One of the 3 books that I have read this summer include Andrew Smith’s Moondust. I have read many, many books on the Apollo Moon program and most of them have focused on the preparation for the missions, the people involved, and the actual mission. What makes Moondust different is that it focuses […]
Archive for July, 2006
A while back I posted an item from Steve Spangler’s Science site that demonstrated how to make lava lamps. I decided to go ahead and try it and I filmed it. The materials that are required for the demo are shown below. As the video shows the peanut butter jar is filled […]
I recently traveled through Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, and Paris. I put together some of the more interesting science related items. I saw Dolly the cloned sheep on display in the Royal Museum in Edinburgh Scotland. She of course was the first successfully cloned organism, which created quite a stir in the […]
Educational Innovations’ website teachersource.com sells tons of unique science related items. One of those items is the handboiler. When you wrap your hand around the base the colored liquid (probably alcohol) heats up and moves up to the top where it eventually bubbles. My guess is that the molecules of the liquid speed up causing […]
Brainiac: Science Abuse is a wonderful British TV show that is a cross between Bill Nye and Mythbusters. The following video clip from the show demonstrates what happens to the alkali metals (lithium, sodium, potassium, etc.) when placed in water. The metals react with the water to produce hydrogen gas which is quite […]
One of my all time favorite demos. This is a variation on the crushing of the soda can via atmospheric pressure. I do this demo when studying the phases of matter. The molecules […]
I am a voracious reader of anything that has to do with the space program, mostly those about astronauts. I have read extensively about the Gemini and Apollo astronauts, which most astronaut books are about. There aren’t too many about the shuttle astronauts. One of the few books on the shuttle astronauts […]
Buying/Selling Lesson Plans
Published by July 1st, 2006 in Education, News and Resources. 0 CommentsInteresting site. I think the yearly fee is too high ($29.95), I would rather have a percentage of each sale taken off. I have checked out the site and as of now there aren’t many lessons, and the lessons seem to be of the skill drill variety. This might improve in time. […]
