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Because it's Punny Friday...

A somewhat visual pun this week.

Everyone on my floor is coding!

>Big-Grin emoji labeled 'Software engineers'

>Scream emoji labeled 'Doctors'

#punnyfriday #coding #sciencejokes

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Did You Know?

Although dogs fail the 'mirror test,' they still demonstrate self awareness when scent, rather than visual, cues are used.

#didyouknow #sciencefacts #dogs #mirrortest #dogsmirror

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Word of the Week

Gregarious (biology): the tendency of animals to habitually move or live in groups, such as herds of ungulates, flocks of birds, or schools of fish.

#wordoftheweek #sciencewords #gregarious #flock #herd #school

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Did You Know?

When stretched out, the DNA in each of our cells is about 2 m long, with all of the DNA in our bodies totally about 64 billion km, or the distance of about 1.6 millions times around the Earth's equator.

#didyouknow #sciencefacts #dna

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Congratulations Burnaby Bear Cubs!

Congratulations to our Burnaby Bear Cubs on the successful completion of their Science 8, 9, and 10 class with Megan.

Megan enjoyed working with and is very proud of all of you.

#sciencefun #homelearning #scienceclass

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Word of the Week

Googol: ten raised to the power of 100; 10^100; a one followed by one hundred zeroes.

#wordoftheweek #sciencewords #reallybignumber

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Because it's Punny Friday...

And because Megan's snake Boris visited the Bear Cubs today...

Man: which snakes make the best mathematicians?

Woman: I don't know. Which?

Man: Adders!

Woman: [facepalm]

#punnyfriday #sciencejokes #adders #mathjokes

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Did You Know?

This one is in honour of Veronica's Science For Seniors Pollinators workshop at Seton Villa.

Bumblebees use electrostatic forces to determine if a flower has already been visited by another pollinator and so do not have to waste resources visiting an empty bloom.

#didyouknow #sciencefacts #pollinators #bumblebees #electrostatic

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Word of the Week

Ferrofluid: a fluid that responds to magnetic fields; a colloidal suspension that responds to magnetic fields.

#wordoftheweek #sciencewords #ferrofluid

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Because it's Punny Friday...

Man: Do you know how your granny's chairlift works?

Woman: I think so, it...

Man: [interrupting] It has to do with nanatechnology!

Woman: [facepalm}

#punnyfriday #sciencejokes #chairlift #technology

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Did You Know?

Spring tides, those where high tides are a little higher than average and low tides a little lower, occur twice monthly at the new and full moons. The term relates to an Old English word 'springan' meaning 'welling up' rather than the season of the year.

#didyouknow #sciencefacts #springtide #oldenglish

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A quick heads up that we have a few spaces left for our Earth Day activities with Renfrew Park Community Centre.

Come work with a real scientist for a wonderful afternoon exploring the Renfrew Ravine. We will be using a variety of scientific methods to do a 'check up' on the Ravine's health.

This event is open to all ages (children must come with an adult) and will run rain or shine. Mandatory registration is through the community centre.

#earthday #renfrewravine #environmentalhealth

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We are sad to report the death of Noble-Prize laureate Peter Higgs.

Higgs was a physicist most-commonly known for proposing the existence of a subatomic particle, which has since been confirmed and named the Higgs boson. Higgs' work helped us to gain a fundamental understanding of how the universe was formed and how it works.

He is reported to have died peacefully at home at the age of 94.

RIP.

#peterhiggs #higgsboson

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Word of the Week

Endothermic Reaction: a chemical reaction in which more energy is needed to break the chemical bonds than is released when new bonds are formed; a chemical reaction that take in heat.

#wordoftheweek #sciencewords #endothermic #chemicalreaction

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We are happy to report the successful completion of our Science For Spring Break Camp at Douglas Park Community Centre. Megan, Veronica, and our tween participants enjoyed exploring different STEM topics, both inside and out.

Keep watch! We are hoping to have summer STEM camps too.

#stemfun #sciencecamp #springbreak #douglasparkcommunitycentre

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Because it's Punny Friday...

If Iron Man and Silver Surfer teamed up...

they would be alloys.

#punnyfriday #sciencejokes #alloys

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Did You Know?

Although a number of places, and even people, have been named so, there is no actual centre of the Universe.

#didyouknow #sciencefacts #centreoftheuniverse