February 2009

Pretty traces of light!

February 1, 2009

Welcome to the first post at the new blog location!  Now that my webhome is established I can start posting more regularly.  Geek on! Sebastien Martin of the Exploratorium has been working with what you can do with light traces — basically, tracing out the motion of something through space using light (say, by attaching [...]

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Sciencegeekgirl has MOVED!

February 1, 2009

Hello all, I’ve moved this blog! Please update your links. I am now at http://blog.sciencegeekgirl.com If you are subscribed to the blog and are getting this posting, then you are already subscribed through my feedburner RSS feed, you don’t need to do anything! My correct feed is at http://feeds.feedburner.com/Sciencegeekgirl My new home page is http://www.sciencegeekgirl.com. [...]

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Infrared heat camera (sciencegeekgirl on YouTube)

February 1, 2009

OK, I’ve been posting everybody else’s YouTube videos, so what about METube? After all, it’s all about me. Here is my YouTube debut, talking about infrared light as part of a full-length webcast on climate change. This was totally fun, I left Paul D. back at the webcast studio and ran off-stage, across the museum [...]

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That’s a good question!

February 1, 2009

Here’s my latest Science Teaching Tips podcast — As any teacher knows, the ability to ask good questions — and use students’ questions — is a valuable skill to have in your teaching toolbelt. In this podcast, TI staff biologist Karen Kalumuck describes how she tries not to answer every question that’s asked during a [...]

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Things to do in a microwave #5: Microwave a lightbulb

February 1, 2009

Everybody’s favorite — microwaving a lightbulb.  Pretty! At least two posts suggest that if you put the bulb in a mug of water (with the bulb part sticking up) then it won’t explode.  I believe that’s because the water acts as a dump for the microwave energy, keeping the bulb from heating up out of [...]

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