<![CDATA[Mrs. F.'s Sci Blog - Other Interesting Stuff]]>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:48:01 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Our discussion on 10/19]]>Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:57:03 GMThttps://www.mrsfsciblog.com/other-interesting-stuff/our-discussion-on-1019Secret code: Mrs. Fredette is super!]]><![CDATA[Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers]]>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:04:32 GMThttps://www.mrsfsciblog.com/other-interesting-stuff/cornell-institute-for-biology-teachersHi! I spent a week in July at Cornell learning a lot of great things and meeting lots of super teachers (they are all "my people").  I can't wait to share some of what I learned with the Living Environment classes!
]]><![CDATA[Blitzortung.org]]>Wed, 02 Jul 2014 01:31:27 GMThttps://www.mrsfsciblog.com/other-interesting-stuff/blitzortungorg
This is a really cool website I visited this week.  It is called Blitzortung.  It allows you to track lightning in real time all over the world. It also archives the information so you can find out how many strikes were in a certain area during a certain storm.   They are looking for people in North America to assemble lightning detector kits and become part of the project.
Check out the following for more information:
Article from The Vane and
Blitzortung.org
]]><![CDATA[Slime Molds-Urban Planners and Computer Networkers?]]>Sun, 06 Apr 2014 12:01:08 GMThttps://www.mrsfsciblog.com/other-interesting-stuff/slime-molds-urban-planners-and-computer-networkersPicture
In the article "How Slime Molds can Transportation Networks and Maybe Even Transform Computing", researchers are using slime molds for the most interesting things!
 "Slime mold has proven it can design highway networks, but computer scientist Andrew Adamatzky thinks its next step might be in the world of computing."
]]><![CDATA[Spot the Station]]>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:34:30 GMThttps://www.mrsfsciblog.com/other-interesting-stuff/spot-the-stationPicture
Have you seen the International Space Station?  You don't know when or where to look?  It is the third brightest object in the sky and it is easy to see if you know when to look.  Sign up at http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ and they will send you updates of when and where the station will be overhead next.

]]><![CDATA[Extracurricular Activites]]>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 23:04:06 GMThttps://www.mrsfsciblog.com/other-interesting-stuff/extracurricular-activitesPicture
I love to learn new things! I just completed an online botanical illustration through Cornell University.  This course taught me how to use watercolor, a medium that I had never used before.  This is my final project.
]]><![CDATA[Birds with Unbelievable Beaks]]>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 19:10:00 GMThttps://www.mrsfsciblog.com/other-interesting-stuff/birds-with-unbelievable-beaks15 Birds with Unbelievable Beaks Picture
Check out these awesome birds!
]]><![CDATA[Big (Bang) News]]>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 21:00:16 GMThttps://www.mrsfsciblog.com/other-interesting-stuff/big-bang-newsPicture
Today scientists have announce they have evidence of the expansion of the universe.  Read the entire article here Discovery News.


]]><![CDATA[March 14th- Today in Science]]>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:12:33 GMThttps://www.mrsfsciblog.com/other-interesting-stuff/march-14th-today-is-scienceAlbert Einstein was born today in 1879.  Also, Lucy Hobbs Taylor, the first female dentist in 1833 and Paul Ehrlich, German bacteriologist who received a Noble Peace Prize for medicine. Visit this great site for more information and games about Nobel Prize winners.]]><![CDATA[Interesting Blog]]>Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:33:35 GMThttps://www.mrsfsciblog.com/other-interesting-stuff/interesting-blogPicture
As Many Exceptions As There Are Rules is a very interesting and informative blog.  There is always something new you can learn. Mr. Lasbury picks great topics to talk about.
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