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Photos of a Neutrino Detector

Neutrinos are uncharged particles and are so light that, for decades, most physicists assumed they were actually massless. As if that weren't enough, they only interact with other matter via the weak force, which is only significant at short distances. Thus, for the most part, they generally pass through matter without incident—trillions go through your body every minute, but most of us will only have them hit anything a total of about three times in our entire lives.
John Timmer, Ars Technica

So very cool… go look at the pics.

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5th Grade Balloon Racer Video For You

Ms Neely’s 5th Grade Tech’ers made you a surprise! Balloon Racers

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February 22, 2011
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Where Will It Land?

SpaceCam — Griffin Science

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February 11, 2011
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Main SpaceCam Page Link

I’ve set up a page here for us to use with our SpaceCam project… SpaceCam — Griffin Science Let me know if you need anything to help out!

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February 8, 2011
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We’re Sending a GriffinCam Into Space

I’ve shared you all on a Google Doc we’ll use to keep ourselves organized in the planning for this monumental task, but here’s the page if you just want to follow along… GriffinCam Into Space Can we do it? Yes, we can.

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February 3, 2011
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February 2, 2011
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Balloon Racers Day 2 Standings

The Top 5 make the final playoffs tomorrow! 1. Gavin and Reed: 17.5 m 2. Lauren, Gray, and Elizabeth 14 m 3. Maybry and Ashley: 12 m 4. Collin and Anders: 11.6 m 5. Nora: 11.3 m 6. Sara, Elizabeth and Ansley: 10.7 m 7. Ethan: 9.6 m 8. Landon and Caroline: 8.2 m 9. [...]

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February 1, 2011
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January 26, 2011
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Balloon Racers!

Balloon racers rely on Newton’s Third Law of Motion. As the air rushes backward out of the balloon it pushes the car forward in the opposite direction with an equal force. Your job is to make the most of this force! The rules to this activity are simple: * The car must be powered by [...]

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January 14, 2011
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Motion Formulas

Here are the notes we covered in class today… Formulas: F = ma acceleration = Change in V / Change in T velocity = Change in d / Change in T speed = positive movement Units: F = Newton (1 N = 1 kgxm/s2) acceleration = m/s2 velocity = m/s We’ll be working from here [...]

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January 5, 2011