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Survey Says: 10 Survey-Based Science Projects

October 4, 2010 11:38 AM

You may be able to win brownie points with friends and family if your science project involves baking dozens of cookies and asking people to tell you which one tastes best... the ones with regular chips or the ones with mini chips or the ones with white chocolate chips or the ones with carob chips or even the ones with M&Ms. A chocolate buzz can go a long way, but is it science? Projects that involve surveys and testing (even taste testing) by volunteers can be legitimate science projects,… Read more

New Exoplanet Discovered

October 1, 2010 4:04 PM

This week, a team of astronomers at the Keck Observatory announced the discovery of Gliese 581g, a planet orbiting Gliese 581, a red dwarf star twenty light years away (and part of the constellation Libra). Gliese 581g is one of six planets that have been detected around this star, but it is the first that seems to "fit" the requirements for life, which led Steven Vogt to term it the "Goldilocks planet." Vogt, one of the leads on the team that discovered Gliese 581g, is a professor of… Read more

Turning the Titanic

September 30, 2010 10:49 AM

Over fifteen hundred people died when the "unsinkable" Titantic sank in 1912, just days into the passenger steamship's first trip from Southampton, England to New York City. Collision with an iceberg undisputedly caused the tragedy, but recent news has raised the possibility that human error also played a role in the accident. Suspicions and possibilities floated to the surface last week as news sources reported on Louise Patten's claim that her grandfather, Charles Lightoller, second… Read more

Teacher Webinar is Today!

September 22, 2010 9:48 AM

Just a reminder, our free Professional Development Webinar for teachers is today, Wednesday, September 22 at: 4 p.m. Pacific 5 p.m. Mountain 6 p.m. Central 7 p.m. Eastern If you are already signed up, please follow the directions you received in email to log into the Webinar at the time listed above. If you are not registered yet and would like to join us, it's not too late! Please register now: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/389772962 To find out more about… Read more

A Sweet Sequence: The Cocoa Genome

September 21, 2010 9:00 AM

Cocoa beans in a cocoa pod. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service. Cocoa is the key ingredient in chocolate, and while it may seem like the candy display at your local store is never at risk of running on empty, the U. S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) reports that "worldwide demand for cacao now exceeds production." Adding to the problem is the fact that cocoa farmers face a large number of environmental… Read more

Moon Gazing

September 14, 2010 12:27 PM

September 18 is International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN), a night where astronomy enthusiasts around the world—including students and families—will be gazing at the moon. A global celebration organized by Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) and NASA, InOMN encourages discussion of the moon and awareness of recent lunar missions, including NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), developed by Northrop Gruman. The… Read more

Rescheduled! Free Teacher Professional Development Webinar

September 1, 2010 8:16 AM

Due to technical difficulties, the Webinar last week was interrupted and has been rescheduled. The new date and time is: Wednesday, September 22 at 4 p.m. PDT. Even if you had registered to attend the August 29 webinar, we need for you to re-register using the link below. During the one-hour guided tour of Science Buddies, you'll find our how to use Science Buddies resources in your classroom. In this comprehensive online guided walk-through of the Science Buddies website, we'll show… Read more

Science Mom: Experiencing a Shower...in the Driveway

August 18, 2010 9:37 AM

A Perseid meteor striking in 2007. Source: Wikipedia, Mila Zinkova I read about the Perseid meteor shower in the newspaper the morning of August 12—the day the annual meteor shower was predicted to peak. The Science Mom in me flagged the event, but even so, I thought to myself, "I'm not sure I want the kids to miss their bedtime again." Over the summer, it is so easy to not enforce bedtimes, and I have lately fallen into the sliding bedtime trap, the kids growing… Read more

Science Buddies 'Summer Science' Resource Being Planned

August 9, 2010 8:43 AM

Thanks to a grant from the Motorola Foundation's Innovation Generation program, Science Buddies will be developing online resources related to summer science camps. Many camps throughout the country focus on the sciences and offer opportunities for students to explore science in fun and innovative ways. "We are excited about the opportunity to add the 'Summer Science' resource to our website and to encourage students to engage in hands-on science projects ...even when school is out," said Ken… Read more

Carbon Dioxide Output You Can See

August 2, 2010 10:17 PM

Respirometer made from a water bottle and used in "The Effect of Exercise: Changes in Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Output" project. [Editor's Note: Madeline Sides, 2010 Intel ISEF participant, has been testing project ideas this summer from the Science Buddies library of 1000+ science projects.] It sometimes seems like movies and books tell us that, in life, one has to choose between being the jock or the brain, the football star or the mathematician. Hopefully, most of us grow up knowing… Read more

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