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05/24/2017
New England Institute of Technology offers dual enrollment to Providence juniors PROVIDENCE, R.I. — New England Institute of Technology is offering conditional early acceptance to eligible Providence Public School juniors,
11/26/2015
Considering the jaw-dropping immensity of our Universe, very thankful to be here, on this tiny blue dot... Happy Thanksgiving!
The scale of the universe Carl Sagan told us that there are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all of the Earth's beaches. At the same time, there are more H2...
09/13/2013
Interstellar exploration, yeah we got that... NASA has confirmed that, for the first time ever, something made with human hands has exited our solar system. This site has some cool interactive stuff about Voyager 1, which continues to careen into outer space while beaming back information about what lies beyond...
Voyager's epic journey: How long would it take you? Nasa's Voyager 1 spacecraft is on target to become the first man-made object to leave our Solar System. It has taken 35 years to get there. How long would it take you?
02/10/2013
"Doing" science requires our ability to make observations. Here are ten that support the commonly known fact that our Earth looks more like a basketball than a flat disc atop a tower of infinite turtles...
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05/04/2012
Being science teacher pt. III over these past few months has been both a crazy experience and an honor.
I wish you all the best of luck with all the many great things I know are to come...
**Quiz Reminder**
D & G: Quiz tomorrow, Monday 4/30
A & B: Quiz Tuesday 5/1
Waves
Wave Parts & Properties:
Crest, Trough, Amplitude, Frequency, Wavelength, etc.
Calculating wave speed, frequency and wavelength
Wave Types:
Electromagnetic vs. Mechanical
Transverse vs. Longitudinal
Standing Waves:
Harmonics
Nodes vs. Antinodes
04/25/2012
Dark Matter Hits the Average Human Once a Minute? Scientists estimate that the mysterious substance makes up almost 80 percent of the matter in the universe.
04/15/2012
Check out this interview with Astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, a pretty electrifying human being. At about 3 minutes in, he'll explain how you're made of the universe and why we shouldn't care about finding the square-root of a pork chop.
Enjoy the nice long break from school, I'll see ya'll in about a week.
10 Questions for Neil deGrasse Tyson - Video - TIME.com Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History and host of NOVA scienceNOW. Here he talks about the universe
04/13/2012
The Electromagnetic Spectrum http://www.facebook.com/ScienceReason ... Science@NASA: EMS (Episode 1) - An Introduction To The Electromagnetic Spectrum --- Please SUBSCRIBE to Science & R...
**Quiz Reminder**
A, B & D: Quiz tomorrow, Thursday 4/11
The Atom: subatomic particles / mass number / atomic mass
Valence Electrons: How many are there in given neutral elements?
Coulomb's Law: What do the variables represent?
Direct Relationship vs. Inverse Relationship
Radioactive Decay
**Quiz Reminder**
A & B: Quiz tomorrow, Wednesday 3/28
D: Quiz Thursday 3/29
"The Atom"
What is it?
History of the Atomic Theory
Structure of the Atom
The next Transit of Venus will be on Tue. June 5th, just before sunset.
This will not be visible again until December 2117 and December 2125.
Transit of Venus A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet, becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun. The duration of such transits is usually several hours (the transit of 2012 lasted 6 hours and 40 minutes). A transit is similar to a solar eclipse by the Moon. While the diameter of Venus is more than 3 times that of the Moon, Venus appears smaller, and travels more slowly across the face of the Sun, because it is much farther away from Earth.