How do you bring sunshine to a place where the sun doesn’t shine? Well, you bring it with mirrors, of course! It was a magical day when the sun hit the town square of Rjukan for the first time ever…
Let the sunshine in – Moving sunlight in Norway
Category: Science & Technology
Flu Season is here – What you should know and do!
Flu Season is here, it’s not just a stronger cold, and it’s no joke! Here are some basics you should know: What is “The Flu”? The Flu comes from the word “Influenza” (pronounced: in-floo-en-zah) and it is a highly contagious…
Flipping the classroom – the future of school?
Before you even think of asking – No, it is not an upside down classroom, where you walk on your hands! It is actually a new approach to how we teach and how we study. Flipping the classroom is a…
Daylight Saving Time and why we move our clocks?
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is the practice where we move our clocks one hour forward in the spring and we move them one hour back in the autumn. The idea is that by doing this, we will be adding more…
About a boy who harnessed the wind
Although this happened few years ago, the story is so powerful that it needs to be told and re-told as often as possible, so here goes: It is the story of a fourteen-year-old boy called William Kamkwamba. He comes from…
Leaping From the Edge of Space
On October 14, 2012 Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner set a new world record for the highest-ever skydive. He jumped from 24 miles or 39 kilometers above the Earth’s surface. The ascent from the ground to the edge of space took…
The Khan Academy – a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere
What do a girl, who is having math problems and a guy that is analysing money stuff have to do with the future of school? To find out let’s go back to the beginning of the story – the year…
A Meteor and an Asteroid visited Earth today
The Russian Academy of Sciences reported that a meteor entered the Earth’s atmosphere on Friday morning travelling at a speed of at least 33,000 mph (54,000 kph) and broke up into various pieces between 18 and 32 miles (30 and…
Iran sends a monkey in space
The official Iranian News Agency (INRA) reported that Iran had successfully launched a monkey into space. It also reported that the monkey returned safely back to Earth (Yay for the monkey!) The monkey has no name at this moment. The…
The Geminids Meteor Shower is coming!
Get ready for a Night Show! This year we are very lucky – we should be able to get very clear views of the Geminids Meteor Shower all around our world. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) reports that…