ScienceMan has been busy the last little while, I’ve got FOUR new videos for you to check out! These are all aimed at JH Science, but could be used in SH classrooms as well as a simple review. Anyway, I hope you enjoy them! Particle Theory Why Heat is Important Plant Life Cycle Photosynthesis Creates Oxygen
There is no doubt certain parts of the world use way more resources than they should. Unfortunately, this probably won’t change without a way to clearly show how much those parts of the world are abusing/wasting the Earth’s resources. That’s where Ecological Footprint comes in. Please watch the following video on what Ecological Footprint is, and how it works. And after you’ve done that, be sure to measure your own ecological footprint!
ScienceMan has been very busy over the last while creating new science content. Most of the new content deals with ecology and ecosystems, but please watch out for more chemistry and physics content coming soon. So what exactly is new? Let’s take a look! First, we have a new video on how humans damage ecosystems. This video is a general overview of how humans can be very damaging to natural habitat: The next video focusses on ecosystem succession. All the…
A lot of people don’t realize you need to clean your birdhouses on a regular basis. A good time for doing this is fall when you know migratory birds have left and breeding season is over. Of course this varies geographically, so you should probably do some Googling of the species of birds that you have in your yard to be sure that you won’t be disturbing actively-used houses. There are some rare exceptions where you should NOT clean birdhouses……
One of the most enjoyable trail hikes I’ve had in a long time is the Ripple Rock Trail on Vancouver Island – the trail head is about 16 km North of Campbell River. Getting there is easy, there is parking just off HWY 19. We did this hike in the middle of December, so it was pretty cool and wet – but if you dress appropriately, it’s not a problem. Good quality waterproof hiking boots are recommended. It won’t be…
The Chickakoo nature area is a wonderful place for wetland ecology studies. Great place for trail running too! The last time I was out for a run, I noticed that the beaver residents had added significantly to their lodge. That reminded me of a presentation I was in recently, where the presenter said “like beavers living in their dams“… now perhaps they just misspoke, but it wasn’t the first time I heard this error. Beavers don’t live in dams, they…
A short story about the Alberta JH Science textbooks. I’m one of the authors of the Science in Action series, and when we completed the first book, I had the idea to create a support website for it. While every textbook has a support website these days, back in the year 2000 this was pretty radical thinking. Anyway, the excellent people at Pearson gave me the thumbs up and I built the Science in Action support website. In those days,…
A few weeks ago I watched a great Netflix movie by the name of Spectral. Anything science-fiction-y and scary, I tend to like! But this movie was indeed really cool and had some great special effects involving some other-worldly type creatures that were doing some serious killing. Part of the suspense in these movies is trying to figure out what the weird creatures are, and Spectral didn’t disappoint, it ramped-up some intense suspense, leading to the identity of the killer…
Hello everyone – long time, no chat! Sorry of the long absence, ScienceMan has been pretty busy. But recently I found a bit of time to create a video about the force of friction. This video has a bit of a twist though, I’ve also got a short product review of Kahtoola Nanospikes. A great product if you want to run safely on slippery winter surfaces. Here’s the video, I hope you like it! Speaking of training, the reason I’m…
NASA’s solar dynamics observatory is known for taking spectacular images of the Sun. Someone had the fantastic idea to take the high-resolution images and string them together, resulting in a spectacular animation. What’s more is that this animation was rendered in 4K, so you can view it full-size on even the largest monitors without any loss in quality. So this would be a good video to “view on YouTube“, and then, if you’ve got the bandwidth to support it, choose “4K” (2160p) from…