Science: Using Superheroes to Teach Physics

To get students interested in subjects like Physics, the University of California has offered a course called The Science of Superheroes. It seems to be a growing trend as other universities follow suit in offering other courses which examine science fiction.

Using Superheroes to Teach Physics

Science: Have Australian cane toads finally met their match?

You have seen them on the Simpsons and they are arguably the most famous of the alien species. This article reports on a possible predator, the meat ant, that may be able to control the famous Cane toad. Follow the link below to read more.

Have Australian cane toads finally met their match?

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Science: Zoo Chimp 'Planned' Stone Attacks

A chimpanzee in a Swedish zoo has been revealed to have planned hundreds of stone attacks on visitors of the zoo. Researchers have shown Santino, a chimpanzee, would gather and store stones that he would later use as projectiles in displays of dominance. They also found that he could recognize parts of his enclosure that could be pulled apart and fashioned into further projectiles. The researchers suggest that these behaviours are a display of animals planning for future events, a behaviour which has been thus far difficult to prove.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7928996.stm

G.10 Science: Chemistry Test Review Answer Key

Follow the link to get to the answer key. It is located at the bottom of the Chemistry Page.

Chemistry Review Answer Key

The Science of Basketball: In-Depth Reports

With March Madness in full swing and even Obama making his predictions for the brackets thought you all might find this article interesting. It is actually a series of articles; one is about using probability to pick your March madness winners, a second is about how players can't make the exact same shot twice, third article is about the new basketballs, and finally the last article is about how players can predict if another players shot is going to go in or not.

This one is for you Jarrell...

The Science of Basketball: In-Depth Reports

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Buying Green: 9 Environmentally Inventive Products: Scientific American Slideshows

Buying Green: 9 Environmentally Inventive Products: Scientific American Slideshows

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SHS Hockey Training Program 1

SHS Training Program 1

The off-ice training program is up and can be downloaded through the link provided.

It is recommended that you keep track of your progress and submit it to me so that I can use this information to create the 2nd program.

G.10 Science: The Science of Spore

About a month back I posted a link to a game called Spore. Spore is an evolution simulation game where you start off as a cell and develop your organism through 5 stages; cell, creature, tribe, civilization, and space. This article investigates some of the research done by its creator, Will Wright, and compares and contrasts the game spore with actual evolution. If you have tried the game, you should find this article an interesting read.

Scientific American_Jan 2009_The Science of Spore

G.10 Science: Possible Resources for Awareness Articles

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G. 10 Science: Awareness Article #3

Awareness Article #3 is due Mar 27th, 2008.

Please see Awareness Article format found in the labels on the right hand side of the front page.

Reminders:1. Write your Awareness Article as a word document so that you can cut and paste it in to the blog. This will prevent you from losing any work as a result of technical difficulty.

2. You require a login and password to post on the blog.

3. See me if you are having difficulty.