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STEM Read – Discover the Science Behind the Fiction

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STEM Read – Discover the Science Behind the Fiction

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Nat Geo Launched a Free Website for Printing Detailed Topographical Maps

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Nat Geo Launched a Free Website for Printing Detailed Topographical Maps

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The folks at National Geographic just did a solid favor for all the adventurous outdoor photographers out there. They put every US Geological Survey (USGS) topographical map from across the United States on one easy-to-navigate site and made them easy to print out at home.

If you've ever gone hunting topo maps via the USGS, you know that it can be a bit of a pain because, not only is finding the quad you're looking for more difficult, the PDFs they have available aren't formatted for standard printer paper.

The National Geographic website solves both of these issues. First, the homepage greets you with a searchable, interactive map: all you have to do is search for or zoom in on the area you're looking for. Then, once you find your quad, just click on it and a printable PDF loads right up.

It's incredibly easy. I pulled this one up in a matter of seconds.

The printable PDF you get from Nat Geo is broken down into 5 pages. Page 1 (seen above) is the quad in context; Pages 2-5 are the USGS Quads with one quarter on each page so you can print the whole thing on your office printer instead of going to a print shop.

Finally, National Geographic added one more touch to their version: hill shading was added to each quarter so you can better visualize the topography.

This isn't going to be useful for all photographers, but if you're a landscape or nature photographer in the United States who likes to rough it, it makes finding and printing these incredibly detailed USGS maps a breeze.

Check out the website for yourself here.

(via Reddit via Fstoppers)

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Nat Geo Launched a Free Website for Printing Detailed Topographical Maps

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The folks at National Geographic just did a solid favor for all the adventurous outdoor photographers out there. They put every US Geological Survey (USGS) topographical map from across the United States on one easy-to-navigate site and made them easy to print out at home.

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Everybody's Got Questions (Yup) - YouTube

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The world is fascinating. You've just got to ask the right questions. For this parody of "Choices" by E-40, Tom got cameos from 76 scientists, engineers, educators, and YouTubers to show the power of scientific curiosity.

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Kay Granger Elementary School | Character.org

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Kay Granger Elementary School | Character.org

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Eco-Project: What's Wrong with the World? (And How Do We Fix It?)

Kay Granger Elementary School

Students work together to research an ecological issues and then specify solutions that families can take to address the issue. Teachers should be familiar with ecological issues, their causes and consequences. Curricular standards addressed include; research, writing a multi-paragraph essay, writing a persuasive essay, editing and revising, speaking and listening skills, and technology standards.

The student will learn to work cooperatively in a group to select an ecological issue, research the issue to determine its causes and effects then develop solutions for the issue.

The student will collaborate with their group to organize their research into an outline and create a persuasive wiki essay.

The student will collaborate with their group to create a presentation that utilizes technology to share their issue and solutions with other class members.

The student will develop a service project that addresses their issue and promote it to the group. As a class, we will vote on one project to carry out.

The student will reflect upon their learning and what behaviors they will change as a result of the project.

Computers with internet capabilities.

PBL Launch Mini lessons will be taught on the following subjects:

Reliable sources

Creating research notecards (including source notecards)

Cooperatively working together

Creating an outline

Introduction and instructions on wiki

Citing sources

Developing a service project

Presenting

Reflection In addition to teaching mini lessons, the teacher should actively monitor and assist students during research and development of their wiki

The teacher should assess student progress at several formative checkpoints along the way.

Notecard check

Outline check

Reflection: the summative for this project is the final wiki (including essay and group work) and presentation.

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Eco-Project: What's Wrong with the World? (And How Do We Fix It?) Kay Granger Elementary School Students work together to research an ecological issues and then specify solutions that families can take to address the issue. Teachers should be familiar with ecological issues, their causes and consequences.

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What's driving the next generation of green products? -- ScienceDaily

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If you purchased a Toyota Prius, you may have been driven by the desire to conserve the environment or to save yourself some money at the gas pump. But consumers may also choose to buy sustainable products to make themselves appear socially responsible to others. Before making purchases, they evaluate how their decisions will stack up against their peers', according to a new study.

