Junior Cert Science

2016 ISTA Annual Conference
http://thinkforyourself.ie/2016/04/06/2016-ista-annual-conference/

2016 ISTA Annual Conference It’s fascinating to see how much the ISTA (Irish Science Teachers’ Association) annual conference has changed over the years. It has always been a place where teachers could meet and share id…

New blogpost: Why are some study-techniques effective while others are not?
http://thinkforyourself.ie/2016/03/28/why-are-some-study-techniques-effective-while-others-are-not/

Think for Yourself on WordPress.com “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” Albert Einstein

Guidelines on carrying out the 2016 JC Physics investigation:
http://thinkforyourself.ie/2016/03/08/guidelines-on-carrying-out-the-jc-physics-investigation-2016/

Guidelines on carrying out the JC Physics investigation 2016 The following is the title of the Junior Science Physics investigation for 2016: Investigate and compare the quantitative effects of changing (a) the pendulum length and (b) the mass of the pendulu…

Ever wonder why your line for Hooke's law never goes through the origin?
Here's why (wouldn't it be nice if they alluded to this in the textbooks?)
http://springipedia.com/extension-general-design.asp

Extension Springs - General Considerations

How parasites change their host's behavior https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g09BQes-B7E …

How to Control Someone Else's Arm with Your Brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSQNi5sAwuc

Want to see what satellites are up there right now?
This is mad.
http://stuffin.space/

Stuff in Space The website updates daily with orbit data from Space-Track.org and uses the excellent satellite.js Javascript library to calculate satellite positions.

My vote in the next election goes to the candidate who commits to putting Evolution on the JC Science syllabus.
We should get a petition going . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMD56Tohp1k

RICHARD DAWKINS: Seven Wonders of the World Richard Dawkins is a brilliant British biologist and a master at explaining science in general and evolution in particular to the layman. Here he chooses sev...

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35179269

Ancient DNA sheds light on Irish origins - BBC News Scientists have sequenced the first ancient human genomes from Ireland - throwing light on the genesis of Celtic populations.

Good to know that these guys are on your side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnlULOjUhSQ

White Blood Cell Chases Bacteria White Blood Cell Chases Bacteria in real life Edit: axxsmith informed me that it is from quote " It is a neutrophil chasing Staphylococcus aureus by David Ro...

In case you didn't know, Bill Nye is one of the coolest guys on the planet. Every kid in America is familiar with his science shows. We should be too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=248&v=1KkKejZnazw

Bill Nye: Change The World Bill Nye uses the unlikely pairing of Steve Martin and Carl Sagan as role models to become "the Science Guy." Bill Nye is a Cornell-trained engineer who work...

The largest river on Earth is invisible — and airborne

http://ideas.ted.com/this-airborne-river-may-be-the-largest-river-on-earth/?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=ideas-blog&utm_term=science

This airborne river may be the largest river on earth On a typical sunny day in the Amazon, 20 billion metric tons of water pass through the trees and into the air. This is more than just a feat of Nature -- it’s at the heart of South America’s econom...

And you thought YOU were big . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIbfYsQfNWs

209 Seconds That Will Make You Question Your Entire Existence Every time you get upset about something small, just remember this. Check out more awesome BuzzFeedBlue videos! http://bit.ly/YTbuzzfeedblue1 MUSIC Robotix L...

9 Scientists Killed In Coke & Mentos Experiment Gone Wrong

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/11/16/9-scientists-killed-in-coke-mentos-experiment-gone-wrong/

9 Scientists Killed In Coke & Mentos Experiment Gone Wrong 9 Scientists Killed In Coke & Mentos Experiment Gone Wrong

If molecules were people... - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUMmoPdwBy4

If molecules were people... - George Zaidan and Charles Morton View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/chemical-reactions-zaidan-and-morton When molecules collide, chemical reactions can occur -- causing major struct...

Amazing X-ray GIFs Show Joints In Motion
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/amazing-x-ray-gifs-show-joints-motion

Amazing X-ray GIFs Show Joints In Motion | IFLScience The human body has four types of movable joints. Most people don’t really think about them unless they start to become painful. In fact, their motion is really quite beautiful, but that beauty can be hard to appreciate because we usually can’t see how the bones are sliding around relative to one ano…

Kerry footballer wins Research Image of the year competition.
It's an incredible image (once you realise what's happening).
http://bit.ly/1uubkGb

SFI Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) is the national foundation for investment in scientific and engineering research.

Watch a heart transplant operation in real time. Astonishing.
Compelling. Comments are useful also.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGtLYtOwtxA

Complete cardiac transplant Cardiac Transplantation / Heart Transplant We are working on more HD Medical Videos. Please consider donations, Paypal @ [email protected] Please Like ou...

David Attenborough is our greatest science communicator. Most def. Wonderful World - BBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8WHKRzkCOY

David Attenborough - Wonderful World - BBC **KOOP GEEN GECENSUREERDE DVD'S OF BLU-RAYS BIJ DE EO!!!** **Do not buy DVD's or Blu-Rays censored by EO!!! Evolution is a fact.** * Frozen Planet is a 7 par...

Check out TED-Ed's interactive periodic table, with videos for every one of the 118 elements! http://ed.ted.com/periodic-videos

TED-Ed | Periodic Videos The team at Periodic Videos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table.

Where did the Earth come from?
Is it even an important question?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuMjnP1YbPw

Where Did The Earth Come From? Do we take the Earth for granted? It gives us life and sustains us in the manner we're accustomed to, but we don't know the first thing about it: like where ...

Old blog post:
Fun resources for teaching magnetism
http://thinkforyourself.ie/2012/11/15/resources-for-teaching-magnetism/

Resources for teaching Magnetism This week with Form 6 it was Magnetic Fields. One of the concepts I try to emphasise is that this is a 3-dimensional phenomena, as opposed to the 2-dimensional pattern that you get from sprinkling ...

And you thought a flea was small!
From
https://imgur.com/tmqWENX

imgur: the simple image sharer The most viral images on the internet, curated in real time by a dedicated community through commenting, voting and sharing.

Are all the ants as heavy as all the humans?
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29281253

Ants v humans A recent wildlife programme suggested that all the ants in the world weigh as much as all the people - but is that true?

"The battery sets up an electrical current which causes a build-up of sodium hydroxide which is caustic soda.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-29610570

Battery warning after child deaths A paediatrician is warning of the dangers of small lithium batteries after two children who swallowed them suffered "catastrophic bleeding" and died.

Using sound to put out a fire
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18870258

Darpa uses sound to put out fires The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) is looking at novel ways to put out fires, including using sound.