Middle and High School … from a Montessori Point of View
The tsunami spawned by the recent earthquake off Japan did most of the damage we know about so far. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Center for Tsunami Research uses computer models to forecast, and provide warnings about, incoming tsunami waves. They have an amazing simulation showing the propagation of the recent tsunami across … Continue reading “Tsunami”
CNN has an informative interview on the explosion at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami. Footage of the explosion from the BBC: Nuclear disasters are so rare that they’re easy to forget about when we’re talking about the right mix of alternative (non-carbon based) energy sources for the future. Right … Continue reading “Nuclear Meltdown in Japan”
Hydrogen is an alternative source of fuel (alternative to fossil fuels), but it can be produced from renewable or non-renewable sources. PBS and Scientific American Frontiers have a nice video on hydrogen fuel. They first visit a lab producing hydrogen fuel cells. The second part of the program visits Iceland is trying to use geothermal … Continue reading “Hydrogen fuel”