Quantum mechanic and the idea of atomic orbitals can be a challenging topic for students to grasp after having been told their entire lives that electrons circle the nucleus of an atom like planets orbit the sun. In reality we can’t know where the electrons are precisely around the nucleus, but thanks to Quantum mechanics [...]

Despite all our technological advancements as a species, we still know very little about the other creatures that we share the planet with. Arizona State Universities International Institute for Species Exploration has recently published a list of their top 10 newly discovered species. Most of the additions are new genus and species (a different type [...]

In a TED talk from March 2008 Robert Ballard paints the argument for increased exploration of the oceans here on planet Earth. 75% of the planet is covered in water, but we have mapped and explored a surprisingly small amount of it. He makes the point that we have maps of Venus and Mars but [...]

Earth Knowledge is an environmental news portal that aggregates news from around the Internet and plots it on a map of the world. It sports a slick well designed layout, and provides a simple filtering system for different types of environmental news divided into the categories: Biological Diversity, Land, Water and Climate. Each of those [...]

Not to be outdone by the current rage surrounding the homemade Wii remote interactive white board comes a homemade multi-touch surface. A simple webcam, a box, a piece of glass and tracing paper allows you to interact with your Windows machine through a multi-touch interface. These interfaces are being developed by a number of companies, [...]

Phun is an pretty impressive piece of software that provides users the ability design and explore 2D multi-physics simulations. You can create any shapes you like, and link them together with hinges, springs, or play with the density, friction, or mass of the object. As a simulator of physics it seems to do a pretty [...]

Google is hosting the Google Teacher Academy (GTA) at the Googleplex Mountain View, CA on June 25, 2008. It is a free event where tech savvy educators and professional developers can participate full-day workshop.
The GTA is an intensive, one-day event (8:30am-7:30pm) where participants get hands-on experience with Google’s free products and other technologies, learn [...]

Examples of people not thinking clearly about the consequences of their online life continue to surface in the media. A recent article in the Washington Post looks at a number of teachers who maintain websites, or have other online presences (i.e. Facebook/MySpace), and how they have no clue about the visibility of such sites, or [...]