ScienceBoom http://scienceboom.com Science Demonstrations, Projects, Experiments and Teaching Tips from ScienceBoom Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:29:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Copyright 2008-2009 ScienceBoom.comscience,education,demonstration,earth,biology,living,environment,new,york,natural,scienceboom,high,school,teaching,lessonEducation/K-12Science & Medicine/Natural Sciencessupport@scienceboom.comMichael DoigMichael Doignoscience,education,demonstration,earth,biology,living,environment,new,york,natural,scienceboom,high,school,teaching,lessonScience Demonstrations and Teaching Tips from ScienceBoomScienceBoom offers viewers educational science demonstrations and teaching tips. We are dedicated to improving science education and awareness.scienceboom/sgKGhttp://feedburner.google.com The Thrill of Mapping the Last Unexplored Mountain Range http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceboom/sgKG/~3/szJEdgWxkWQ/the-thrill-of-mapping-the-last-unexplored-mountain-range.htm http://scienceboom.com/304/the-thrill-of-mapping-the-last-unexplored-mountain-range.htm#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:29:09 +0000 support@scienceboom.com (Michael Doig) http://scienceboom.com/304/the-thrill-of-mapping-the-last-unexplored-mountain-range.htm

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]]> Adrienne Block: The Thrill of Mapping the Last Unexplored Mountain Range


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]]> From Snopes:
These striking pictures of icebergs with multi-colored stripes or banding were taken by a Norwegian sailor named Oyvind Tangen while he was aboard a research ship about 1,700 miles south of Cape Town, South Africa.

As the London Times reported of the processes that created the striations displayed in these unusual candy-striped icebergs:

Keith Makinson, of the British Antarctic Survey, said that icebergs that seemed to show stripes were quite common in southern waters, but it was the first time that he

had seen brown stripes. They are believed to be created when ice crystals form under the water and, in a process described as “inverted snow”, rise to stick to the bottom of the ice shelf. As the ice crystals form a new layer at the bottom of the ice shelf, which later fragments to float away as icebergs, tiny particles of organic matter are trapped.

Parts of dead marine creatures such as krill form much of the trapped material and have the effect of creating coloured stripes, mainly blues and greens, in icebergs. Dr Makinson said that the brown stripes in this example were likely to have been formed from sediment washing underneath the ice shelf.

Photographs of similarly-patterned icebergs can be viewed at the web site of the Australian Antarctic Division.

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]]> http://scienceboom.com/301/amazing-stripped-iceburg-photographs.htm/feed 0 noFrom Snopes: These striking pictures of icebergs with multi-colored stripes or banding were taken by a Norwegian sailor named Oyvind Tangen while he was aboard a research ship about 1,700 miles south of Cape Town, South Africa. As the London Times reporteMichael DoigFrom Snopes: These striking pictures of icebergs with multi-colored stripes or banding were taken by a Norwegian sailor named Oyvind Tangen while he was aboard a research ship about 1,700 miles south of Cape Town, South Africa. As the London Times reported of the processes that created the striations displayed in these unusual candy-striped icebergs: Keith Makinson, [...] Download your copy of our book "101 Science Misconceptions" provided by ScienceBoom. science,education,demonstration,earth,biology,living,environment,new,york,natural,scienceboom,high,school,teaching,lessonhttp://scienceboom.com/301/amazing-stripped-iceburg-photographs.htmhttp://www.scienceboom.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/101_misconceptions.pdf Blue Moon on New Year’s Eve http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scienceboom/sgKG/~3/1PFr2b_UEkY/blue-moon-on-new-years-eve.htm http://scienceboom.com/293/blue-moon-on-new-years-eve.htm#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:33:38 +0000 support@scienceboom.com (Michael Doig) http://scienceboom.com/?p=293

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]]> Blue Moon on New Year’s Eve – The term “blue moon” simply refers to the second full moon in a calendar month, something that hasn’t happened on a New Year’s Eve for nearly 20 years.


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]]> The NYC Department of Education – presents a comprehensive listing or new resources and materials for science education in your classroom. Resources expand to include student opportunities as well.


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]]> Simulate Galaxies Merging with Galaxy Zoo – Select galaxies and watch them crash into each other, whirl around and spill their stars into the universe.


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]]> Science Fair Central – Discovery Education Science Fair Central offers ideas for science fair projects and experiments for kids.


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]]> Upcoming Leonid Meteor Shower 11/17-18/2009 – Peak viewing will be in the wee hours of the night of November 17-18.


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]]> Slow motion water drops – When you shoot video of water drops falling into a puddle in super slow motion, it turns out that they bounce in really interesting ways.


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]]> Rockslide Caught on Tape – News crew captured a major rock slide in Polk County, Tennessee. Great video for discussing weathering, erosion and our changing planet.


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]]> Technology continues to grow in education – “If they’re engaged, they’re going to learn,” he said. “If not, they’re going to shut off.”


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]]> http://scienceboom.com/275/technology-continues-to-grow-in-education.htm/feed 0 noTechnology continues to grow in education – “If they’re engaged, they’re going to learn,” he said. “If not, they’re going to shut off.” Download your copy of our book "101 Science Misconceptions" provided byMichael DoigTechnology continues to grow in education – “If they’re engaged, they’re going to learn,” he said. “If not, they’re going to shut off.” Download your copy of our book "101 Science Misconceptions" provided by ScienceBoom. Download your copy of our book "101 Science Misconceptions" provided by ScienceBoom. science,education,demonstration,earth,biology,living,environment,new,york,natural,scienceboom,high,school,teaching,lessonhttp://scienceboom.com/275/technology-continues-to-grow-in-education.htmhttp://www.scienceboom.com/wp-content/uploads/pages/101_misconceptions.pdf Copyright 2008-2009 ScienceBoom.comMichael DoignonadultScience Demonstrations and Teaching Tips from ScienceBoom