by msander | Jan 27, 2018 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry
The fate of the Amazon rainforest has never been as uncertain as it is right now. To understand the forces that are shaping its future, Stephanie Nolen travelled 2,000-kilometres along a dusty, dangerous corridor through a fragile ecosystem on which the world depends...
by msander | Jan 25, 2018 | All Science Teachers
Previously, scientists had been unable to clone primates, a category that includes monkeys, apes and people Source: Scientists clone monkey for first time, moving closer to prospect of human cloning
by msander | Jan 22, 2018 | Gr 9-10 Science
Students worked in assigned teams (heterogeneous groupings) to research and analyze the impacts of food production on ecosystems, to evaluate the sustainability of our food production and to suggest a direction for future food production both in terms of...
by msander | Jan 21, 2018 | All Science Teachers
You’ve heard about them, but do you how they work? Or why they suck? Hank explains the science behind performance enhancers, including steroids, blood doping, and that stuff supposedly made out of deer antlers. You’ll never look at cheating the same way...
by msander | Jan 18, 2018 | All Science Teachers
In the early days of the space race, agency researchers in Russia and at NASA really weren’t sure all what would happen to an astronaut in space. They didn’t know if a human mind could handle actually seeing Earth or what would happen to the human body...
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