Prisoners' Dilemma

Prisoners' Dilemma: Try this diabolical game where you must either compete or cooperate. A puzzling game of logic and psychology!

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How Does Blood Travel Through Your Body? | Wonderopolis

How Does Blood Travel Through Your Body? | Wonderopolis:

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Game Information - What's the Story?

Game Information - What's the Story?: "What's the Story?

What's the Story?
Quick Start Guide
Mythology and the Game
Your beloved pet's gone missing and you've got to find it - but how? Before you know it, you're dropped into a strange (and extremely smelly) world where your only friend is a mysterious bean-loving girl with wings. She says there are others ... Others? Other pets? Well, there sure are plenty of monsters. They're all over the place, stinking up the joint and forcing you to do crazy jobs - you have to make pet food out of carrots and eyeballs? ICK! How in the world can any of this help you find your pet? And can you come to its rescue ... before it's too late?

There's only one way to find out ...
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Here Be Dragons: The Mythic Bite of the Komodo : Science Sushi

Here Be Dragons: The Mythic Bite of the Komodo : Science Sushi: "

Here Be Dragons: The Mythic Bite of the Komodo
By Christie Wilcox | June 25, 2013 8:00 am

Here Be Dragons: first written on the Hunt-Lenox Globe c. 1510 as the latin phrase HC SVNT DRACONES.
To a mediaeval mapmaker, the world was a vast and scary place. Explorers that braved the seemingly endless oceans in search of new worlds often didn’t return, and those that did carried with them nightmarish tales of monsters and serpents. It was the mapmaker’s task to warn future travelers of the dangers that awaited them in far-off lands. Based on their drawings, I cannot even begin to imagine the beasts that haunted these cartographer’s dreams. Their creative expressions of fear were eventually distilled into a single, ominous phrase: here be dragons." Read the article to find out more about Komodo Dragons and how they fit into the history of the work!

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Science by Email | Data storage, Thermal decomposition

Science by Email | Data storage, Thermal decomposition: "

DVDs are a useful, reliable and relatively cheap way of storing information. Australian researchers have recently developed a technique to massively increase a DVD’s storage capacity.

The shiny surface of a DVD has a whole series of little bumps with flat areas in between. A DVD player has a laser that shines on this surface. Depending on how the light reflects, the DVD player can tell if there’s a bump or not. This pattern is then processed by the player, which converts the information into sounds and pictures. Your favourite movie is reduced to a series of bumps on the surface of a DVD! "

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Amputated ‘finger’ tips grow back | Science News for Kids

Amputated ‘finger’ tips grow back | Science News for Kids: "Amputated ‘finger’ tips grow back
Both toenails and toe tips grew back in mice, thanks to special ‘stem’ cells living beneath the nails"



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ISEF: Enter the Competition

ISEF: Enter the Competition: "The Future – Powered by Fiction

Submissions are now being accepted!

In collaboration with the Society for Science & the Public, ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination and the Intel Foundation, the Tomorrow Project is announcing an innovative fiction competition geared at 13-25 year olds worldwide, asking them to contribute science fiction stories, essays, comics and videos to explore the kind of futures we want to work toward together."

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Bats before bedtime | Science News for Kids

Bats before bedtime | Science News for Kids: "Bats before bedtime
Scientists find new animal species in old rainforests"



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Island Fox | EOL: Learning and Education Group

Island Fox | EOL: Learning and Education Group: "In this episode, reporter Molly Samuel journeys to Santa Cruz Island, off the coast of California, to look into the mystery of the island’s tiny foxes, descendants of gray foxes who rafted over from the mainland more than ten thousand years ago and branched off to form a new, smaller species. Despite weighing a mere three pounds, these diminutive grey foxes thrived and for millennia they reigned as the island’s top predator." Listen to the podcast and learn why these tiny foxes are in danger of disappearing.
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The Last Day of School

Looking around at the empty white walls as I finish packing for the summer, I think of all the students who made this room a classroom. Next year it will be personalized with work from my new students, and it will be cheerful and a comfortable place to read and learn, but it will never be the same as it was this year. Each student adds a little something to their class and each class is different. It is quiet now; the only sounds are the rain drops on the roof and the low whirring of the fan in the window. All that remain here now are the echoes of a squeaky shoe, laughter and the ubiquitous cricket chirp beloved by 7th grade boys. I listen, and smile. I hope you all have a marvelous summer! Explore the world around you, read a book (or 10)and I'll see you in the fall. In the meantime, I will continue to post any cool new science news, articles, pod casts or videos that I come across. <3, Mrs. Buzzell

Avoid the Summer Slide: Bring on the Family and Home Science Projects! - Science Buddies Blog

Avoid the Summer Slide: Bring on the Family and Home Science Projects! - Science Buddies Blog:  Beat summer boredom by trying some of these cool at home science projects!