The study, "Social Responsibility and Product Innovation," forthcoming in Marketing Science, examines how understanding this phenomenon, known as "conspicuous conservation," may help leading companies shape their product innovation strategies, especially in ubiquitous product categories such as cars.

"The design of the Prius is easily noticed by other people on the road, and consumers care about that. The value that I get from driving a Prius may depend upon how many other people in my social circle are also driving environmentally friendly cars. The value is higher if I'm the only one," says Ganesh Iyer, a professor in the Marketing Group at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, and one of the study's authors. "Conversely, if an individual is the only one in his or her social circle who is driving a gas-guzzler, there will be pressure to conform."

The paper is co-authored by David Soberman of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.

Refraining from buying a product that damages the environment can generate social value for consumers. This need by consumers to measure up to their peers -- a concept called social comparison preference -- can provide marketers with valuable insights about how they can enhance the desirability of their products.

"We are trying to capture this issue of social comparison in markets, which is important for visible products like cars and clothing," says Iyer. "Making a product better on a social or environmental dimension is not the same as simply improving its quality, it is about leveraging social comparison preferences."

The researchers developed a model linking the R&D decisions of firms to the interplay of consumers' social comparison preferences (their need to stack up) and how much they are willing to pay. The analysis shows that social comparison can provide incentive for a company to develop innovations in sustainability when the product category is mature and most consumers are already users of that category. In the case of the Prius, for example, most consumers already drive.

Heightened media attention also helps green products become more socially valuable, according to the research. For instance, as the media focused more and more on the effect of palm oil production on deforestation, many consumer product companies started producing palm-oil free products.

The paper also cites Levi's WaterLess™ jeans and Clorox's Green Works cleaners as examples of innovative products developed to respond to consumers' social preferences. Levi's spent three years developing a process to create denim that requires less water and fewer chemicals to produce, and Clorox spent over $20M to produce eco-friendly, natural cleaning products.

The research study's findings, says Iyer, underscore the value for companies to understand their consumers' preferences with respect to social responsibility and to use that understanding in determining long-term innovation and product strategies.

Find the report at: http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/giyer/index_files/srpaper_nov2015%20%281%29.pdf

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If you purchased a Toyota Prius, you may have been driven by the desire to conserve the environment or to save yourself some money at the gas pump. But consumers may also choose to buy sustainable products to make themselves appear socially responsible to others.

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Overview of Grade 4 Curriculum | Grade 4 Curriculum | The Inquiry Project

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Overview of Grade 4 Curriculum | Grade 4 Curriculum | The Inquiry Project

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The Inquiry Project takes a unique approach to a study of matter for grades 3-5, bringing together core ideas, scientific practices, and crosscutting concepts...

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Choose from two-day, one-day, or half -day sessions on topics such as project-based learning, creative uses of iPads, design thinking, makerspaces, leading with technology, Google in the classroom, differentiation with technology, Chrome in education, and so much more! Come for the whole week for the best experience, or you may also attend part of the week to meet your needs.

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Breathingearth - CO2, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time

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About breathingearth

Welcome to Breathing Earth. This real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates. I made this website back in 2006, and have updated the data every couple of years, though being a Flash-based website, it's now showing its age. Though the data it shows is no longer up-to-date, it's still indicative of where we're at. I hope to remake breathingearth one day in HTML5 (more mobile friendly). I probably will eventually, but I'm crazy busy at the moment with Spryke .

Please remember that this is just a simulation. Although the CO2 emission, birth rate and death rate data used in Breathing Earth comes from reputable sources, data that measures things on such a massive scale can never be 100% accurate. Please note however that the CO2 emission levels shown here are much more likely to be too low than they are to be too high.

The Environment and Climate Change

Global warming (aka climate change) is almost without a doubt the most important issue to face our generation, and quite possibly any generation in history. The worldwide scientific community is virtually unanimous in its agreement that global warming is happening, that it's our fault, and that our chance to stop it is slipping away. If we let it get out of our control, the consequences - which will already begin occuring in most of our lifetimes - will be catastrophic. Just some of the consequences that can be reasonably expected are rising sea levels, more frequent and more severe natural disasters, large-scale food and water shortages, plagues, massive species extinctions, unprecendented numbers of refugees, intensified ethnic and political tensions, and a global economic depression the likes of which no one has ever seen.

