Science Outside the Square http://blog.kkc.school.nz/hjohnson Taking Science and enquiry that step further for Year 9 and 10 students Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:11:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Moon “bombing”   Nasa has just "bombed" the Moon with two artificial meteorites in an attempt to see whether there is lunar water. This happened in the early hours of Saturday 10 October our time. Read about it here. It looks like this venture has failed. What they were trying to do was created ... http://blog.kkc.school.nz/hjohnson/2009/10/09/moon-bombing/ Albert Einstein’s riddle ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE THIS RIDDLE EARLY DURING THE 19th CENTURY. HE SAID THAT 98% OF THE WORLD POPULATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE IT. ARE YOU IN THE TOP 2% OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD? SOLVE THE RIDDLE AND FIND OUT. There are no tricks, just pure logic, ... http://blog.kkc.school.nz/hjohnson/2009/10/09/albert-einsteins-riddle/ The Periodic Table gets a new element… Element number 112 has just been discovered. See here for details. At the bottom of the webpage there is an opportunity for you to help name this new element. Have a go, please. Email me your ideas as well - each valid idea with a reasonable explanation wins one point. http://blog.kkc.school.nz/hjohnson/2009/06/11/the-periodic-table-gets-a-new-element/ Week 8 is nearly upon us - this is the latest you can hand in your Science Fair http://blog.kkc.school.nz/hjohnson/2009/06/01/week-8-is-nearly-upon-us-this-is-the-latest-you-can-hand-in-your-science-fair/ For three points…. Which letter of the alphabet is used nowhere in the periodic table??? http://blog.kkc.school.nz/hjohnson/2009/06/01/for-three-points/ How experiments that don’t work can still be useful The Shocking History of Phosphorus or Fire from Urine More than 300 years ago, in 1669, Hennig Brand, a Hamburg alchemist, like most chemists of his day, was trying to make gold. He let urine stand for days in a tub until it putrified. Then he ... http://blog.kkc.school.nz/hjohnson/2009/05/23/how-experiments-that-dont-work-can-still-be-useful/ March Monitoring Month and Koura Kraze Well done guys. Look at the email that came in today: from Rebecca Goffin <Rebecca.Goffin@royalsociety.org.nz> to Hilary Johnson <hjohnson@katikaticollege.school.nz> date Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:09 PM subject re: March Monitoring Month and Koura Kraze mailed-by royalsociety.org.nz hide details May 12 (1 day ago) Reply Hi Hilary. Just to let you know that Katikati College has been awarded one of two ... http://blog.kkc.school.nz/hjohnson/2009/05/13/march-monitoring-month-and-koura-kraze/ The Monty Hall Maths Problem Sorry, guys, there has not been much to add in this difficult week. However, I'd like to share with you a really interesting mathematical probability problem brought to my attention by Caleb in my Year 12 Chemistry class. Click here to watch. Watch it a couple of times, please - ... http://blog.kkc.school.nz/hjohnson/2009/04/30/the-monty-hall-maths-problem/ Koura Kraze 2009 If you would like to see our data contribution, and those of others, click here. http://blog.kkc.school.nz/hjohnson/2009/04/24/koura-kraze-2009-2/ 9Joh on their invertebrate monitoring field trip Sorry this has taken me so long. Here you are, specifically a hen-pecked Sam. Go Sam! http://blog.kkc.school.nz/hjohnson/2009/04/22/9joh-on-their-invertebrate-monitoring-field-trip/