Near every doorstep has a bag of salt on it during the winter – at least in places where snow is the norm – for sprinkling over the steps and the walkway. Meanwhile, trucks drive along spreading salt over the roads. Brittanica says more than 20 million tonnes of ice are used to melt snow […]
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Automaton: Elementary Science of The Old-Fashioned Robot
This month’s Elementary Science feature is about the very early example in science history of what today we call a sophisticated robot. An Automaton is basically an old-fashioned robot, or a “non-electronic moving machine “. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary describes one as: 1. a mechanism that is relatively self-operating; especially : robot 2. a machine or control […]
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Tips for teaching Elementary Science Everyone knows that teaching clouds is not difficult, just boring.However, you can make it interesting by showing your students how clouds are formed.What you will need is a jar, a match, tape, black paper, a flash light, and a small bag of ice.What you will do is fill the jar […]
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Everyone knows that teaching clouds and the weather is not difficult, just boring. However, you can make it interesting by showing your students how clouds are formed. What you will need is a jar, a match, tape, black paper, a flash light, and a small bag of ice. What you will do is fill the […]
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