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Earth from the ISS: time lapse video

Posted on November 28, 2011 by dallen

Watch this amazing time-lapse video of Earth shot from the low-Earth orbit of the International Space Station. Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

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Crazy storm on Saturn!

Posted on November 22, 2011 by dallen

NASA’s Cassini probe is currently orbiting Saturn and taking close-up pictures. You can clearly see Saturn’s rings and stripes. About a year ago, on December 5th 2010, a tiny storm was noticed. By January, it had encircled the entire planet. … Continue reading →

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A planet is born!

Posted on November 22, 2011 by dallen

With new telescope technology, we are discovering more and more planets in other star systems. It’s hard to find inner planets because they are so close to their stars that they are blocked by their star’s powerful light. But by … Continue reading →

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The world’s lightest material?

Posted on November 21, 2011 by dallen

Scientists have invented a way of manufacturing hollow tubes of metal using nanotechnology. The tubes have walls a thousand times thinner than a human hair. The material is so lightweight, it can be placed on top of a dandelion without … Continue reading →

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A shadow on the sky!

Posted on November 21, 2011 by dallen

Since I just posted about an amazing photo of a volcano, I thought I’d post these cool pictures of Mt. Ranier casting a shadow up on the sky! It only happens when the sun rises farther to the south as … Continue reading →

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Amazing photo of a volcano

Posted on November 21, 2011 by dallen

This amazing photo of the Puyehue-Cortón Caulle volcano eruption was one of Natural Geographic’s favorite photos last month. Notice how lightning is attracted to the plume of ash and smoke. Very cool.

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Was human life on Earth almost destroyed by a comet 130 years ago?

Posted on November 21, 2011 by dallen

Mexican astronomer José Bonilla noticed hundreds of fuzzy objects passing in front of the sun in August 1883. At the time, Bonilla had no idea what he was looking at. All he knew was that over a period of about … Continue reading →

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Could online gamers cure AIDS?

Posted on September 22, 2011 by dallen

Video-game players have solved a molecular puzzle that stumped scientists for years, and those scientists say the accomplishment could point the way to crowdsourced cures for AIDS and other diseases. One of the problems with studying tiny proteins is that … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the 2011-2012 class blog!

Posted on September 21, 2011 by dallen

This blog is a place where Mr. Allen and Mr. Romary post science stuff that we think would be interesting to the 6th graders at Collegiate School. You should check it regularly (at least once per week) and comment on … Continue reading →

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Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker

Posted on March 2, 2011 by dallen

Your homework for the long weekend is to complete the following web activity, called “Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker.” The image below will help guide you on what to do. Follow this link to the activity. (1) First click on the … Continue reading →

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