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Dragon Moth is actually Spotted Apatelodes - What's That Bug?

Dragon Moth is actually Spotted Apatelodes - What's That Bug?:  Ever wonder "What IS that bug?" Now you have a great resource to find out!  This is a great website with information and photos to help you identify the bug you found!  Don't let curiousity "bug" you out - visit today!

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Maths and Stats by Email | Prime numbers

Maths and Stats by Email | Prime numbers: "A giant step for twin primes  
   
Three and five. Five and seven. Eleven and thirteen. Prime numbers often appear as twins, only two apart. For hundreds of years, mathematicians have wondered – is there a biggest pair of twin primes, or does the list of twins keep going forever?"

Try at home math activity: Napier's Bones!


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Science by Email | Flu, Underwater plants

Science by Email | Flu, Underwater plants: "The word flu is short for influenza, which is a fairly common disease. Symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose and muscle aches. Those affected can often be sick for a week or more.

The flu is caused by the influenza family of viruses. There isn’t just one type of flu – there are many strains.

Experts believe the disease is spread by people with flu coughing and sneezing, which releases droplets including virus particles. Coming into contact with these droplets can lead to infection.

After infection with one strain, most people will develop immunity but only to that group of viruses. Influenza viruses mutate and change, rapidly creating new strains.

While most people will recover from a case of the flu, it can be fatal. Flu pandemics occur when a new flu strain spreads easily and quickly. For example, the Spanish influenza pandemic in 1918–1919 is estimated to have killed about 50 million people – more than World War I that preceded it."

Read more about influenza and try this month's At Home activity!
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Video: Full Episode - Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air | Nature | PBS

Video: Full Episode - Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air | Nature | PBS: "Hummingbirds are the tiniest of birds, yet they are some of the toughest, most energetic creatures on the planet. Their unique flying abilities give them unmatched maneuverability, but at the cost of a supercharged metabolism that keeps them on the edge of survival. Hummingbirds spend most their lives in fast forward, but now high-speed video lets us enter their world." Watch the full episode online!

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A Nose for Touch | The Scientist Magazine®

A Nose for Touch | The Scientist Magazine®: "ON THE HUNT: A star-nosed mole emerges from its tunnel. The nostrils are ringed by 22 rays, which are in constant motion as the mole explores its environment and searches for food."

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Nobelprize.org

Nobelprize.org: "Explore and Learn

Try Out the Blood Typing Game!
Try the game and learn about human blood types and blood transfusions




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Category Archives: Blog

Category Archives: Blog: "Lab Out Loud is a podcast, hosted by two science teachers, that discusses science news and science education by interviewing leading scientists, researchers, science writers and other important figures in the field."  Catch the latest episode or browse through their archives!

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Science by Email | Ocean energy, Food web

Science by Email | Ocean energy, Food web: "News: Powered by the sea  
   

It’s hard not to be impressed by the power of the ocean. The thunderous crash of waves during a storm and more gentle movements of the tides have captured many people’s imaginations. But the power of the ocean is not just poetic – it could literally be used to provide electricity."

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Wanted: ‘Smart’ cleaners | Science News for Kids

Wanted: ‘Smart’ cleaners | Science News for Kids:  A car that washed itself? Sound too good to be true? Well, in the not so distant future, this could be a reality!

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Maths and Stats by Email | Four colour problem

Maths and Stats by Email | Four colour problem: "The passing of a mathematical maverick  
   

On 19 April 2013, a pioneer of mathematics passed away. Kenneth Appel’s most famous work involved a new and controversial way of doing mathematics – using a computer.

Mathematics is based on proofs. A proof is a train of thought showing something is definitely true – or definitely false. When you read a proof and understand it, you’ll know the author’s reasoning, and see why they are correct."  Read more and try the four colour problem!

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Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS

Science Update: The Science Radio News Feature of the AAAS: "EAT OR BE EATEN – Cannibal baby sharks, ladybugs that eat other ladybugs, and monkeys that adopt the local cuisine. Also: how baby seals learn to hunt. And, why global warming could turn snowshoe hares into easy prey."

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Common Stream Invertebrates - Biomonitoring Program - NH Department of Environmental Services

Common Stream Invertebrates - Biomonitoring Program - NH Department of Environmental Services:  Here is a great site that gives an overview of some on NH's common stream invertebrates.  I wonder what we will find tomorrow?

Remember to wear old clothes / sneakers that you can get wet and/or muddy!

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