… maar wat *word* je dan?

Wat vond ik dat een stomme vraag, vroeger: goh, studeer je natuurkunde… wat word je daar dan mee?
Mijn antwoord: wat ik word? Natuurkundige, natuurlijk!

Maar natuurkundige is geen beroep, en dat is zowel een voordeel (je kan nog alle kanten op!) als een nadeel (waar moet ik heen?). Onderzoeker en leraar zijn de twee mogelijkheden die iedereen wel kent, maar verder?

Voor iedereen die wil weten waar natuurwetenschappers zoals  natuurkundigen maar ook biologen, geologen etc. terecht komen is blogger en natuurkundige Chad Orzel (van Uncertain Principles) zijn Project for Non-Academic Science (PNAS) begonnen.

In dit project interviewt hij allerlei natuurwetenschappers die nu niet aan de universiteit werken over hun opleiding, hun werk en hoe ze daar terecht kwamen. Leuk om ideeën op te doen!

Filed under: Nederlands, Science, Second-hand blogging

TASP – repeating myself quoting someone else

Because it’s such a fine song, and I’m writing about stars and hydrogen these days.

Hydrogen, hydrogen, atomic number one

Oh what a bang it is to be the fuel inside the Sun!

Filed under: Astronomy, Education, English, Music, Second-hand blogging, TASP

Comic relief, the procrastination edition

Because I’ve got a deadline coming up…

Filed under: English, Second-hand blogging, Sillyness, homework, lolcat

Heeft u middelbare school?

Dan moet dit te lezen zijn.

(plaatje bestaat niet meer… was “Reading level: high school” )

(Via elke)

Filed under: Qulogistics, Second-hand blogging, Sillyness, blogs, meme, reading level, test

TASP – the fuel inside the sun

An oldie but definitely a goodie: middle school science teacher and blogger Ms Frizzle wrote a song about hydrogen, to the tune of “Jingle Bells”.

Hydrogen, hydrogen
Atomic number one
Oh what a bang it is to be the fuel inside the sun
Hydrogen, hydrogen
atomic number one
Oh what a bang it is to be the fuel inside the sun

In its nucleus
is a proton by itself
an electron spins nearby
in its closest shell.
Hydrogen’s a gas,
very low in weight.
What fun it is to read and sing an atom song tonight!

Hydrogen, hydrogen
Atomic number one
Oh what a bang it is to be the fuel inside the sun
Hydrogen, hydrogen
atomic number one
Oh what a bang it is to be the fuel inside the sun

Two hydrogens can bond
with a single oxygen
to make a molecule
called “water” by its friends.
This non-metal is burned
making stars so bright.
What fun it is to read and sing an atom song tonight!

Copyright 2003 Ms. Frizzle

Filed under: Astronomy, Education, English, Music, Second-hand blogging, TASP

What I’m reading now I’m not writing

Some things from the ScienceBlogs that caught my eye:

Discovering Biology in a digital world about the invisibility of women in science and technology (“Are you a long-haired, pony-tail-wearing, software geek?” I was stunned. How did they know? When did I become a target demographic?)

And Thus Spake Zuska about the same ‘incident’. (Let’s vote on the best science  blogs, and start with only blogs by men.) And then Adventures in Ethics and Science with a related post.

Cognitive Daily on how children learn cultural values, and Good Math, Bad Math on Egyptian fractions.

Maybe I’ll have another crochet post up after the weekend. It’s about time, isn’t it? So stay tuned…

Filed under: Education, English, Research, Science, Second-hand blogging, Women in science

Tuesday Afternoon Science LOLcat

Because I’ve got no inspiration for poetry today, I bring you this picture of a cute kitten experiencing static electricity.

Filed under: English, Hands-on math & science, Science, Second-hand blogging, Sillyness, TASP

What researchers look like

 … according to a ten year old Norwegian girl.

(via Jill/txt )

Filed under: Education, English, Research, Science, Second-hand blogging, Women in science

I’ve got science under my skin

Well, no, not me. But lots of people do: they have their subject of study tattooed on their back. Take a look at this collection: Branded with science.

It started with just this one, but then commenters sent in their own pictures, and the collection is still growing: DNA, a neuron, even the complete periodic table of elements.

More into maths than science? Check out Virtual Courtney‘s golden ratio-tattoo (via de wiskundemeisjes).

Filed under: Design, Education, English, Math, Science, Second-hand blogging

More particle humour

A neutron walks into a bar. He says to the bartender: How much for a beer?
Bartender: For you? No charge.

(Found at New Kid on the Hallway who asked for jokes.)

Filed under: English, Science, Second-hand blogging, Sillyness