Newton's Castle- Filled with Captivating Converging 2-12 Content Connections

Newton's Castle is replete with inquiry learning, puzzle solving opportunities, and investigative training options. Learn about color, optical illusions, observations from nature, and fascinating facts about how cars roll uphill, and why dogs chase cars. There are several Project Legal (TIPS) lessons included regarding copyright and censorship issues. Take the quiz and get a perfect score to gain access to the treasures contained in the Museum of Modern Art.

A History of Elasticity

Man has, since the early times, found out how useful elastic materials are. And today’s man has improved on this idea and constantly finds ways to make more elastic materials to suit his everyday needs.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Elliptical Galaxies

Elliptical galaxies are ellipsoidal agglomerations of stars, which usually do not contain much interstellar matter, and look smoothly like small wads when viewed through a telescope.

Commotion with Corrosion

To explain it further, corrosion is defined as the wearing away of materials in a slow blow by blow process.

Gas is Important

In todays modern economy, Gas & Oil, have become such important aspects, that it would be safe to say that we rely on them. A few examples are gas in our cars, for our furnaces, and the production of plastics. How much do you really know about Gas though?

Evolution VS. Creationism

The theory of evolution and the belief in a Creator have long been considered separate and mutually exclusive realms of human thought . Strict interpretations by scientists of Darwin’s theory of species adaptation through natural selection must inherently run contrary to equally strict interpretations of Genesis I. This is true because of the profound discrepancies that exist between the two explanations of human origin.

What if there Were a Living Planet?

What if there was a planet out there, which was really alive? Some say our own Earth is alive in an non-organic way as the plate tectonics renew themselves and we spin in perpetual motion around the sun. But what if a planet had organic microbes, which ate all the elements of the planet?

Lungs - The Respiration Necessity

The lungs are massive vessel-like organs in the chest cavity. They are the largest and most essential part of the respiration system. The air we breathe enters and exits our lungs through two passages; the bronchioles and the bronchi. Lungs' main responsibilty is to take oxygen from the atmosphere and transport it into the bloodstreem. It then excretes carbon dioxide from blood into the atmoshpere. This gas exchange happens through specialized cells that form many millions of thin-walled air sacs. Some non-respiratory functions are also performed by the lungs.

How Electricity Works

As electrons leave those atoms nearest the positive end, they leave behind positively charged atoms. Electrons from neighbouring atoms will be attracted towards these positive atoms thus creating yet more positive atoms in their wake. This continuing transfer of electrons is called current.

Understanding an Ecosystem

Become familiar with the way our planet works by studying a local ecosystem that illustrates the relationship between elements of nature.

Amino Information

Chemistry will tell you that an amino acid is any molecule that has both carboxylic acid and amino functional groups. They are the basic building units of a protein.

Periodic Properties of the Elements: Trends in the Periodic Table

The properties of the elements exhibit trends and these trends can be predicted with the help of the periodic table.

Cloud, Erosion and Wave Patterns

Everywhere we look in nature we see patterns; Patterns in the clouds, the waves, erosion on the hillsides. For those who look at erosion, clouds, waves and patterns of nature it must become quite obvious of simplicity of the complex designs.

Fooling Geo Spatial Spy Satellites

With the Chinese advances in space technologies and now having put yet another astronaut into space, it appears that the Chinese are well on their way to advancing their space program for another Space Race. Against who; well, it will be a race against the United States and the ISS with the Russian and American teams.

China is Beating the USA in Space Race

The Chinese just launched another man in a tiny capsule on top of a very big Rocket into Space to orbit the Earth. The Chinese Government will surpass the US Space efforts by the year 3045 at this current rate. NASA is quite concerned as this means the space race is on with China taking a comfortable, well, cramped lead into space.