Lunar Eclipse (September 27, 2015)

http://earthsky.org/?p=51212

Star Life Game

http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/steamwebsite/downloads/StarLife.swf

http://www.planetseed.com/laboratory/virtual-experiment-build-your-own-star

Famous Experiments

BlackDeath
How did they prove that it was the rats that caused the disease?
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/blackdeath/

Edward Jenner, Smallpox, and Vaccines
What did milkmaids have to do with the eradication of Smallpox?
http://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/smallpox/
http://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/vaccines/

Alexander Fleming and Antibiotics
Anti (against) biotics (life) helped human beings combat many forms of bacteria.
http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/antibioticresistance/

Pavlov's Dogs
Bells, saliva, and the concept of conditioning. Also, try out the game!
http://nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/pavlov/readmore.html
"conditioned responses."



Robert Koch and Tuberculosis
What are Koch's Postulates about diseases? Try out the game!
http://nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/tuberculosis/readmore.html

Mentos / Soda Explosion

Sadly, our results were pretty bad. This is the second year in a row that this has happened, so I have to reexamine the sodas before we start. (They were sitting in my cabinet for a while.)

Here is a video from before:

Here is a college level analysis of the reaction:

http://www.appstate.edu/~coffeyts/DietCokeandMentos.pdf