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Hunkin's Experiments (over 200 home experiments)

Hunkin's Experiments (over 200 home experiments)

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40 iPad Apps For Science The iPad has found its way into hospitals, retail stores and homes across the nation, but it’s also making a big splash in the classroom. With a great selection of apps focused on everything from word processing to keeping in touch with classmates, the tablet computer can be an invaluable tool for learning — no matter your age. Science students haven’t been left out, of course, and there are a wide range of applications offering help with chemistry, biology, astronomy and even the math that comes along with certain fields.

15 Awesome Chemistry Experiments You don’t need to watch Breaking Bad to know that chemistry is pretty awesome. Below we explore our favorite 15 chemistry GIFs. Melting Metal With Magnets The Science: The copper wire has a significant amount of AC electricity running through it, causing it to act like a really strong electromagnet. In the metal slug, eddy currents form due to the magnetic field the copper wire is causing while the copper wire has high frequency AC flowing through it.

Practical Physics This website is for teachers of physics in schools and colleges. It is a collection of experiments that demonstrate a wide range of physical concepts and processes. Some of the experiments can be used as starting-points for investigations or for enhancement activities. Junior Science & Humanities Symposium March 6-8, 2014 Hosted by: The University of Nevada Reno Lodging will be at: Circus Circus Reno Hotel, 500 North Sierra Street Reno, NV 1-800-992-2694 Activities will be provided by: The University of Nevada Reno, The Nevada Mining Association, and The Desert Research Institute 5 Best Rock Songs for Learning English Listening to music in a foreign language is a great way to learn vocabulary – just find the words online and use a dictionary for anything you don’t know. Or just have songs playing while you do your homework. I’ve tried to choose songs which are easy to understand and can be found on Youtube or Spotify, but which are still brilliant music! 5. Paramore – crushcrushcrush When you have a 'crush' on someone, you really REALLY like them, and this song describes this perfectly. Paramore are very popular in England and have written lots of songs, so try Misery Business and the more recent Still Into You too.

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