by msander | Jul 31, 2018 | All Science Teachers
The four students were in grades 8 through 12 when they first proposed shooting a tube of microscopic worms into orbit so they could study the effects of low gravity on muscle deterioration Source: Toronto students become published scientists after sending worms to...
by msander | Jul 22, 2018 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
A head-vaporizing laser with a perfect wavelength detecting sub-proton space-time ripples. Huge thanks to Prof Rana Adhikari and LIGO: http://ligo.org Here’s how he felt when he learned about the first ever detection: https://youtu.be/ViMnGgn87dg Thanks to...
by msander | Jul 2, 2018 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
The Canadarm 2 will achieve a career milestone as it reaches out from its perch on the International Space Station and snags an unmanned vehicle Source: Canadarm 2 set to make 30th ‘catch’
by msander | Apr 30, 2018 | All Science Teachers
To make a crewed Mars mission possible, there are incredibly complex problems that need to be solved. Here are some of the things at the top of NASA’s to-do list, and how engineers and psychologists are figuring them out. Source: Engineering, psychology and...
by msander | Apr 15, 2018 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
There’s a growing volume of debris in orbit around the earth, commonly called space junk, that ranges from old spacecraft down to tiny flecks of paint. Canada plays a role in scanning the sky for this junk, which can cause serious damage in the event of an...
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