VanCleave's Science Fun

Your Guide to Science Projects, Fun Experiments, and Science Research

Plate Tecktonics: Divergent Boundaries

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Notes from Janice’s Desk The diagram shows two paperback books of equal size separated by a space. The space represent a break in the crust beneath the ocean called a rift valley. . Did You Know? While the seafloor is spreading at ridges, the total amount of crust on the Earth stays the same. This […]

Chemistry: Solutions

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Notes from Janice’s Desk When I was a kid milk was pasteurized. At the time I didn’t understand that pasteurized meant the milk was heated to kill any bacteria. In fact I never thought about the word until a new kind of milk was introduce. This new stuff was call homogenized and my parents were not […]

Lightning

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Notes from Janice’s Desk Lightning is so awesome, beautiful, but very dangerous. Each year lightning does more damage to property as well as injuries than hurricanes, floods and tornadoes combined. For more awesome photos of lightning, see   EXTREME INSTABILITY For a fun activity, see LIGHTNING If your thinking about doing a science project, you […]

Hawaii: Kauai

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Notes from Janice’s Desk My visit to Kauai, one of the Hawaiian islands, was awesome. Like all the Hawaiian islands, there was too much to see in just one visit. A helicopter ride over the island gave me a bird’s eye view of the beautiful sites from the lush tropical forests that cover Mount Waialeale, […]

Lava Types

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Notes from Janice’s Desk I’ve to visit several of the Hawaiian islands.  Hawaii is the name of the largest of the islands and is commonly called the Big Island. It was on this island that I saw up close an erupting volcano. Kilauea volcano on this island has been erupting since January 1983. As the […]

Archaeology

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TIME TEAM AMERICA Prepared an Archaeology Series, which aired on TV in the summer of 2009. The photo shown was taken at Range Creek, UT This is one of  the few truly pristine archeological sites. This is because until recently, the area was privately owned. The state of Utah purchased the area and has limited […]

Archeology

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Notes from Janice’s Desk Archeology is the study of  human culture by analyzing stuff that people left behind. Junk from garbage dumps of the past are treasured artifacts today. From these finding, scientists piece together how they think the people lived, worked, and played. I wonder what archaeologists in the far future will find in […]

Erosion

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Notes from Janice’s Desk When traveling, my hubby loves to take back roads. One of the trails leading to a ghost town was a narrow,  single lane, dirt road up a mountain in Colorado. It was fun and exciting until the sudden rainstorm. At first the water made tiny streams down the road but this […]

Pressure: Air/Water

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FYI: I am still finding links that don’t work, but I am fixing them as quickly as possible. Experiment Ideas Below A Note from Janice’s Desk We have interesting neighbors. One year there were 5 buffalo in a field near our house. I wanted to take a picture with them and did. As I posed […]