Tool‘s Lateralus has the Fibonacci Sequence embedded into it. Ms. Wilson tells me that some of her Algebra II students were able to detect it out after listening to the song (a few times), but this video has the highlights where the sequence occurs.

↬ Ms. Wilson

Citing this post: Urbano, L., 2012. Music of the Fibonacci Sequence, Retrieved May 19th, 2012, from Montessori Muddle: http://MontessoriMuddle.org/ .
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PhD Comics does a wonderful job of explaining of sub-atomic particles: what we know, what we don’t know. What’s particularly great about this video is that it goes into how physicists are using the Large Hadron Collider to try to discover new particles: by making graphs of millions of collisions of particles and looking for the tiniest of differences between different predictions of what might be there.

I also like how clear they make the fact that science is a processes of discovery, and what fascinates scientists is the unknown. Students do experiments all the time and if they don’t find what they expect — if it “doesn’t work” — they’re usually very disappointed. I try my best to let them know that this is really what science is about. When your experiment does not do what you want, and you’re confident you designed it right, then the real excitement, the new discoveries, begin.

Citing this post: Urbano, L., 2012. Searching for the Higgs Boson: How Science Really Works, Retrieved May 19th, 2012, from Montessori Muddle: http://MontessoriMuddle.org/ .
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Variable captures Phagwah (aka. Holi), my second favorite Hindu festival, with a high-speed camera.

↬ Zoë Pollock on The Dish

Citing this post: Urbano, L., 2012. Phagwah (Holi) in Slow Motion, Retrieved May 19th, 2012, from Montessori Muddle: http://MontessoriMuddle.org/ .
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Silvia Pelissero (aka Agnes-Cecile) brings a face to life in watercolor. (She has more, excellent videos on her YouTube channel).

ᔥ Agnes-Cecile ↬Colossal ↬ The Dish

Citing this post: Urbano, L., 2012. The Art of Watercolor, Retrieved May 19th, 2012, from Montessori Muddle: http://MontessoriMuddle.org/ .
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Take home message: As soon as someone’s paid enough that money is no longer an issue, paying them more (or giving bonuses) can even have a negative effect on their performance on anything that requires higher level thought.

Which suggests that if we take grades out of the equation kids will learn more?

Audio from Daniel Pink’s TED talk on motivation.

↬ Mrs. D.

Citing this post: Urbano, L., 2012. Daniel Pink on Motivation, Retrieved May 19th, 2012, from Montessori Muddle: http://MontessoriMuddle.org/ .
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NASA’s Perpetual Ocean visualizations are excellent animations of the oceans’ surface currents.

ᔥ NASA ↬ Visworld

Citing this post: Urbano, L., 2012. Ocean Currents, Retrieved May 19th, 2012, from Montessori Muddle: http://MontessoriMuddle.org/ .
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In the early solar system, 4.5 billion years ago, the planets were still coalescing, something enormous hit the Earth.

After it formed, huge impacts shaped the surface of the moon into what we see today. NASA takes up the story:

These videos are awesome introductions to the early history of the Earth, Moon, and solar system.

Citing this post: Urbano, L., 2012. The History of the Moon, Retrieved May 19th, 2012, from Montessori Muddle: http://MontessoriMuddle.org/ .
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CGP Grey explains why we need leap days to fill in the calender.

Citing this post: Urbano, L., 2012. Why Feburary 29th?, Retrieved May 19th, 2012, from Montessori Muddle: http://MontessoriMuddle.org/ .
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