God Particle - Higgs Boson - On the Run

Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva Believe they have the Higgs Boson 'cornered' - this would a major milestones in physics if proved to exist and would validate several key theories as well as earn a few people the Nobel Prize.

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Origin of Stonehenge rocks discovered

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 2.0 miles (3.2 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones set within earthworks.

Researchers are working hard to solve its origin and as per recent update researchers in the United Kingdom have finally solved a major piece of Stonehenge's enduring mystery....

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011 - Dan Shechtman

In 2011, the Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Dan Schectman for his recent discovery quasicrystals. Quasicrystals are used inmaking of surgical instruments, LED lights, and other surfaces where youneed poor heat conductivity.

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2011 Famous Children's Books

Every year the Association for Library Service to Children listed the most popular children's books on the basis of some norms and criteria. Books can be from any subject like fiction, information, poetry and pictures.

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Update on Home Schoolers

Home-schoolers of Huntsville, Alain have scored second position in the Lego Robotics competition in the state. They participated in series of thrilling competitions like build a bridge, complete with landscaping, ships, buses, land, and water withing a very short time limit.Their coach has given all creadit to their hard work and cooperation.

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Homeschools 4 You

Just starting out on your homeschooling journey?  We've compiled the following group of articles to help you learn from other homeschooling families.

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Rash Of Unsolved Tuba Thefts Plagues Southland High Schools

Tuba is the largest and low-pitched brass instrument and its quite popular among music lovers.Recently there are some theifts in South Gate High School, Compton’s Centennial High School and some more schools but thieves has just stolen only Tubas and not any other music instrument. May be the reason behind it is the costing of Tuba.

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Øystein Baadsvik - Great Tuba Player

Øystein Baadsvik is one of a few who adopted playing TUBA as a solo rather than to be a member of an orchestra or accepting a teaching post. Øystein Baadsvik is still continue with his great tuba playing as a soloist, that made him well renowned world wide.

To get more information about this great tuba artist, you should visit to his official site (baadsvik.com) where you can find all recent news and tour dates of his ongoing tuba events.

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Physics learn the mechanics

The subject of Physics is learning the mechanics that will help you succeed in your class room subject. Physics consists of motion, distance, speed and velocity. These are just some of the elements of Physics that you are probably already familiar with but need to know more specifics. 

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Why Online Learning?

Online education has proven to be an effective alternative to traditional teaching/learning methods. Technology is changing the very purpose of learning. Internet-connected computers are prevalent in homes and schools today.

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Great Site on Tubas - TubaNews.com

TubNews provides articles, forums, magazine reviews and more for Tuba lovers!  read more..

The Exploratorium: Science Snacks for Kids

My kids and I found these great chemistry experiments!  We really enjoyed the bubble experiment!

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The Physics Classroom: The Review Session

Great tutorial for students needing extra help with physics.

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Home School Math

This website has everything you need from curriculum reviews, math newsletters, lessons and articles, and online math resources.

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What does the military consider required reading?

As Time points out Gen. Dempsey will soon be the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and be setting the tone and direction for all military operations.  You can see the full list here.  Mr. Rawlings correctly points out the multi-faceted set of challenges a military leader must face.  Its not all just nuke em to oblivion.  Its interesting to see how the military uses different books and reading to bring out and highlight the critical skills a military leader needs. 

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How to Fix Our Math Education

Good opinion piece on the trouble with Math in America's school system.  In short the piece focuses on teach math in a way that makes a connection and is useful - not all abstract and unconnected to real use.  I couldn't agree more.  Making math interesting, real and useful will help to engage in our students in math and not make it so laborious.



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Hurricanes and Physics

Physics is fascinating - so much of what goes on around is is governed and controlled by the laws of physics.  In this blog post the author talks about how physics can be used to help forecast hurricanes.  Very interesting.

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Dividing By Zero Blows Up The Universe!

I grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts, escaped to Amherst for 4 years to learn Environmental Sciences at UMass, escaped back to Worcester to become a substitute teacher, and then escaped to Boston. Now I live in Cambridge, Massachusetts, am just about through a Masters in Math Education from the Harvard Extension School and am teaching math full-time at South Boston High School. Life is good. No one told me as a kid that things wouldn’t be smooth yet by age 33, but I keep it pushin’.

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History of the Internet

This is a really nice article by the Internet Society that goes over the history of the Internet.  Hard to imagine life with out it - that on par with the car, electricity, medicine, the internet.

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History of Chemistry

Interestingly the first known chemist appears to be a woman from Mesopotamian. A cuneiform tablet from the second millenium B.C. mentions Tapputi who was a perfumer and palace overseer. She distilled the essence of flowers and other aromatic materials, filtered them, added water and returned them to the still several times until her concoction was complete.   Read Our Full Article.

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Math genius explains $1M prize refusal SERIOUSLY!

Wow thats $1 for solving something realy complex - I think I would take it - but then again I may not be in my right mind if I could solve problems like that LOL

http://mathvibe.com/Article/4648/Math_genius_explains_$1M_prize_refusal_(SERIOUSLY!).aspx