by Michael Frankfort | Jul 10, 2022 | All Science Teachers, Biology, Blog, Critical Thinking, Elementary, Environment, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Inquiry, Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration, Scientific Literacy, Secondary, Teaching Strategies
Submitted & Written by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76 Elementary Teacher, York Region District School Board, STAO Blog Contributor, Sci-Fi Geek This past spring, I had the opportunity to present a webinar for the Ontario Teachers’ Federation called...
by Milan Sanader | Sep 3, 2020 | All Science Teachers, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
A team of international astronomers has caught the merger of two black holes of unprecedented masses creating yet another massive black hole — one that astronomers believed existed in theory but that had never been detected. The two caught in the act were roughly 85...
by msander | Aug 21, 2019 | All Science Teachers, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
First, astronomers made history when they detected a gravitational wave from two black holes merging. Then it was two neutron stars. Now, astronomers believe they’ve detected a gravitational wave coming from another first-time discovery: a black hole swallowing...
by msander | Apr 11, 2019 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
We have just seen the first image of a black hole, the supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 with a mass 6.5 billion times that of our sun. But what is that image really showing us? This is an awesome paper on the topic by J.P. Luminet: Image of a spherical black...
by msander | Apr 10, 2019 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
Black holes have been mysterious and elusive — until now. Astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have, for the first time, photographed one. Source: ‘We’ve now seen the unseeable’: Black hole photographed for the first time | CBC...
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