ScienceBoom http://scienceboom.com Science Demonstrations, Projects, Experiments and Teaching Tips from ScienceBoom Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:40:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Free Howard Hughes Medical Institute Educational DVDs http://scienceboom.com/347/free-howard-hughes-medical-institute-educational-dvds.htm http://scienceboom.com/347/free-howard-hughes-medical-institute-educational-dvds.htm#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:35:55 +0000 Michael Doig http://scienceboom.com/?p=347

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]]> Free Howard Hughes Medical Institute Educational DVDs – The Howard Hughes Medical Institute offers a selection of Educational DVDs for free with free shipping. DVDs are available on such topics as evolution (Evolution: Constant Change and Common Threads pictured), diseases, biodiversity, the human brain, and more.


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]]> http://scienceboom.com/347/free-howard-hughes-medical-institute-educational-dvds.htm/feed 0 A Matter of Gravity: Developing Space-Based Experiments http://scienceboom.com/345/a-matter-of-gravity-developing-space-based-experiments.htm http://scienceboom.com/345/a-matter-of-gravity-developing-space-based-experiments.htm#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:02:27 +0000 Michael Doig http://scienceboom.com/345/a-matter-of-gravity-developing-space-based-experiments.htm

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]]> A Matter of Gravity: Developing Space-Based Experiments (via NYTimes) – A full lesson developed to teach students about a new contest seeking student science experiments to be conducted on the International Space Station.


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]]> http://scienceboom.com/345/a-matter-of-gravity-developing-space-based-experiments.htm/feed 0 NPP: Improving U.S. weather forecast accuracy from space http://scienceboom.com/346/npp-improving-u-s-weather-forecast-accuracy-from-space.htm http://scienceboom.com/346/npp-improving-u-s-weather-forecast-accuracy-from-space.htm#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:06:55 +0000 Michael Doig http://scienceboom.com/346/npp-improving-u-s-weather-forecast-accuracy-from-space.htm

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]]> NPP: Improving U.S. weather forecast accuracy from space – The launch of a new polar-orbiting environmental satellite enables NOAA to continue issuing accurate forecasts and provide advance warning for severe weather.


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]]> http://scienceboom.com/346/npp-improving-u-s-weather-forecast-accuracy-from-space.htm/feed 0 Paul Nicklen: Tales of ice-bound wonderlands (TED Talks) http://scienceboom.com/344/paul-nicklen-tales-of-ice-bound-wonderlands-ted-talks.htm http://scienceboom.com/344/paul-nicklen-tales-of-ice-bound-wonderlands-ted-talks.htm#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:20:30 +0000 Michael Doig http://scienceboom.com/344/paul-nicklen-tales-of-ice-bound-wonderlands-ted-talks.htm

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]]> Paul Nicklen: Tales of ice-bound wonderlands (TED Talks) – Diving under the Antarctic ice to get close to the much-feared leopard seal, photographer Paul Nicklen found an extraordinary new friend. Share his hilarious, passionate stories of the polar wonderlands.


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]]> http://scienceboom.com/344/paul-nicklen-tales-of-ice-bound-wonderlands-ted-talks.htm/feed 0 Shell Science Lab Challenge http://scienceboom.com/343/shell-science-lab-challenge.htm http://scienceboom.com/343/shell-science-lab-challenge.htm#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:59:20 +0000 Michael Doig http://scienceboom.com/343/shell-science-lab-challenge.htm

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]]> Shell Science Lab Challenge – The Shell Science Lab Challenge gives you an opportunity to share your exemplary teaching for a chance to win a school science lab makeover support package valued at $20,000!


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]]> http://scienceboom.com/343/shell-science-lab-challenge.htm/feed 0 Italian scientists on trial over L’Aquila earthquake http://scienceboom.com/342/italian-scientists-on-trial-over-laquila-earthquake.htm http://scienceboom.com/342/italian-scientists-on-trial-over-laquila-earthquake.htm#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:57:02 +0000 Michael Doig http://scienceboom.com/342/italian-scientists-on-trial-over-laquila-earthquake.htm

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]]> Italian scientists on trial over L’Aquila earthquake – Really? Another example of why a science education is important…


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]]> http://scienceboom.com/342/italian-scientists-on-trial-over-laquila-earthquake.htm/feed 0 High School Students Find Sunken Ships http://scienceboom.com/341/high-school-students-find-sunken-ships.htm http://scienceboom.com/341/high-school-students-find-sunken-ships.htm#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:35:33 +0000 Michael Doig http://scienceboom.com/341/high-school-students-find-sunken-ships.htm

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]]> High School Students Find Sunken Ships – A group of high school students aboard a NOAA boat discovered several shipwrecks that had eluded wreck hunters for years.


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]]> http://scienceboom.com/341/high-school-students-find-sunken-ships.htm/feed 0 NASA Detects Planet Dancing With a Pair of Stars http://scienceboom.com/339/nasa-detects-planet-dancing-with-a-pair-of-stars.htm http://scienceboom.com/339/nasa-detects-planet-dancing-with-a-pair-of-stars.htm#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:58:32 +0000 Michael Doig http://scienceboom.com/339/nasa-detects-planet-dancing-with-a-pair-of-stars.htm

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]]> NASA Detects Planet Dancing With a Pair of Stars – The first planet, astronomers say, that has been definitely shown to be orbiting two stars at once, circling at a distance of 65 million miles a pair of stars that are themselves circling each other much more closely.


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]]> http://scienceboom.com/339/nasa-detects-planet-dancing-with-a-pair-of-stars.htm/feed 0 To The Moon (Time-Life Records) http://scienceboom.com/337/to-the-moon-time-life-records.htm http://scienceboom.com/337/to-the-moon-time-life-records.htm#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:55:14 +0000 Michael Doig http://scienceboom.com/337/to-the-moon-time-life-records.htm

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]]> To The Moon (Time-Life Records) – Original photography scanned from the breathtakingly beautiful ‘To The Moon’ (Time-Life 1969) an audio and visual chronology that documents NASA’s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo projects.


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]]> http://scienceboom.com/337/to-the-moon-time-life-records.htm/feed 0 5 Science T-Shirts For The New Year http://scienceboom.com/330/5-science-t-shirts-for-the-new-year.htm http://scienceboom.com/330/5-science-t-shirts-for-the-new-year.htm#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:52:09 +0000 Michael Doig http://scienceboom.com/330/5-science-t-shirts-for-the-new-year.htm

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]]> Check out these new duds for the new year…

Thank God For Science

Thank God for science and thank God for science teachers!

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The tree sprouts from the dot in the letter i, which represents the idea of common descent. Arrows and leaves signify continuing evolution and growth, and the simple statement “I believe in science”.

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Look cool without breaking the bank. Darwin Evolve, Obama Style T-Shirt.

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Enough said…

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Carl Sagan

Celebrate the great Carl Sagan and check out the other scientists including Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla and B.F. Skinner.

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