Mrs S's Biology 11 Page

mothernaturenetwork: Earth dazzles from space in astronaut’s...

Mon, 07 May 2012 17:27:18 -0700

Earth dazzles from space in astronaut’s video
The video highlights both the northern and southern lights over the Earth.

This is Awesome!!!!

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:25:13 -0700

This is Awesome!!!!

Answer: You are! inthenoosphere: The next generation of...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:24:37 -0700

Answer: You are!

inthenoosphere:

The next generation of scientists

jtotheizzoe: imwithkanye: This young snowy owl is fierce!...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:23:31 -0700

jtotheizzoe:

imwithkanye:

This young snowy owl is fierce! Check out more photos taken by Joel Sartore for The Biodiversity Project, which is documenting all the Earth’s creatures threatened with extinction.

This is an amazing project. Everyone should tour through the library of images. Problems are much easier to fix when we are forced to look at them.

Also, I want to caption like a hundred of these.

I take issue with the weight being measured in grams. We all...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:22:14 -0700

I take issue with the weight being measured in grams. We all know that if we are measuring the pull of Earth’s gravity we measure it in Newtons! Grams measure mass (the amount of matter in an object). Pfft… what amateurs!!

jtotheizzoe:

What is a Gnome Doing at the Large Hadron Collider?

Meet Kern, the globe-traveling gnome. Here he is in one of the LHC’s tunnels. Why? Are gnomes the secret to unlocking neutrinos?

Kern is a project of Kern Precision Scales, a company that makes … you guessed it: Precision scales. See, gravity is slightly different at different places on the Earth’s surface, which is where lumpy-Earth maps like this come from. That means you’d weigh slightly more or less at different spots on Earth.

Kern the Gnome gets shipped all over the Earth where he is unpacked, weighed, photographed and finally sent to his next destination. He was heaviest at the South Pole, weighing 309.82 grams compared to Geneva’s 307.65 grams.

Follow Kern’s travels on his Tumblr, or track him on Twitter or the project blog.

(ᔥ Cocktail Party Physics)

realcleverscience: did-you-kno: In 1965, Arno Penzias and...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:19:12 -0700

realcleverscience:

did-you-kno:

In 1965, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson published a scientific study which proved that a radio signal with a wavelength of 7.3 cm was being emitted uniformly throughout all parts of the sky. This signal became known as cosmic microwave background
radiation. Penzias and Wilson won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1978 for their findings. It is believed that this cosmic static is comprised of photons of energy that are still cooling 15 billion years after the Big Bang.

Source

I think I was watching a lecture by Lawrence Krauss where he mentioned this awesome factoid - but, as I recall, he noted that it’s only around 1% of the static. Still cool, but good to get the facts straight.

#truefacts

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:57:04 -0700

#truefacts

This is why I teach

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:47:38 -0700

I am often asked why I wanted to get into teaching. You are the answer to that question. Dear...

Photo

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:46:58 -0700

More Microbes!!!

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:39:22 -0700

Remember to hand in all of your supporting documents and to describe each and every point as laid...

More Proof that Canada is AWESOME!!!! 25-Cent Glow-in-the-Dark...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:24:13 -0700

More Proof that Canada is AWESOME!!!!

25-Cent Glow-in-the-Dark Dino Coin

Canada, you’ve done it again. If you’re a combination dino-freak/numismatist, then this is the coin for you. It’s a glow-in-the-dark Canadian quarter dollar, showing Albertan dinosaur Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai in full skin by daylight, and fossil skeleton by darkness.

It’s the best $30 25-cent piece that money can buy! Three more coins in this ancient creatures series will be released.

(via Mint.ca)

Aaaaandddd Back to MFM (my fave microbe)

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:37:33 -0700

Don’t forget to hand in any extra material you have for your presentation and your reference...

Charles Darwin on Natural Selection… I know this is a...

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:32:24 -0700

Charles Darwin on Natural Selection… I know this is a little past what we are learning about but it made me giggle and I thought I’d share it! Hope you like it!

realcleverscience: oldowan: Darwin ( : Awesome. Also, if...

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:25:59 -0700

realcleverscience:

oldowan:

Darwin ( :

Awesome. Also, if you dig this, check out Baba Brinkman’s “Rap Guide to Evolution.”

Wow! I am blown away again today by the My Fave Microbe presentations! The amount of creativity in...

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:24:59 -0700

Wow! I am blown away again today by the My Fave Microbe presentations! The amount of creativity in...

I’ve been going through my tiwitter feed this afternoon. Lots of neat stuff! Join the...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:37:13 -0700

I’ve been going through my tiwitter feed this afternoon. Lots of neat stuff! Join the...

The My Fave Microbe Presentations have been great so far! I am...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:32:15 -0700

The My Fave Microbe Presentations have been great so far! I am excited to see what the rest of the class has found out about their microbes as we continue our discussion around Monera, Viruses and maybe a protist or two!

Please remember to give me a copy of your work and the reference page!

ianbrooks: Tea Chemistry Set by Art Lebedev Adorned with a...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:39:39 -0700

ianbrooks:

Tea Chemistry Set by Art Lebedev

Adorned with a traditional Gzhel pattern, this ceramic chemistry set has been repurposed as a Russian tea set. The best kind of science is the type you can drink.

(via: yankodesign)

jtotheizzoe: mechanicaleternity: CHROMagar plates Know your...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:37:52 -0700

jtotheizzoe:

mechanicaleternity:

CHROMagar plates

Know your bugs.

(They don’t grow like this naturally, unfortunately … the media they are eating causes each species to turn a different color for identification. But very pretty.)

Motivation

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:58:31 -0700

Motivation: What motivates me talk about science? Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man...