Griffith Observatory

Griffith Observatory

Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Griffith Observatory Please click HERE for link to the website. Since the doors opened in 1935, Griffith Observatory has become the most-visited public observatory in the world. The Observatory’s history starts with the vision...
Israeli scientists say they synthesized human embryos from stem cells

Israeli scientists say they synthesized human embryos from stem cells

Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Click HERE for link to the original article. Israeli scientists say they synthesized human embryos from stem cells Weizmann Institute team uses stem cell model allowing researchers to see into ‘black box’ of critical early...
An Alpine ibex defies gravity to lick salt

An Alpine ibex defies gravity to lick salt

Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76   An Alpine ibex defies gravity to lick salt   Please click HERE for a link to the original article. Please click on the image below for the link to the short video on YouTube The Cingino Dam‘s rock wall is very...
Project Learning Tree Canada’s New Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide

Project Learning Tree Canada’s New Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide

Project Learning Tree Canada’s Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide Communications Toolkit EXPLORE YOUR ENVIRONMENT: K-8 ACTIVITY GUIDE Project Learning Tree Canada’s new flagship curriculum, Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide, provides 50 hands-on,...
The Spilhaus Projection-A World Map According To Fish

The Spilhaus Projection-A World Map According To Fish

Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76   Please click HERE for a link to the original article. I clearly remember sitting in a geography lesson in a dusty, cold classroom in the English midlands listening to Mr Lewin drone on and on. It must have been the late...
Teaching the Nature of Science, Part II

Teaching the Nature of Science, Part II

Submitted by STAO Member, Dr. Anthony Persaud, EdD, MSc Anthony has been in science since 1993 working in pharmaceuticals, and a science educator since 2006 including as science department head, Instructional Coordinator in Science and Technology, and Seconded Faculty...
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