Tsunami Science and Survival Guide (Age 7+)
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Program Category: Short Courses
Elephant Toothpaste – Create a Magic Genie!
Elephant’s toothpaste is a foamy substance caused by the rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide using yeast or potassium iodide and warm water as a catalyst. Hydrogen peroxide is unstable and breaks down over time into water and oxygen gas, and the catalyst (either yeast or potassium iodide) speeds up that decomposition into a matter of …
Geological History of Earth (for Age 8+)
The geological history of Earth follows the major geological events in Earth’s past based on the geological time scale, a system of chronological measurement based on the study of the planet’s rock layers. Scientists use rock layers to understand the history of our planet. Rock layers can have fossils within them. What Is The Geologic …
Where Did Math Begin? (Age 6+)
Welcome to the History of Math! Get started with the videos below. And, be sure to test your parents each week with the challenge question. This week it is: Challenge question for your parents: How did ancient humans count if they didn’t have numbers? History of Mathematics Is math discovered or invented? Ishango …
Add up 1 to 1000 in 10 seconds (Age 8+)
Carl Friedrich Gauss is sometimes referred to as the “Prince of Mathematicians” and the “greatest mathematician since antiquity”. He has had a remarkable influence in many fields of mathematics and science and is ranked as one of history’s most influential mathematicians. Gauss was a child prodigy. There are many anecdotes concerning his precocity as a …
Fibonacci and Nature’s Magic Number (Age 8+)
Challenge question for you and your parents: What comes next: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ? The Fibonacci numbers are a sequence of numbers in mathematics named after Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci. Fibonacci wrote a book in 1202, called Liber Abaci (“Book of Calculation”), which introduced the number pattern to Western European …
A Journey to the Earth’s Core
(This short course is aligned to the New York State P-12 Common Core Learning Standards) Is it possible for humans to travel to the Earth’s Core? Not now in reality, but there were Sci-Fi movies about such fantastic journeys. This short course, on the other hand, presents many stunning facts and allows us to learn …
Be a Rocket Scientist
A rocket may be a missile, spacecraft, aircraft, or a vehicle that is pushed by a rocket engine. Some big rockets are launch vehicles and some are manned (e.g. Saturn V). Other rockets, for example, missiles, are unmanned. (“Manned” means that a person is in it; “unmanned” means that the machine goes without a person.) …
Short History of Math (Grades 3-6)
The history of mathematics is nearly as old as humanity itself. Since antiquity, mathematics has been fundamental to advances in science, engineering, and philosophy. It has evolved from simple counting, measurement and calculation, and the systematic study of the shapes and motions of physical objects, through the application of abstraction, imagination and logic, to the …
What Is Artificial Intelligence (Age 8+)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of a computer program or a machine to think and learn. It is also a field of study which tries to make computers “smart”. John McCarthy came up with the name “artificial intelligence” in 1955. In general use, the term “artificial intelligence” means a machine which mimics human cognition. …