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MadSciNet: The 24-hour exploding laboratory. CrazyRussianHacker. BibMe: Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian - Free. CrashCourse. I’m okay here. Science - 8 Water Tricks That'll Melt Your Mind. Science - 8 Water Tricks That'll Melt Your Mind. Broclone 4 Lyfe. 21 Amazing Facts About Tigers - Now you know how powerful a tiger's legs are. FAQ: Liquids: What is a non-Newtonian fluid? You have to pull the trigger on a water pistol to get the water to squirt out.

FAQ: Liquids: What is a non-Newtonian fluid?

To make the water to come out faster, you have to pull the trigger harder. Fluids resist flow. This phenomenon is known as viscosity. Newton devised a simple model for fluid flow that could be used to relate how hard you have to pull the trigger to how fast the liquid will squirt out of the pistol. Picture a flowing liquid as a series of layers of liquid sliding past each other. But ketchup, blood, yogurt, gravy, pie fillings, mud, and cornstarch paste DON'T follow the model. For some fluids (like mud, or snow) you can push and get no flow at all- until you push hard enough, and the substance begins to flow like a normal liquid.

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Me: (via potqu33n) I think there’s something wrong with my Bopit.. Pinterest. Experience + Learn / Educational Media / Accessible Online Learning: Personalized Access to NSDL, Teachers’ Domain and Access for All standards / Resources for Teaching and Adapting Science Lessons for Students with Visual Impairments. Sighted children learn many things through observation of the world around them and by watching the actions of other people.

Experience + Learn / Educational Media / Accessible Online Learning: Personalized Access to NSDL, Teachers’ Domain and Access for All standards / Resources for Teaching and Adapting Science Lessons for Students with Visual Impairments

Students with visual impairments do not benefit from this incidental learning and require more direct instruction and hands-on experiences to develop a complete picture of objects and concepts. For example, sighted children see hundreds of images of pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns throughout the year. However, a blind child may only touch a pumpkin or jack-o-lantern once a year. Consequently, the link between pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns is not reinforced after an annual pumpkin carving and can be quickly forgotten. With support from the Grousbeck Foundation, the WGBH National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) and Perkins School for the Blind collaborated on a project to explore the use of Teachers Domain lesson plans and described videos with students with visual impairments.

Preview concepts taught within a lesson before discussion or class presentation. Vsauce. Superhero Science. Image credit: iStockphoto Comic book writers are indebted to scientists, and they demonstrate their gratitude by giving these real life mega-minds special places in the pantheon of superhero mythologies.

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Bruce Banner, who goes Hulk when angered, developed the Gamma Bomb for the US government. Susan Storm, also known as the Invisible Woman, holds four doctorates in biochemistry and still finds time to save the world. Even the X-Men's Beast is a much-lauded biochemist. Close study of comic book universes and the science concepts upon which they are founded can be enlightening for students and teachers alike.

Living Organisms and Superhero Origin Stories My third grade science students need super-heroic intervention. Begin this lesson by showing your scholars covers from comic books whose characters borrow their powers from the animal kingdom. Have your students brainstorm what these characters have in common. The Making of a Hero. Superhero Science Series. How to create your own miniature version of the Northern Lights. Excitement About Iron Man Fuels Student Science Inquiry - Science Buddies Blog.

With the third Iron Man movie coming to the big screen next week, now is a great time to spark science and engineering excitement among student fans.

Excitement About Iron Man Fuels Student Science Inquiry - Science Buddies Blog

With Marvel's Iron Man 3 hitting theaters on May 3, excitement among sci-fi fans is mounting. Whether you are a long-time follower of Iron Man or are just getting acquainted with Tony Stark and his series of high-tech, high-flying suits, the momentum of the coming release is palpable. If you are anxiously awaiting the next Iron Man movie installment, you can build on the anticipation by thinking through, talking about, and, even better, diving in and exploring some of the science at the heart of the movie. There is plenty of it! The Iron Man storyline is steeped in science, which gives you and your older kids multiple science angles to consider as you wait for opening weekend. Note: The Iron Man movies are rated PG-13.

Science: The Allure of Iron Man My own kids were too young the first time around, so Iron Man and Iron Man 2 passed me by. Tell me to go to bed, please. - Arc Reactor Theory.