescript...
by msander | May 24, 2018 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
From a tree to an orangutan to bacterium, the annual top 10 new species list has the newest stars of Earth’s biodiversity. Source: Top 10 new species of 2018 include volcanic bacterium and a hitchhiking beetle | CBC News
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