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
by msander | May 13, 2018 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano could soon send boulders and ash shooting out of its summit crater in the kind of explosive eruption last displayed nearly a century ago. Source: Risk of explosive eruption from Hawaii volcano rising, scientists warn | CBC...
by msander | May 13, 2018 | Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Throughout Earth’s history, climate has varied greatly. For hundreds of millions of years, the planet had no polar ice caps. Without this ice, the sea level was 70 meters higher. At the other extreme, about 700 million years ago, Earth became almost entirely covered...
by msander | May 10, 2018 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
It’s one of the most annoying sensations our bodies can feel, but does anything feel better than when you scratch an itch? Ok, maybe *some* things. But itching and scratching are up there. How does this weird sensation work? And what is itching for? Scratch that itch...
by msander | May 10, 2018 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr. 11-12 Biology
A parasitic wasp has injected her eggs into a caterpillar — and now they’re ready to hatch. In the Womb: Extreme Animals : http://channel.nationalgeographic.com… ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National...
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