Friday, January 29, 2010

Glitter Solar Panels?

Click the title to read an article about this new idea. How do you think this is beneficial?

Vampire Star Video

Click the title above to watch a video about vampire stars. What happens in the video?

Apollo's Impact on the Moon

Click the title above to read an article about Apollo's mission. What happened?

Galaxy Shapes: Reasons Revealed

Click the title above to read the article about galaxies. Determine what causes the various shapes of other galaxies.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors?

Click on the title to read an article about cell phones and their link to brain tumors. What do the finding suggest? Will your talking habits change because of it?

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

10 Weird Sea Creatures

Click the title above to see pictures of and descriptions about animals in the deep. Choose and describe your 3 favorite Weird Sea Creatures.

How much spit do you produce?

Click the title above to read an article about spit. How much spit do you produce in a day? What can cause you to salivate? Why is spit good?

Cars Running on Watermelons?

Click on the title above to read how scientists propose meeting our needs for fuel. What suggestion do they give? How will this be useable by cars? Will it solve all of our fuel problems?

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Is the Internet Warping Our Minds?

Click on the title to read an article about the Internet's effects on our minds. What is the author's concern? What are your thoughts about the Internet--both good and bad?

Music helps my memory?

Click on the title above to read an article about music/memory connections. What is this article about? Do you agree or disagree? Explain.

New Spider and Frog Species Discovered

Click on the title to read about new species of spiders and frogs that have been discovered. Where were they discovered? Describe one of the species.

Robots have emotions?

Click on the title above to read an article about the new abilities of robots. Watch the video at the end of the article to see how amazing these robots are. Explain the difficulties associated with creating robots that exhibit emotions. What are your thoughts about the new robots?

Black Holes Join Forces?

Click on the title above to read about black holes. Explain why astronomers feel this is true. Will there be a change to our galaxy as a result? Why or why not?

Robot Madness

Click on the title to visit an article about robot advancements and watch a video about the newest robots that are able to walk like humans do. Describe how scientists have created these robots. Explain how you feel about seeing technology advance in this way.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Gamma Ray Blast

Click on the title above to read about what has been detected in space. What amount of energy was produced? How far away did the blast occur? Compare the distances from the sun to Earth and the sun to Pluto using light years.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Dinos wore coats?

Click on the title above to read about dinosaurs. What is this article about? Why do scientists think this is true? What would it have been used for?

Life is Tweet

Click on the title to read about the first bird. What was the name of the first bird? What does this article reveal about the bird? How was this discovered?

Mistaken Identity

Click on the title to read a case of mistaken identity. Whose identity was mistaken? What will happen because of it? Why does it need to be changed?

Embryotic Stem Cell Therapy

Click on the title to read an article about stem cell therapy. Explain what this is and how it will be able to help us.

Orbitor probes greenhouse gases

Click on the title to view an article about what is have been launched to help ease some of our concerns about greenhouse gases. Explain who has launched it, and what it will be able to tell us.

Ring of Fire

Click on the title to view an article about an upcoming eclipse. Explain what is happening. Tell me when and where it will occur.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Robots

Click on the above title to view many different kinds of robots. View all the bots and choose your favorites. Name and describe your 3 favorite bots.

5 legged freaks

Click on the title above to read about salamanders with deformities. Why do scientists think these specific animals are showing a higher rate of deformation?

New Solar Cells

Click on the title to read about the newest invention of solar cells. How are they different from traditional solar cells? How might they be used in the future?

Do you feel itchy?

Click on the title to read about what can make you itch. Explain how stress causes people to itch.

Out of this World

In the following video you will see an animated version of a new type of traveling. You will be able to travel to outer space! Watch the video, describe the take off, and explain why the people are able to float around once they exit the atmosphere.