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We start energy, electromagnetism and waves soon… would be fun to try to make a few of these! YouTube – Robots climb the walls with static electricity (part of our SRI International Tour)

Today we covered the three ways that heat moves from one place to another. Drill these into your heads! Transfer of Heat Remember, Homework 9 is due tomorrow night by 11:59 PM EST!

Wow. The Sun blasts out a flare and a huge filament | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine: “Never forget: the Sun is a star, a mighty ball of ionized gas, and when a star throws a tantrum, even a small one is epic.” Epic indeed. Head over to Bad Astonomy to get more details on [...]

Enjoy your weekend (homework is graded and now Test 8 is complete on Engrade)! Fahrenheit (Taiwanese band) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: “Derived from the definition of Fahrenheit, each of the four members represents a season or temperature that corresponds with their different personalities. Calvin Chen represents spring, warm; Jiro Wang represents summer, hot; Wu [...]

Remember, Homework 8 is due tonight at midnight! Homework 8: Matter and Energy — Griffin Science Post your answers on your blog (25 out of 30 or all 30 for 1 point extra credit).

Today we wrapped up on our discussion of how to measure gases, including the gas laws. You’ll have a short quiz tomorrow that will include the following topics: – Finding Volume of an Object – Finding Density of an Object – Chuck Norris – 6 Types of Energy – 3 Ways to Measure Gases – [...]

Here is our quiz from today. This will be the last grade to go on your progress reports (being sent home Monday or you can log into Engrade now to see your progress and what you might need to complete). Energy and Matter Quiz 2 Have a great weekend!

Today we briefly covered the 6 types of energy. Below are our slides with the outline of information… Wednesday Nov 3: 6 Types of Energy Remember, Homework 8 is due next Thursday (11/11/10 at 11:11 PM EST)! Quiz tomorrow on volume, density and this info. Have a robotically-unicorny evening!

Yet another reason we need you all to understand (and help us better understand) electromagnetism! Nasa warns solar flares from ‘huge space storm’ will cause devastation – Telegraph: “Senior space agency scientists believe the Earth will be hit with unprecedented levels of magnetic energy from solar flares after the Sun wakes ‘from a deep slumber’ [...]

Huge news… Scientists supersize quantum mechanics : Nature News: “A team of scientists has succeeded in putting an object large enough to be visible to the naked eye into a mixed quantum state of moving and not moving. Andrew Cleland at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his team cooled a tiny metal paddle [...]