“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”- The Wizard of Oz
Tornadoes are both fascinating and dangerous at the same time. Meteorologists track weather patterns to predict when a tornado will most likely accrue to help warn the public. Gather your materials to explore a tornado’s vortex safely in your home!
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Activities for the week of December 16th-22nd
The third week of DeSTEMber is here! Thank you for continuing to explore STEM fun with Girlstart and Google Science Fair.
Here is what’s coming up this week:
12.16- Sink or Float
12.17- Parachute Ready
12.18- Edible Slime
12.19- Google Science Fair Hangout
12.20- Google+ Hangout with Scientific American & Get to Know Girlstart Google+ Hangout
12.21- Water Bending
12.22- Sweet Density
Google+ Hangout
In this special #DeSTEMber hangout, we take a look at – quite literally – one of the “coolest” parts of CERN.
In the CERN cryogenics laboratory, experts work with liquid nitrogen and liquid helium to cool CERN equipment to temperatures as low as -271°C (about -456°F or 2.15 Kelvin). This temperature is even colder than outer space!
In this hangout, our experts perform hands-on experiments to show the weird and wonderful world of liquid nitrogen, and explain why we need to keep parts of CERN so cold.
Watch live on http://youtube.com/CERNTV at 10am CST!
Google+ Hangout with 2011 Finalist Skanda Koppula
Without force, electricity, and magnetism, we would literally be in the dark and the everyday gadgets, appliances, motors (and the list goes on) would not simply not function. We use these indispensable forces every day, but how do they each work? And more importantly, how are they connected to one another?
Join Google Science Fair 2011 Finalist and senior at Phillips Academy Andover – Skanda Koppula – as he dives into “the force” of electricity and magnetism. He will be demonstrating the interconnection between these forces. Using these household items (a wire, a magnet and a light bulb) he will test some of the theories principles governing the connection.
Bring your questions and curiosity to follow along with Skanda and the other #deSTEMber participants at 10 AM PST / 12PM CST / 1 PM EST.
For more information about the Hangout!
