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Friday, December 30, 2011
I'll Come Back!
Hey guys, I'm on vacation right now, so I'll get back to posting and updating this blog as soon as I get back! Thanks for sticking with me, and see you all later! :)
Friday, November 25, 2011
Dust Particles
Hey guys!
Have you ever wondered why dust 'appears' on your coffee tables or TV screens after you clean it with a cloth? Well, it's actually really interesting!
You see, there are three sub-atomic particles: Electrons, Protons and Neutrons.
Protons = positive charge
Electrons = negative charge
Neutrons = neutral charge
There are also 3 ways of 'charging' an object to give it a charge: Conduction, Induction and Friction.
Friction is the act of rubbing 2 objects together. When you rub the 2 objects together, a charge is transferred from the object you are using to rub and the object being rubbed. REMEMBER: ONLY ELECTRONS MOVE! So that means electrons are being transferred from the cloth to the screen you are cleaning.
Here is another important fact: OPPOSITE CHARGES ATTRACT, and LIKE CHARGES REPEL. That means the positive charges and negative charges come closer together, while 2 negative charges would go away from each other. So since the dust is negative and the screen now is negative, the dust gets attracted to the screen!
Wasn't that cool? I'll get more in depth with the words used in this article next post. Until then, stay green!
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Have you ever wondered why dust 'appears' on your coffee tables or TV screens after you clean it with a cloth? Well, it's actually really interesting!
You see, there are three sub-atomic particles: Electrons, Protons and Neutrons.
Protons = positive charge
Electrons = negative charge
Neutrons = neutral charge
There are also 3 ways of 'charging' an object to give it a charge: Conduction, Induction and Friction.
Friction is the act of rubbing 2 objects together. When you rub the 2 objects together, a charge is transferred from the object you are using to rub and the object being rubbed. REMEMBER: ONLY ELECTRONS MOVE! So that means electrons are being transferred from the cloth to the screen you are cleaning.
Here is another important fact: OPPOSITE CHARGES ATTRACT, and LIKE CHARGES REPEL. That means the positive charges and negative charges come closer together, while 2 negative charges would go away from each other. So since the dust is negative and the screen now is negative, the dust gets attracted to the screen!
Wasn't that cool? I'll get more in depth with the words used in this article next post. Until then, stay green!
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Halloween Is Just Around The Corner!
Hey guys!
Everyone must be excited, halloween is fast approaching! Everyone will be out trick or treating, having a good time, and all that good stuff. But this year, let's try and make this halloween a treat for mother nature too, how does that sound?
As always, it's the little things that impact the environment the most. So this halloween, try and go green. For example, you could use re-usable/recycable bags to store all your candy and such. Those bags will go a long way, they will be good for mother nature as they will be re-used again, and not to mention they will be good to satisfy your hunger!
Instead of driving a car from neighbourhood to neighbourhood, just walk. It not only saves you money (from not buying gas), but your also not releasing any greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, so it's a win-win situation.
Also, try to make costumes yourself out of eco-friendly material. Consider the following for a moment. You go to a store and pick up a really nice looking costume that you think is really going to bring the 'Trick' out of trick or treat. Now, have you ever thought of what made up that costume? Chances are, it's a plastic, a non biodegradable plastic that will not break down into the soil. I suppose you can re-use that costume over and over again if you like it, but making a costume yourself out of mother nature friendly material will be fun for the whole family (or just you :), it will give you a real sense of accomplishment, and it will help nature out a lot as well.
Thank you for reading, hope everyone has a really fulfilling and safe halloween!
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Everyone must be excited, halloween is fast approaching! Everyone will be out trick or treating, having a good time, and all that good stuff. But this year, let's try and make this halloween a treat for mother nature too, how does that sound?
As always, it's the little things that impact the environment the most. So this halloween, try and go green. For example, you could use re-usable/recycable bags to store all your candy and such. Those bags will go a long way, they will be good for mother nature as they will be re-used again, and not to mention they will be good to satisfy your hunger!
Instead of driving a car from neighbourhood to neighbourhood, just walk. It not only saves you money (from not buying gas), but your also not releasing any greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, so it's a win-win situation.
Also, try to make costumes yourself out of eco-friendly material. Consider the following for a moment. You go to a store and pick up a really nice looking costume that you think is really going to bring the 'Trick' out of trick or treat. Now, have you ever thought of what made up that costume? Chances are, it's a plastic, a non biodegradable plastic that will not break down into the soil. I suppose you can re-use that costume over and over again if you like it, but making a costume yourself out of mother nature friendly material will be fun for the whole family (or just you :), it will give you a real sense of accomplishment, and it will help nature out a lot as well.
Thank you for reading, hope everyone has a really fulfilling and safe halloween!
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Cool Campaign
Hey guys!
I was just reading the newspaper 'The Globe and Mail' where I found a really cool campaign. Basically, it's a recycling project, where the newspaper gives you facts on recycling certain types of material. Today's fact was really interesting, it says:
"You can make an XL size T-shirt by recycling 5 plastic bottles."
...And another fact:
"If you recycle fibres of plastic material, you can make many items, such as tissue boxes, other bottles, and many more!"
It just goes to show that if your recycle, you are helping the Earth, so recycle, you never know what your creating by doing so!
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I was just reading the newspaper 'The Globe and Mail' where I found a really cool campaign. Basically, it's a recycling project, where the newspaper gives you facts on recycling certain types of material. Today's fact was really interesting, it says:
"You can make an XL size T-shirt by recycling 5 plastic bottles."
...And another fact:
"If you recycle fibres of plastic material, you can make many items, such as tissue boxes, other bottles, and many more!"
It just goes to show that if your recycle, you are helping the Earth, so recycle, you never know what your creating by doing so!
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Cool Scientific Terms!
Hey Guys!
I just wanted to share with you all some really cool science terms that I learned in school over the past few weeks. There're all related to biology, so if your looking for physics or chemistry terms, sorry! Anyway, here they are:
Salinity: Salt
Oligotrophic: Low in nutrient content (refers to a water body)
Eutrophic: High in species richness, biodiversity and nutrients (refers to a water body)
Primary Succession: A type of ecological succession that starts in a virtually lifeless area, where soil has not formed yet. For example, if a volcano erupts, the lava and smoke would kill off all the eco-systems around it. So if a new eco-system is born out of that kind of situation, it would be called Primary Succession.
Secondary Succession: The second type of ecological succession. Basically, this starts with an event such as a forest fire or hurricane (an event that weakens or damages an eco-system) and a new eco-system emerges out of an already established but weakened eco-system.
Biodiversity: The variety of life in an ecosystem.
Species Richness: The number of species in an area.
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I just wanted to share with you all some really cool science terms that I learned in school over the past few weeks. There're all related to biology, so if your looking for physics or chemistry terms, sorry! Anyway, here they are:
Salinity: Salt
Oligotrophic: Low in nutrient content (refers to a water body)
Eutrophic: High in species richness, biodiversity and nutrients (refers to a water body)
Primary Succession: A type of ecological succession that starts in a virtually lifeless area, where soil has not formed yet. For example, if a volcano erupts, the lava and smoke would kill off all the eco-systems around it. So if a new eco-system is born out of that kind of situation, it would be called Primary Succession.
Secondary Succession: The second type of ecological succession. Basically, this starts with an event such as a forest fire or hurricane (an event that weakens or damages an eco-system) and a new eco-system emerges out of an already established but weakened eco-system.
Biodiversity: The variety of life in an ecosystem.
Species Richness: The number of species in an area.
Thanks for reading, contact me if you want to learn more cool terms via Twitter, Facebook or Email.
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