Mrs Parrington Loves Science

Do you know what kind of frog this is?

mrsparrington — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:34:14 +0000

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?

mrsparrington — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:40:50 +0000

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.

Why do we have seasons?

mrsparrington — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:47:38 +0000

Have a look at these short videos.
They help explain why we have seasons.

Would you like to help study the surface of the moon?

mrsparrington — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:37:03 +0000

Moon Zoo

If you would like to help scientists study and classify the surface of the moon, have a look at Moon Zoo.
You’ll find it here or the web address is http://www.moonzoo.org/

All you have to do is watch a short video tutorial that will teach you what to do and then start identifying craters. It’s that easy! With SO much data to analyse the scientists could really use your help.

Check it out!

A virtual choir of 2000 voices

mrsparrington — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:27:38 +0000

Have a look at this truly wonderful TED talk about how Eric Whitacre used the Internet to create a virtual choir of 2000 voices.

Happy Science Week!

mrsparrington — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:52:11 +0000

Happy science week everyone

Have a look at the National Science Week webpage at:

http://www.scienceweek.gov.au/Pages/index.aspx

There are heaps of activities listed and things to watch and explore.

Have fun!

ASIMO the amazing robot made by HONDA

mrsparrington — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:57:30 +0000

At school we have been learning about inventions. We have been inquiring into why people invent things and how they change over time. We started talking about computers and toys and how they have changed. We read a book about Robots and were really interested in an article about ASIMO. We did a search on You Tube and came up with these two amazing videos of ASIMO the robot created by Honda. Have a look

The first is from an episode of James May’s show BIG IDEAS and the second is the 10 year anniversary video.

Here are the answers to last weeks quiz…

mrsparrington — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 07:09:19 +0000

Quiz answers
1. Box jellyfish have 24 eyes arranged in four clusters, giving them six eyes on each side.
2. A newborn kangaroo is about two centimetres long, the size of a jellybean.
3. c) The red food colouring colour (120) is made by crushing cochineal insects.
4. Most ladybird beetles are predators which eat soft-bodied scale insects.
5. Folate helps protect against Alzheimer’s disease. CSIRO scientists have developed a new system to screen for other protective compounds using yeast species

How did you go?

New quiz questions from CSIRO Science by Email

mrsparrington — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:20:57 +0000

Have a go at these…

Leave me a comment if you think you know the answers!

Quiz questions
1. How many eyes does a box jellyfish have?
2. How big is a newborn kangaroo?
3. The red food colouring colour (120) is made from a) raspberries, b) plant seeds, c) insects.
4. What do most ladybird beetle species eat?
5. Which vitamin found in leafy green vegetables can protect against Alzheimer’s disease?

Good Luck!

A new look!

mrsparrington — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:52:46 +0000

Hi All!

A new look for the old blogerooni

Hope you like it xx