14 Aug
I’ve been seeing a lot of commercials for the Chevy Volt lately:
The one that plays on Hulu.com is only an animation of the number “230″, which is the estimated MPG for the Volt. I’ve been wondering how that’s possible, until I read a recent post by Dot Physics.
In “Chevy Voltology“, he [...]
5 Aug
I just found this really neat article about a bug that produces electricity as part of it’s digestion.
So cool – check it out!
10 Jul
This weekend my husband and I went to Thomas Edison’s estate Glenmont in West Orange, NJ. This was not his home when he invented electricity, but a massive laboratory sits at the bottom of the hill. The laboratory will reopen from renovations fall 2009. Here are some highlights of the afternoon, as well as a [...]
18 May
I found an article about mystery circuit boxes several years ago in The Physics Teacher. I’ve recently had the opportunity to actually use it in a lesson!
Martha Lietz (the author of the lesson I based mine off of) uses rewired bathroom beauty bar lighting in order to teach her students about series and parallel circuits [...]
12 May
I can’t believe I am at my 100th post already!! In honor of that, I’m sharing some really addicting, science related computer games I found lately.
Electric Box
I found Electric Box at Samgine.com and I was so excited when I realized it was a game all about creating circuits. In each level, the goal is to [...]