The situation is still within our grasp, but we must act now, we must act strongly, and we must act together. Individuals, companies, and governments across the globe must each do what they can to reverse climate change. We will never get a second chance.

What can I do?

The good news is that there are plenty of things that we can do to reduce our carbon footprint. The key word is reduce. We can greatly lessen our impact on climate change by using the planet's resources more responsibly. There are many things we can reduce, and many ways we can reduce them, but three of the major ones are: reduce the amount of animal products you consume (meat, dairy, eggs, leather, etc.), reduce the amount of fuel you use (car, air travel, etc.), and reduce the amount of electricity you use. There are plenty of good resources on the web. I encourage you to do your own research, though you might find some of the links below to be useful.

More climate change info?

Footprint Network footprint calculator - Figure out your own ecological footprint.

www.350.org - An international campaign building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis.

Fight Climate Change with Diet Change - Find out why the meat industry produces more greenhouse gases than all the SUVs, cars, trucks, planes, and ships in the world combined.

Where does the data come from?

Birth and death rates: 2010 estimates, from the CIA World Factbook

Population: Data is based on July 2010 estimates from the CIA World Factbook. When Breathing Earth is started, it uses each country's birth and death rates to calculate how populations have changed since July 2010, and adjusts its figures accordingly. It continues adjusting the various population figures as you watch it, each time a person is born or a person dies.

CO2 emission rates: 2006 figures from the United Nations Statistics Division. These are the most up-to-date figures as of October 2010. Collating CO2 emissions data for every country on Earth, representing the same time period, is undoubtedly a massive and very complex task that relies on the availability of many other sets of data. This probably explains why the most recent CO2 emissions data available is from 2006.

CO2 emission rates from four years earlier: When Breathing Earth was first built, it used 2002 figures, also from the United Nations Statistics Division. When you hover your mouse over a country, Breathing Earth compares the 2002 and 2006 figures and indicates whether that country's CO2 emissions have increased or decreased in that time, using the red or green arrow that appears near the bottom-left.

There was an unavailability of a portion of the data for a few of the tinier countries (eg. Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Lesotho). In such cases, I made estimates based on their population, economy, and the data of their relevant neighbours. In all such cases, the figures were so low that even had my estimates been wildly inaccurate, the effect on the simulation would have been negligible.

CO2 emissions: per country or per capita?

Some people ask why Breathing Earth focuses on the CO2 emissions per country, rather than per capita. After all, wouldn't the per capita rates give a better indication of who is being most wasteful? For example, the citizens of Australia, Kuwait and Luxembourg are among the world's worst polluters, yet their CO2 emissions aren't very prominent on Breathing Earth because of those countries' relatively low populations.

The fact of the matter, however, is that what is most important is how many c02 emissions there are from the perspective of Planet Earth. Although some countries are clearly much worse polluters than others, the problem is ultimately a global one that humans of various nationalities have caused, and that humans of various nationalities must work together to solve.

One thing must surely be obvious though: The problem is largely a Western one. It is the Western countries who are leading the way in CO2 emissions, and when non-Western countries have high CO2 emission rates themselves, it's usually because they are adopting Western habits. Since we, the West, have been a leading cause of the CO2 emissions problem, surely it is we who must step up and be the leaders in the solution.

Thanks for visiting.

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Breathingearth - CO2, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time

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Welcome to Breathing Earth. This real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates. I made this website back in 2006, and have updated the data every couple of years, though being a Flash-based website, it's now showing its age.

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Earth Day - April 22 | Earth Day Network

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Earth Day - April 22 | Earth Day Network

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Vote Earth is a global initiative that mobilizes millions of people to demonstrate their concern for our planet by rejecting inaction and demanding change at the polls.

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We are committed to mobilize the world to take on the most urgent challenges of our time - from climate change to deforestation to species extinction.

Together, we can build the world's largest and most diverse mobilization for the future of our planet.
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Help Us Build a Global Movement For Change

With your help, we can transform the world for a healthier, safer, more just and more sustainable future for all.

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Data Visualization: How much have we polluted?

