Credit: handsonaswegrow.com Start the leak proof bag experiment by asking kids a simple question: What happens when you poke a water-filled plastic bag with a sharp stick or pencil? They’ll probably say there’s going to be a hole in the bag, and the water’s going to leak out of the bag. Do the experiment and …
You’re seated at a table for lunch. Your hands are neatly folded in front of you. All around, your lunch-mates devour scraps off the floor. They will be eating with their feet, their spines, and even their anus. Is this a dream? Where are you? You’re with the echinoderms (EE – KY – NO – …
Freaky Eaters Of The Deep : Echinoderms characteristics and examples
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Here’s a list of some of the most beautiful and mystical mushrooms you could ever find. Read about mushrooms that shine like a disco light, glow in the dark, or release puffs of smoke here.
Oil is an important resource used to make fuel, create electricity, and many other products. As we drill for oil deep in the ocean, and transport oil from place to place in large ships (called tankers), there are risks that the oil will spill into the ocean. Several oil spills occur every year around the …
What if you had to pick up all of your food using only your mouth? No forks allowed! You would probably get some strange looks from friends and family. You also wouldn’t be able to eat many of the foods you enjoy now. Imagine eating a taco without picking it up! Most animals in nature …
How Small is Nano? Defining a nanometer may be easy: One meter equals one billion nanometers. But it isn’t as easy to picture how small a nanometer really is. The first step can be to try imagining a billion of something. If you asked a billion girls to stand on each other’s shoulders, they would …
Gitanjali Rao had two minutes to convince people that an 11-year-old girl from Colorado could do something about the Flint water crisis. Her video earned her a spot as a finalist in the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge and a chance to work with a scientist mentor. And after months of hard work, and more than …
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Ada Lovelace was born two centuries ago in London, England. Her father was the super famous poet Lord Byron. Though he was brilliant, he also had the reputation for being a “mad genius.” He abandoned his family early on. Ada’s mother was also incredibly smart, and she insisted her daughter get the best education possible. Ada …
Pie Chart A type of graph in which a circle is divided into sectors that each represent a proportion of the whole. Line chart Created by plotting a series of several points and connecting them with straight lines. Bar chart A diagram in which the numerical values of variables are represented by the height (or …
What if I told you, that you can separate colors, with just water and blotting paper, using a fun experiment called paper chromatography. In this article you will find out the purpose of paper chromatography experiment, the principles of chromatography, and a stepwise procedure to perform paper chromatography hands-on! Paper Chromatography using ink. Image Credit_Manylabs …
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