by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 29, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
18. All life is connected. Ecosystem is a term that refers to all of the living things in a specific area, together with the material surroundings. Plants and animals within as ecosystem often depend on each other in complex ways, so that it is not usually possible to...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 29, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
Lesson #17 of 18 in the Brain Makeover collaboration with Professor James Trefil/George Mason University, the 76ers Cheerleaders and the Science Cheerleader. See Brain Makeover Series. 17. All forms of life evolved by natural selection. Scientists divide the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 22, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
Lesson #15 of 18 in the Brain Makeover collaboration with Professor James Trefil/George Mason University, the 76ers Cheerleaders and the Science Cheerleader. See Brain Makeover Series. All living things are made from cells, the chemical factories of life. One of the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 8, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
Lesson #13 of 18 in the Brain Makeover collaboration with Professor James Trefil/GMU, the 76ers Cheerleaders and the Science Cheerleader. See Brain Makeover Series. The surface of the earth is constantly changing. The Earth can be thought of as being separated into...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 5, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
All matter is made from quarks and leptons The primary parts of the nucleus of the atom are the positively charged proton and the electrically neutral neutron. During the twentieth century it was discovered that there are literally hundreds of other particles—all...