Sc. 10: 2023-2024

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The Canadian Government received a failing grade on how well they are preserving endangered species.  Canada is at risk for losing the animal species that makes Canada unigue .  The Canadian Government uses a two-step process to try to protect species at risk.

In the first step, a committee made up of scientists makes a list of the species that are at risk of extinction.  The scientists on the committee also makes a set of recommendations that the Canadian Government should follow to protect the animals habitat.  Preservation of animal habitat is the top way to protect species from becoming extinct.  Animals need habitat to survive.

In step 2, the Canadian Government decides whether or not to act on the recommendations of the scientists.  A recent study shows that Canada has failed to follow the advice of the Species at Risk Act 87% of the time.

It is time to save the whales!

A new Consumer Report study (available January 2015) found dangerously high levels of arsenic in rice grown in states other than California.  Because rice is a popular choice for infant food and cereals people are advised to limit their consumption of rice grown in certain states.

Learn more

What is arsenic? 

Try out the following research strategies to help you to become better at researching a topic.

Try to learn the difference between a primary and a secondary source.

Research Skills

The Vizzies is an international competition for scientists to share models of how matter functions.  Learn more about how the heart works.

Scientists used mathematical models and software to show how the heart beats.  Models help doctors better understand how the body works.

Agroecolgy

Philae, the European Space Agency’s mobile lab lands successfully on Comet P67.

Unfortunately, Philae’s solar powered battery are not able to remain charged.  Learn more about how the Scientists shared some of their findings using graphs.

The European Space Agency attempts to land a satellite on a Comet!

Eric Betzig wins again.  Just a few short week after it was announced that he won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Dr. Betzig has solved the puzzle of how to see objects under the microscope using a very old idea.  Plane illumination (an idea that has been around for the past 100 years) shines the light onto the side of microscopic specimens.  By using plane illumination the image remains very clear.  Another Big Congratulations!