G.10 Science: Awareness Article #5

Awareness Article #5 has now been assigned. It will be due Friday, May 22nd, 2009.

Due to time constraints (i.e. the time it takes to mark ~150 Awareness Articles) and Final Exams quickly approaching, any Awareness Articles posted after June 1st, 2009 will not be marked.

If you are still having trouble posting your articles it is extremely important that you see me ASAP.

Science: Teens capture images of space with £56 camera and balloon

Four spanish students rigged a digital camera to send pictures back from a helium weather balloon which they launched into the upper atmosphere. The pictures are fantastic, and apparently, it only cost about $100 in parts.

Check out the article.
Teens Capture Images of Space

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

Buying Green: 9 Environmentally Inventive Products: Scientific American Slideshows

Buying Green: 9 Environmentally Inventive Products: Scientific American Slideshows

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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

Science: Periodic Table of Videos

A collection of videos from the University of Nottingham about all the elements that make up the periodic table. Click on any element that makes up the periodic table and there will be a video pertaining to that element.

http://www.periodicvideos.com/index.htm#

An additional periodic table resource.

Moving your cursor over an element gives you basic data and a picture of the element. Clicking on the element brings you to an in-depth page that shows multiple uses for the element.

http://www.periodictable.com/

Feb 2008_G10 Science: Awareness Article #2

Awareness Article #2 is due Feb 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.

Feb 2008_G10 Science: Awareness Article #1

Awareness Article #1 is due Feb 14th, 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.

G.10 Science: Awareness Article #5

Due January 23rd, 2009

G.10 Science: Awareness Article #4

Due January 23rd, 2009

Next Generation of Performance Enhancing Drugs

The Normal Build of a Whippet

A Whippet on Myostatin Inhibitors

Comparison of two mice, one mouse is the control (i.e. normal) the second is on Myostatin Inhibitors, can you guess which one is which?

Science: G.10 Balloon Cars

Traveled the Furthest - Chris, Daniela & Sean

Took Longest to Make - Andrew, Adam & Brendon

Fastest - Amanda & Lauren
Coolest Looking - Amanda & Lauren

Most Creative - Ellen & Elizabeth

Most Innovative - Glynnis & Kayla

Honourable Mentions

Hye-Gee & Ye-Bin

Jade & Kayla

Ksenia & Shenaz

Danny, Steven & Raul

Sarah & Heather

SooNah, Dante & Rebecca

Science: Limited Water and Air

This is an image found on BoingBoing.com. The two spheres superimposed on the earth images are comparisons of water quantity (on left) and air quantity (on right) with the earth itself. The comparison is made to deomstrate the limited amount of air and water our planet actually has to sustain life.

To read more vist the following link.
All the water and air on earth gathered into spheres - BoingBoing.com

Science: Space Above and Beyond

In early June the spaceshuttle was launched to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS). The crew of the space shuttle were to deliver valuable cargo, some of which included parts to fix the toilet, Buzz Lightyear, one of Lance Armstrong's yellow jerseys, and bagels. One of the fortunate by-products from this mission were the images captured. How many of these cloud types can you name?

To see the full compliment of images use the link provided below.

The Sky, From Above - Boston.com

Science: Amazing Football Field

This football field, home of the Arizona Cardinals, is one amazing engineering feat. The exterior of the stadium is inspired by the barrel cactus and offers alternating vertical slots with smooth panels, however the truly amazing features of the stadium are not aesthetic but are related to function.














First, the stadium has a retractable roof that can retract in approximately 12 mins.

Second, for anyone who has played on artificial turf, especially the 1st generation turf, knows the negative impact on the body. The Cardinal stadium engineers designed the stadium to use real grass. The challenge was, how do you grow real grass in a covered stadium? The engineers decided to build a massive platform on which they would plant the grass. The platform was built with wheels on railroad tracks thus allowing them to move the grass outside the stadium to grow and then move it in for game time.

June 2008 Exams

G. 10 Science Exam: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 @ 9:00am in the Cafeteria
G.10 Science: Exam Review Answer Key

G.10 Applied Mathematics: Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 1:00pm in Room 125
G.10 Applied Math: Exam Review Answer Key
Answer Key includes Units 1-4, Units 5-6 will be up later in the week.

G.10 Science: Awareness Article #5

Awareness Article has now been assigned and will be due on June 9th, 08.

Please note that with exams and final course assignments I will be inundated with marking. As a result, any Awareness Articles (incl. #1-#5) will not be marked after Wednesday, June 11, 2008.

Science: Mmmmm...Pie Pans

This is a short video on about an inventor, John Kanzius, who in the middle of the night came up with an idea to cure cancer and ended up discovering a possible solution to the world's energy crisis.

Using his wife's pie pans he created a radio frequency generator. The goal was to use radio waves to heat up metals injected into cancerous cells, thus killing cancer cells and leaving the healthy. The interesting thing is, this machine also burns saltwater at an intense temperature (1650 degrees celsius) which in turn can be used to run an engine.

Another interesting fact is the energy released is actually hydrogen. The flame and heat is breaking down the hydrogen-oxygen bond.

G.10 Science: Awareness Article #3

Awareness Articles #3 is due March 24th, 2008. To check format click on the following link
Awareness Article Format .

Science: Make your own Smart Board with a Wii Controller

This is a remarkable story about how to make an interactive white board (similar to the smart board found in Mr. Deakin and Ms. Sutton's rooms) for under $20. A genius, Johnny Lee at Carnegie-Mellon has discovered the power of the Wii remote (not the Wii itself).