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Happy Happy Mole Day!

How big is a mole? (Not the animal, the other one.) How can something so big help us calculate the tiniest particles in the world?

Love NASA's remix!
https://youtu.be/p4obGG_LeCM

NASA (Based off of Ariana Grande’s “NASA”) NASA is committed to landing American astronauts, including the first woman and the next man, on the Moon by 2024. Through the agency’s Artemis lunar explora...

Ms Frizzle is our hero!
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/the-magic-school-bus-is-back-and-its-tackling-evolution

The Magic School Bus is back -- and it’s tackling evolution Studying evolution “makes you aware that life is fragile," and that maybe you don’t want to help cause extinction, says the illustrator of the iconic kids’ series.

Happy 4th of July. Enjoy the chemistry show tonight!
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sizzling-science-exploring-the-chemistry-of-fireworks/

Sizzling Science: Exploring the Chemistry of Fireworks An Independence Day demonstration from Science Buddies

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/science/louis-pasteur-chirality-chemistry.html

Science needs art.
The discovery they talk about, "chirality" is extremely central to organic and bio chemistry and it took a background in art to understand it.

How Pasteur’s Artistic Insight Changed Chemistry At a young age, Louis Pasteur articulated the chemical property of chirality, which may not have happened had he not first pursued a career as an artist.

Get your Science on and enjoy the live feed from D.C. today!
https://youtu.be/nNz8GO-d9wI

March for Science Earth Day 2017 This Earth Day, April 22, Earth Day Network and the March for Science are co-organizing a rally and teach-in on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The day...

The NEW Periodic Table Song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgVQKCcfwnU

The NEW Periodic Table Song (Updated) Download on ITUNES: http://bit.ly/12AeW99 Hey friends - we wanted to update a few things in our video to be more accurate and appropriate for everyone. And w...

This is the first time a woman has won the Fields Medal. Congratulations to Iranian-born Stanford professor Maryam Mirzakhani.

Meet the first woman to win the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics" Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian mathematician, just became the first woman ever to win the prestigious Fields Medal.

Wishing Happy and Aromatic Holidays to All
(thanks to a little organic chemistry)

http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/2016/12/32359/

The Science of Holiday Scents [Infographic] - World Science Festival ‘Tis the season for scents! We selected some of our most cherished holiday aromas, and uncovered the sources of our favorite fragrances. Your nose will now know why the air smells so festive this season.

There are pessimists, there are optimists, and then there are scientists.

University of California is by far the finest public university system in the world. 6 of the top 11 in the nation are UC's. Applications due November 30th!

The 10 Best Public Universities in America See the top public national universities ranking at US News. Research the top public schools and colleges.

T-minus one year. The first time a total solar eclipse will go coast to coast in the US since 1918. Get your eclipse glasses ready!

'Great American Total Solar Eclipse' Just 1 Year Away On Aug. 21 of next year, skywatchers will be treated to a rare event: the first total solar eclipse visible from the U.S. mainland since 1979.

Happy 4th of July. Enjoy the fireworks!

Anatomy of a Firework — NOVA | PBS In this flashy interactive, put on the pyrotechnician's hat and see a typical firework from the inside out.

Happy Mothers' Day!
(and good luck to all of our AP Biology students tomorrow)

"This may sound corny, but you really have to love them. You build this trust, and at that point, whatever you ask them to do, they'll go the extra mile. The recipe is love."
💕Calculus=Love💕

How a Lincoln High teacher gets all his students to pass the AP Calculus exam Yom, as the students call their Lincoln High calculus teacher, is at the blackboard with marker in hand.

Farewell Starman...
The science behind David Bowie's eyes.
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/remarkable-story-behind-david-bowie-s-most-iconic-feature

The Remarkable Story Behind David Bowie’s Most Iconic Feature “At the centre of it all, your eyes, your eyes …” Many aspects of the life and incredible achievements of David Bowie will be considered in the weeks and months ahead following the news of his death. Yet the cryptic lyric above from the lead single on David Bowie’s new album is a reminder that the u…

Make sure you make the most of yours. Good luck on finals this week!

So many college applications are due tomorrow and the SAT is on Saturday. Good luck out there!

Happy Birthday Edwin Hubble! A hundred years ago, scientists, including Einstein, believed the Milky Way was the entire Universe. Einstein's math showed that the Universe was expanding, but he threw it out in favor of the evidence at the time. But Edwin Hubble saw further and even found a way to calculate how far away and how fast things in the Universe are moving. 101 years after his birth, NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope, which has continued to expand our knowledge and let us see even further into the beauty of the ever expanding Universe.

http://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-edwin-hubble-and-the-expanding-universe

This date in science: Edwin Hubble and the expanding universe | EarthSky.org Hubble helped change our cosmology: our idea of the universe as a whole.

See how science-literate you really are...

Science Knowledge Quiz Who developed the polio vaccine? Does water boil at different temperatures based on altitude? Which is the hottest of Earth’s three layers? Take our science quiz and see how you compare with Americans overall.

Find those adults who you can relate to and who can mentor you through their positive examples.

“I’m a high school guidance counselor. I’m actually writing letters of recommendation right now. It’s tough to be a teenager. You want to be independent while still having to rely on everyone around you. As adults, we’ve been through it all, and we know what’s coming, and we want to protect them. But they don’t want to be protected. I just hope that every student at my school can find one or two adults that they relate to. And that's going to be a different teacher for every student. But we're getting older too, so it can be harder and harder to be relatable. I have to really work to keep up with the technology and terminology. I had to text my stepdaughter recently to find out what ‘bae’ means.”

Job opportunity starting December 14th!
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/be-an-astronaut-nasa-seeks-explorers-for-future-space-missions

Be an Astronaut: NASA Seeks Explorers for Future Space Missions In anticipation of returning human spaceflight launches to American soil, and in preparation for the agency’s Journey to Mars, NASA announced it will soon begin accepting applications for the next class of astronaut candidates. With more human spacecraft in development in the United States today tha…

The new SAT rolls out in March, and the PSAT is already based on the new format. You can start practicing the new question types using College Board's new SAT app. There are links to free tutorials from Khan Academy and a feature that allows you to take a practice test and scan your bubble sheet with your phone to get a score and lots of useful statistics to help you study more effectively.

Daily Practice for the New SAT® by The College Board
https://appsto.re/us/2WhO9.i

Daily Practice for the New SAT®