Mrs. Barnett Dreyfuss' Classes 2010-2011

08/17/2012

Let me know if I'm getting any of your friends or siblings this year!

03/26/2012

If you guys are interested:
Hari Rallapalli will be on campus on Tuesday, 3/27, at lunch to talk to interested students about participating in the Intel Science and Engineering Fair. He was *very* successful in his participation. Any interested students to can join us in room D2 at lunch.

03/23/2012

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announced
funding for nine new summer internship programs for high school
students, many in the SF Bay Area:

"These programs extend last year’s pilot program of the Creativity
Awards, which encourage California’s young people to pursue careers
developing the next generation of stem cell-based therapies."

Press release from the March 21, 2012 meeting of the governing board of the california Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the state stem cell agency created by proposition 71, including funding of the creativity awards, discussion of the 2012 strategic plan and an update on the disease teams.

02/23/2012

Mr. Brix had his baby last weekend!

01/30/2012

Very cool Sound experiment!

How to make a carrot clarinet. Linsey Pollak demonstrates making a clarinet from a carrot. overall length of carrot is 187mm bore: 12mm. (I use a spade bit) ...

01/22/2012

If you're watching football, try to spot the guy on the sidelines with the giant hemisphere satellite dish looking thing. He's collecting audio from the field using sound reflection and superposition!

12/28/2011

Remember we use old holiday lights! Bring them by anytime!

09/27/2011

Free Solar Lights out of a bottle!!

Coke bottles light up Filipinos' lives. Amazing!

09/26/2011

Physics seen on the weekend: Used my camera phone to check if my IR camera remote was working. Try it with a remote! iPhones don't work though...

09/10/2011

You know why this is true ;)

Lightning distance can be calculated with some simple math. Learn about calculating lightning distance.

09/03/2011

Very cool!

Grab your binoculars and glimpse a cosmic explosion - a supernova - from 21 million light-years away! It'll be visible from around September 3-10, 2011.

08/14/2011

Anyone need to fill a TA spot in their schedule? *hint hint*