Nitrogen Cycle

by | Feb 1, 2025 | Student Blogs

The Basics of the Nitrogen Cycle The nitrogen cycle is nature’s way of making nitrogen useful for living things. What is Nitrogen? Nitrogen is a gas that makes up 78% of the air we breathe, but it must be converted into different forms to be useful to plants and...

The States of Matter and Their Properties

by | Feb 1, 2025 | Student Blogs

Three Main States of Matter Matter exists in different states, each with unique properties that define its shape, volume, and movement. Solids have a definite shape and volume because their particles are tightly packed and vibrate in place. Some metals can be...

Exploring Microbes with Microscopes

by | Feb 1, 2025 | Student Blogs

Light Microscope Light microscopes use glass lenses and visible light to magnify microbes, cells, and tiny organisms up to 1,000 times. You can view live specimens and use stains to highlight details. Staining Techniques: Gram Staining helps identify bacteria as...

Natural Selection & Charles Darwin

by | Jan 20, 2025 | Student Blogs

Understanding Natural Selection Natural selection is a process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. Key Components: Variation: Individuals in a species show differences in their traits. Inheritance: Some...

CRISPR: The Superpower Tool Of Science

by | Jan 20, 2025 | Student Blogs

What is CRISPR? CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. It’s a special tool that allows scientists to cut and edit DNA (the instructions that tell cells what to do). Bacteria use CRISPR to remember virus attacks and fight them off...

Speed, Velocity & Acceleration

by | Jan 14, 2025 | Student Blogs

Speed & Velocity Speed tells how fast something moves, while velocity adds direction to that motion. Speed: Distance traveled over time (e.g., 60 miles per hour). Formula: Speed = Distance ÷ Time Units: meters per second (m/s), kilometers per hour (km/h), miles...

The Periodic Table

by | Jan 13, 2025 | Student Blogs

Organization of the Periodic Table The periodic table is a masterpiece of organization that groups elements based on their properties. Elements are arranged in rows (periods) and columns (groups or families). A symbol, atomic number, and atomic mass represent each...
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