by cbrookallred | Mar 13, 2017 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
As March 2017 opens, the waxing crescent moon joins up with Venus, Mars (and Uranus) in the western sky after sunset. Mars remains a rather feeble evening object for the next few months, but March 2017 presents the grand finale of Venus, the sky’s brightest planet, as...
by msander | Mar 13, 2017 | Gr 1-3 Science & Tech, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech
The children’s expressions are so cute that I couldn’t resist including this post. How do we retain this playful enthusiasm for science as they get older? – STAO Blogster. Background info from BBC Earth Unplugged: We’re on a mission to bring...
by msander | Mar 6, 2017 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry, Gr. 11-12 Physics
A frog’s tongue can get prey into its mouth in less time than it takes for you to blink – just seven hundredths of a second. The bug is whipped through the air with a peak acceleration of around 12Gs, way more than astronauts experience when launched into space,...
by cbrookallred | Mar 2, 2017 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
By most standards, Earth has seven continents – Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America. A group of geologists believes we should recognize an eighth. Earth’s “hidden” continent, they say, is a mostly submerged land mass...
by msander | Mar 2, 2017 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Bat-bot could one day aid in search and rescue operations. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2jVvS7V Read the research (free):...
by msander | Feb 23, 2017 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
For most of human history, we had a lot of bad ideas about how we were getting sick: angry gods, misaligned planets, stinky fumes. We also had plenty of bad ideas about how to prevent it, like bloodletting, large holes in the head and drinking arsenic. Things started...
Recent Comments