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Data Visualization: How much have we polluted?

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The Sony Canada Charitable Foundation and EcoKids want to see your school EarthPLAY and win! Hold an extra or extended recess, or an Adventure Play Day for your chance to win a Sony Action Camera.

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​ This Tidepool Treasures project has become a multi-year collaboration for kindergarten and first grade students at High Tech Elementary North County. Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, and...

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Engineer a Jetliner | Science, Mathematics | Interactive | PBS LearningMedia

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Engineer a Jetliner | Science, Mathematics | Interactive | PBS LearningMedia

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Engineer a Jetliner

Experience the engineering design process as an aerospace engineer assigned to design and test an airplane, in this interactive produced by WGBH and The Documentary Group. Your challenge is to determine which wing and engine configuration is best suited to each of four missions (the defined needs or objectives for the airplane). The first three missions ask you to find airworthy, low-cost, and fuel-efficient designs. The fourth invites you to define your own objective. Consider a range of different wing and engine design solutions-each one rated for build cost, fuel burn, and weight-and choose a configuration to test. Then, depending on your results, refine the design and test again, or move on to the next mission. This resource is part of the Aerospace Engineering Collection.

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Experience the engineering design process as an aerospace engineer assigned to design and test an airplane, in this interactive produced by WGBH and The Documentary Group. Your challenge is to determine which wing and engine configuration is best suited to each of four missions (the defined needs or objectives for the airplane).

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Design challenges, interactive activities, videos and lesson plans to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.

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Be creative and help people with engineering at DESIGN SQUAD GLOBAL. Watch videos, play games, try activities, and share designs with the community.

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NOVA: Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers | Classroom Resources | PBS LearningMedia

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NOVA: Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers Collection

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Wish more of your students saw science and engineering as career possibilities? These resources can help. The Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers is an Emmy-nominated web-series from the acclaimed PBS series, NOVA. The series profiles today's leading scientists-and shows what they're like when the lab coats come off-showing viewers a human side of science that many students can relate to.

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Recycling Plastic Is Surprisingly Complex. Here’s What Happens After the Bin.  | GOOD

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Recycling Plastic Is Surprisingly Complex. Here’s What Happens After the Bin.  | GOOD

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A lot of us have good intentions. When we're provided the option, we toss what we think of as recyclable trash into a blue bin, and assume our job is over: Our waste will be recycled, and we've done our part. But, as we are about to learn, this isn't always true. All plastic is not created equal. Some plastic, like the eternally reusable PET (also called PETE, and when recycled, rPET) (#1) is inherently reusable-it can be melted down and reused again and again without loss of function. Other plastics, like PVC (#3) are too toxic to warrant much recycling.

Follow this conveyor belt of facts to find out what happens to your plastic after the bin, and how you can become a more conscious consumer.
Many of the items we discard have a lot of potential value. That's why we're partnering with Arrowhead® to dive into the surprisingly complex world of plastic waste recycling-so we can tackle it together. Let's increase recycling rates by finding smart, sustainable ways to give the most common objects in our lives a new purpose. Follow along with the GOOD Guide to Recycling in the coming weeks to find out how.

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Recycling Plastic Is Surprisingly Complex. Here's What Happens After the Bin.

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A lot of us have good intentions. When we're provided the option, we toss what we think of as recyclable trash into a blue bin, and assume our job is over: Our waste will be recycled, and we've done our part. But, as we are about to learn, this isn't always true.

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Earth's Endangered Species | Photo Collection | Classroom Resources | PBS LearningMedia

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Earth's Endangered Species | Photo Collection

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This collection, featuring photographs of endangered species, may be used to support curriculum on endangered and at risk animals within the context of interdependent relationships and ecosystems for grades K - 8. The photos are of a variety of animal species that are considered endangered or at risk according to the conservation status of species classified by the World Wildlife Fund and the IUCN Red List.

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Nature | Classroom Resources | PBS LearningMedia

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Nature | Classroom Resources | PBS LearningMedia

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This collection of science videos and media-enhanced lesson plans draws upon the powerful documentaries of public television's award-winning natural history series, Nature. The video segments have been carefully selected to engage students with key curriculum concepts. The lesson plans incorporate hands-on activities, online resources, and video to interactively and creatively address topics and standards in Life Science/Living Environment and Earth Science.

