If you’re a long-time reader, you may remember the great leftover Easter Peeps microwave experiment. Well, today we’re going to be nuking leftover Valentine’s Day chocolate to demonstrate one of the constants of physics, the speed of light. Chocolate makes a very appropriate medium, because the heating property of microwaves was first discovered by a [...] [...]
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File this under cool science to share with your kids! Bees continue to fascinate and often surprise scientists, and this rather interesting experiment certainly falls into both categories. You’ve gotta love a book that follows “Chapter One: Matter” with “Chapter Two: Quantum Theory.” The Instant Egghead Guide: Physics by Brian Clegg and Scientific American does just that, and then continues on through chapters about Light, Relativity, Forces and Energy. The cover calls it “60-Second Science,” and each subject is a two-page spread that [...] [...] It’s been suggested that we ban the words ‘Nerd’ and ‘Geek’ from the lexicon to combat the negative stereotypes that go with them so they can thrive easier. But there will always be nerds and geeks, no matter what we call them. [...] A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to attend part of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) area conference held in Phoenix, Arizona, from December 3-5. More than 2000 educators were supposed to attend for this gathering on Science Education. There were hundreds of workshops, presentations and seminars to teach about developments in [...] [...] I have often wanted to sink my teeth into real writing by real scientists, but I don’t feel qualified to dig through the endless of pages of writing to find snippets that get to the point. I don’t have time to read entire books or papers on subjects that are way over my head. So [...] [...] This week’s installment of the GeekDad gift guide covers science gifts as well as green gifts. Please leave a comment if we missed any, and don’t hesitate to click on the graphic above to see more gift suggestions. Thanks to the wonders of twitter and twitpic, and a Brisbane-based tech/entrepreneur guy called Jono Haysom who tweets at @JonoH I present to you – The Periodic Table of Elements in the form of deliciously iced baked goods! [...] |
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