How do you measure the speed of the wind? You make a wind anemometer.

 

How do you measure the speed of the wind?

Well you can do it using something called an anemometer.

With thanks to SCOPE on TEN, in this experiment, Junior Scientist Braeden shows us how we can make one at home and of course explains how it works!

Click here to find out how to do it at home.

A wonderful mix of Art and Science

This is a TED talk about a sculptor who makes mechanical representations of waves and water, sometimes using recycled materials and on a huge scale – amazing!

Have a look at this amazing TED talk about a sculptor who creates gravity defying art work!!!

TED Ed Talk – The Secret Life of Plankton

Thanks to OK for the idea for this terrific video

How about an experiment with chocolate in time for Easter??

Have a look at this fabulous chocolate experiment from the ABCs Surfing Scientist!

Mindboggling Chocolate Experiment

Lord Howe Island stick insect hatching

Have a look at this world first, amazing video of a Lord Howe Island stick insect hatching.  The video was taken at our very own Melbourne Zoo!

Lord Howe Island Stick Insect Hatching

Warning: Unfortunately you have to watch an ad first but please persist until you get to the good stuff!!!

For more information on this rare and remarkable creature – follow this link

Russian Scientists have grown a plant from 30,000 year old seeds…

Russian scientists have grown beautiful flowering plants using seeds stored by squirrels 30,000 years ago and preserved by the Siberian permafrost.

How amazing is that?

  According to the ABC science website at:

  http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/02/22/3436826.htm

this is the oldest ever plant tissue to have been brought back to life.

Lucky for us, squirrels store their seeds away for the winter!

Have a look at these clips of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights

We see these lights when a solar wind comes in contact with the Earths magnetic field.

In Australia we call it the Aurora Australis but in the Northern Hemisphere it is called the Aurora Borealis

This next clip is from made up of a collection of High resolution photos from NASA

Pretty amazing don’t you think?

Thanks HMS

Did you guess the frog?

The picture of the frog in the last post was a Southern Brown Tree Frog.

Well done Zozo for figuring it out!
If you like frogs, have a look at the Frogs of Australia website

The web address is http://frogs.org.au/frogs/index.html

The Southern Brown Tree Frog has it’s own detailed information page http://frogs.org.au/frogs/species/Litoria/ewingi/

If you click on the link you can see info about the frog and hear its call! Pretty cool

Do you know what kind of frog this is?

If you are lucky, you might hear this frog when you start at school.

Do you know what type of frog it is?

If you think you do, leave me a message in the comments (below).

I’ll give you the answer and a link to a great site about frogs when school starts.

We are very lucky at Cornish College to have such a wonderful diverse environment with lots of wildlife.

I wonder how many breeds of frog we will find?

Do you know what a murmuration is?

Have a look at this amazing vimeo (it starts off a little silly but PLEASE keep watching!).
It is amazing!!!

Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.