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DiscoverE | Engineering activities for kids, resources for teachers and volunteers, and more!

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DiscoverE | Engineering activities for kids, resources for teachers and volunteers, and more!

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Join our volunteer community to celebrate and engage students in engineering.

Our Quick Picks

At Home Engineering

Malika, an engineer at Northrop Grumman, challenges YOU to design a beverage holder that won't hurt wildlife or pollute the environment!

Try this fun engineering activity and share your results. You can email photos to social@DiscoverE.org or post them on Instagram and Twitter using the hashtag #DiscoverEchallenge.

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Join our volunteer community to celebrate and engage students in engineering. Our Quick Picks Malika, an engineer at Northrop Grumman, challenges YOU to design a beverage holder that won't hurt wildlife or pollute the environment! Try this fun engineering activity and share your results.

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Mission: Solar System . DESIGN SQUAD GLOBAL | PBS KIDS

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Mission: Solar System . DESIGN SQUAD GLOBAL | PBS KIDS

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Use DESIGN SQUAD GLOBAL hands-on engineering activities, videos, and lesson plans in classrooms, afterschool programs, and events.

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NOVA - Official Website | NOVA Elements App

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NOVA - Official Website | NOVA Elements App

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NOVA ELEMENTS IPAD APP

Posted: April 5, 2012

Introducing NOVA Elements for the iPad

Let's start by watching a sneak preview of NOVA's "Hunting the Elements."

NARRATOR: What are things made of?

DAVID POGUE: So all life-- us, Justin Beiber, everything made of carbon chains.

NARRATOR: It all comes down...to elements.

DAVID POGUE: And this must be hydrogen.

NARRATOR: What are they? Why do they behave the way they do?

DAVID POGUE: Tastes like salt.

NARRATOR: New York Times tech guru David Pogue gives an off-the-charts tour of the periodic table.

DAVID POGUE: My gloves are on fire. I'm seeing atoms.

NARRATOR: Hunting the Elements coming soon on NOVA

DAVID POGUE: Yes, the elements are fascinating. Yes, they are all around you. Yes, we've put together an amazing two-hour special about the elements for NOVA. But so far you are just sitting back passively and watching. Wouldn't you much prefer to drive, wouldn't you like to lean forward reach out your finger and control the experience? That's why we've created the NOVA Elements Ipad app. Download today, won't you?

DAVID POGUE: Welcome to NOVA Elements. I'm David Pogue. I review technology for a living so I'm fascinated by the elements that make up cool stuff. As you can see, there's lots to do here. You can watch our show, "Hunting the Elements," you can explore the tappable interactive periodic table, or you can play my Essential Elements game. Tap whatever looks interesting to get started.

DAVID POGUE: Ever want to learn more about tungsten or anything at all about Einsteinium? Now is your chance. Tap any element to learn more about it.

DAVID POGUE: This is the atomic sand box. Add protons, neutrons and electrons to build a stable atom. The number of protons are the atomic number. It determines the element you have. To determine the number of neutrons an atom should have, subtract its number of protons from its atomic weight. Stable atoms typically have a balance number of protons and electrons. Nice work!

DAVID POGUE: Well done!

DAVID POGUE: A perfectly built atom.

DAVID POGUE: Welcome to the exciting new game "The Essential Elements." Your challenge should you decide to accept it, is to build some of the things I use everyday. And by build I mean assemble them from their component elements and molecules. Tap any object to begin.

DAVID POGUE: This is the molecular sand box where you can use atoms to build molecules. But first you have to build the component atoms. Nice job!

DAVID POGUE: Watch "Hunting the Elements," right here, anytime anywhere.

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Produced by

Adam Talaid

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©WGBH Educational Foundation

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NOVA - Official Website | Making North America

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Host Kirk Johnson explores how the continent was shaped-and how it shaped us.

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What will the future bring, and what will it be made of? In NOVA's popular series, Making Stuff, technology reporter David Pogue takes viewers on a fun-filled tour of the material world we live in, and the one that may lie ahead.