When the National Science Teachers' Association announced the release of their Lab Out Loud podcast series, we were naturally enough interested. The series comprises 52 episodes and contain extra notes for more in-depth information, with episode one being a look back at the impact of Sputnik on science education and a look forward at the types of skills necessary in the twent-first century.
More pleased however, was our discovery that one of the series' co-creators, Brian Bartel is running his own blog, www.explodingsink.com. Of course, we love the name, but were even more impressed to find that Bartel's Exploding Sink is very similar in intent to our own Exploding Beakers, though much more polished (hey, we're new!). We particularly loved his description of his "margarine lab" where students find percent of water in margarine, via heated composition. The activity serves as a good precursor to percent composition activities later in chemistry. We also appreciated his comparision of online media services, Discovery Education Streaming, and Safari Montage.
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Glad to find a friend! The exploding part of my website is actually because I once blew up a sink in a botched science demo.
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