Category Archives: Cool

Welcome to the 21st Century

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Ed Hitchcock

I have heard people say that hey would love to have lived in the renaissance, when all that new knowledge was being discovered, that it must have been such an interesting time. Perhaps. But please – this is the 21st Century, … Continue reading →

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Nanoscience

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Ed Hitchcock

Here’s a great little video on the nano world, narrated by Stephen Fry. Enjoy!

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A Digital Analogy for Transcription and Translation

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Ed Hitchcock

I have often referred to DNA as the cell’s “hard drive” – it is an information  storage medium, but does not itself process the information. Recently a student in an introductory course asked how that information is used, so I … Continue reading →

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Indications of chemical change

Posted on November 16, 2011 by ed

Some of my students were away when I demo’d chemical changes and how to identify them, so I took a few minutes to record the demos so I could post them.
This is the result:

 
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Socrative: web based response system for the classroom

Posted on November 9, 2011 by ed

I like the idea of “clickers”, when used judiciously, as a means of quickly checking rates of comprehension of a topic in a non-threatening (ie anonymous) way. But there are hardware requirements – both the clickers and the receiver – … Continue reading →

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Cube Stormer II

Posted on October 26, 2011 by ed

I just think it’s cool:

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Bingo! From academic to authentic

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Ed Hitchcock

This year, for the ecology unit in grade 9 Science I decided to focus on invasive species. The Ministry of Natural Resources and other non-government organizations have been putting out plenty of information on invasive plants and animals in the … Continue reading →

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The cake is the truth

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Ed Hitchcock

Three of my Grade 9 students, who happen to be fans of Cake Boss on the food network, decided to use a cake to represent the water cycle for a project. And hey, who am I to argue?
Behold the wonderfulness:

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Squishy circuits

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Ed Hitchcock

I have not tried it yet, but with my intro to electricity in grade 9 this coming year I am SO doing this:

Funny thing is, she says “high school physics teachers have been doing this for years” – where the … Continue reading →

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Dynamic video of the sun

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Ed Hitchcock

Since this is TeachScience.net I think it is time to get back to the Science part, as I have been focusing on the Teaching part lately.
One of my interests is astronomy – I am an avid amateur astronomer, and one … Continue reading →

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