by msander | Jan 13, 2018 | All Science Teachers
Consider this cold comfort: A quick study of the brutal recent cold snap in Canada and the U.S. found that the Arctic blast really wasn’t global warming but a freak of nature. Source: Recent deep freeze can’t be blamed on climate change, study...
by msander | Jan 4, 2018 | All Science Teachers
Why has it been so cold? Is this unusual? Is the polar vortex to blame? And how can it be this cold if there’s global warming? Here are the answers to your questions. Source: Why has it been so cold? Here’s what science says
by msander | Oct 12, 2017 | Gr 1-3 Science & Tech, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
As powerful storms wreak havoc across the globe, we keep hearing about the important of 2-degrees—a threshold set by many policymakers in the discussion of global warming. NPR Science Correspondent Christopher Joyce explains the changes 2-degrees of warming might...
by msander | Oct 9, 2017 | Gr 1-3 Science & Tech, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
Natural disasters can cause vast devastation but can there be a silver lining for some species? Maddie Moate investigates whether natural disasters can ever be beneficial for nature. Subscribe to Earth Unplugged for more amazing animal videos –...
by msander | Sep 19, 2017 | All Science Teachers
What are hurricanes?Hurricanes are part of a family of storms called tropical cyclones – storms that rotate rapidly around a low-pressure centre and produce heavy rain and strong winds. If one of these storms hits a sustained top wind speed of 119 kilometres an hour...
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