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Science Terms In Modern Media

Michael Doig — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:00:02 +0000

In response to Dan Meyer’s Where is Your List?, I put together this collection of science related animations, movies, and interactive modules. This list features resources I find valuable and have used either in a PowerPoint presentation or as a stand alone example. I still like to keep science real, but sometimes an animation can bring a topic to life in ways a text or lecture can not.
1) Radiation & Conduction
2) Atmospheric Layers
3) Big Bang
4) Plate Tectonics
5) Earth Rotation
6) Sun Motions
7) The Seasons
8) Pangaea Breakup
9) Polar Sea Ice Melting
10) Lunar Landing
11) Making a Topographic Profile
12) Convection Currents
13) Density
14) Seismic Waves
15) Volcano animation: Mt. Kilauea
16) Minerals
17) The Rock Cycle
18) The Water Cycle
19) Land Slide
20) Flash Flood
21) Braided Stream
22) Soil Horizons
23) Half-Life
24) El Niño/ La Niña
25) Global Warming
26) Phases of the Moon
27) Tides
28) Orbital Eccentricity
29) Periodic Table (Thanks Todd)
30) Sun Dial (Thanks A. Mercer)

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ScienceBoom Episode #2 – Water Circulation & Convection

Michael Doig — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:00:08 +0000

In this demonstration we visit the lab and look at the circulation of water based on temperature differences. This demonstration is done using the Oceanic Circulation Model from ScienceKit.com.

Watch on: Youtube | Revver | Vimeo | Download

Host: Michael Doig
Duration: 4:16

Materials

Oceanic Circulation Model
Ice
Water (Hot/Cold)
Food Coloring

Convection Fast Facts

Heated fluids rise because they have a lower density
Cooled fluids fall because they have a higher density
The Equator gets more solar energy than the poles
Ocean water gets heated at the Equator and cooled at the poles

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