Category: Asides

Doodling May Draw Students into Science – Science teachers may want to add doodling to their lesson plans, say researchers who found the freehand drawing may help students learn science.

Interactive Seismic Wave Chart – Not sure how I missed this for so long, but this is a really cool tool for demonstrating how to use the seismic wave lag time chart.

Star-forming galaxies like grains of sand – Thousands of galaxies crowd into this Herschel image of the distant Universe. Each dot is an entire galaxy containing billions of stars.

What do farts have in common with earthquakes? – “we can make general predictions about the phenomenon in terms of magnitude and recurrence, but the size and timing of each specific event are random”

Adrienne Block: The Thrill of Mapping the Last Unexplored Mountain Range

Blue Moon on New Year’s Eve – The term “blue moon” simply refers to the second full moon in a calendar month, something that hasn’t happened on a New Year’s Eve for nearly 20 years.

The NYC Department of Education – presents a comprehensive listing or new resources and materials for science education in your classroom. Resources expand to include student opportunities as well.

Simulate Galaxies Merging with Galaxy Zoo – Select galaxies and watch them crash into each other, whirl around and spill their stars into the universe.

Science Fair Central – Discovery Education Science Fair Central offers ideas for science fair projects and experiments for kids.

Upcoming Leonid Meteor Shower 11/17-18/2009 – Peak viewing will be in the wee hours of the night of November 17-18.