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Hands-on Science Sunday: Feeling pressured?

Here’s today’s science classroom activity. We’re surrounded by the crushing weight of layers of atmosphere above us, but we don’t feel it. Why? Our perception is tuned to differences, not absolutes. If we were in a completely pink world, we would notice anything that wasn’t pink, but (I’m pretty sure) after […]

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Welcome to the sciencegeekgirl blog!

Welcome to the new web portal of the sciencegeekgirl blog!  I am pleased to have been asked to join the Expert Voices team. I have been blogging over at sciencegeekgirl.com for a few years, posting tidbits about science teaching, hands-on activities, and my little corners of the realm of sciencegeekdom.  This new Expert Voices blog […]

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