Curiosity Links

October 2018

How 3-D printed skull plates are revolutionizing surgery (1.5 min - more backgroiund in "A dog lost part of her skull to cancer. So researchers printed her a 3D one")

May 13, 2018 (backstory)

1. Creeping lava, toxic gas: Why Hawaii volcano is a unique disaster (2 min, @usatoday)

2. Crazy Lava Flows Captured in Hawaii (10 min)

3. USGS/Possible Geo-Thermal Explosion/Hawaii (10 May 2018)

4. Kīlauea Summit Eruption | Lava Returns to Halemaʻumaʻu

   1. Why Hawaii’s volcano is so UNUSUAL (@thephysicsgirl)

November 29, 2017

• 1. Biomimicry: How designers are learning from the natural world (via 99% Invisible @99piorg)

November 17, 2017 (for EduForum 2017 in Cairo, Egypt)

• 1. Video: Mobile first to AI first - Google I O'17 (Sundar Pachai)

February 23, 2017 (for the LLI Conference)

1. Video: Burj Khalifa Pinnacle BASE Jump - 4K

March 17, 2016 (for post-STEMseeds in Brazil!)

• 1. Video: AlphaGo Beats Go Champion (1:30 - Guardian, 3-9-2016)

1. The Sadness and Beauty of Watching Google’s AI Play Go (Wired, 3-11-16)

2. Technological Singularity (English WikiPedia)

   1. Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates Warn About Artificial Intelligence (Observer, 8-19-2015)

   2. Astronomer Royal Martin Rees: How soon will robots take over the world? (Telegraph, 5-23-2015)

   3. 2014 Movie "Transcendence" (about AI, with Johnny Depp)

3. Video: Thoughts on Killer Robots (IES 5th Graders, April 2015)

• 1. Book: The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency by Annie Jacobsen (@AnnieJacobsen)

  2. Video: "Humans Need Not Apply" by CDP Grey

March 15, 2016 (for STEMseeds in Brazil!)

• 1. Overview of 3D Printed Rhino Horn Project by Pembient (3:40)

  2. Pembient Rhino Horn 3D Printing (2 min)

March 14, 2016 (for STEMseeds in Brazil!)

1. SpaceX

   1. Video: "The Falcon has landed" | Recap of Falcon 9 launch and landing (3.5 min, SpaceX, 16 Jan 2016)

2. Video: Falcon 9 First Stage Landing | From Helicopter (via @elonmusk)

• 1. To Mars (Slate, 4/16/2015 - About Elon Musk's passion to colonize Mars)

  2. The Elon Musk special: 30% off your flight in a used SpaceX rocket (Quartz Reporter, 3-11-2016)

  3. Tesla Drives Itself 61 Miles: We're Closer to Autonomous Cars Than You Think (Motley Fool, 2/27/2016)

  4. Book: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance (@valleyhack)

July 5, 2015

• 1. Veteran Business Heroes (via Google for Work)

1. Reimagining a Founding Father’s discoveries: What if Ben Franklin had gone Google?

July 4, 2015

• 1. Wanderers - a short film by Erik Wernquist (on Vimeo)

  2. New Horizons (extended version) - Original YouTube version

  3. Countdown to Pluto Encounter: SeePlutoNow.com

June 4, 2015

• 1. The Truth About Toilet Swirl (two synchronized videos!) via Twitter

May 18-21, 2015

• 1. Minecraft Parody Videos (YouTube Playlist)

1. Avengers: Age of Ultron

2. Newton's Cradle

3. Google and NASA's Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab

   1. Old Box of Photos (since Dr Fryer/s kid picture didn't make it in the IES yearbook!)

   2. Theory of Everything (movie about Stephen Hawking)

4. Neil deGrasse Tyson

May 11-15, 2015

1. 'Voxiebox' creates real-life holograms

2. DARPA

3. A new way to send satellites to space

4. Boeing

5. Mr Lunsford, Boeing Engineer, visits IES Makers Club!

May 4-8, 2015

1. Multiple Flying Cars Could Be Available for Purchase by 2017

2. The "Transition" Flying Car

3. AeroMobile 3.0 Flying Car

4. TF-X by Terrafugia Flying Car

5. Tesla Motors

   1. Tesla Roadster (2010 photos by Dr Fryer)

   2. Tesla Series S (2012 photos by Dr Fryer)

6. Tesla Series S Acceleration & AutoPilot Demo

7. Tesla Powerwall

April 27 - May 1, 2015

1. The Rubber Chicken in Space Story by Mr. Simon

2. Draw in Hopscotch for iPad!

3. 4th Grader Paige Shows Her Hopscotch iPad Programs

   1. Hovercraft - Build Fly Retry (FREE iPad app)

   2. Space Engineers on STEAM (game)

   3. Subnautica on STEAM (game)

April 20-25, 2015

• 1. Outer Space: "We are the Planets," The Solar System Song by StoryBots (thanks Zoey in Mrs. McCarthey's class!)

  2. Minecraft PC- Beautiful World! ep. 1 (by Rachel F)

  3. Free Screencasting tool: Screencast-o-Matic

  4. Good Mac Screencasting software: Screenflow

  5. Trailer for Movie "Planetary" (weareplanetary.com)

April 13-17, 2015

1. Should we let robots kill on their own?

2. Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

   1. YouTube Playlist: MinecraftEDU Treehouse Challenge

   2. iOS apps: Night Sky 2 ($4) or Skyview Free (FREE!)

April 6-10, 2015

• 1. Treehouse Challenge Student Tour (Cromwell)

  2. 3D Printed Ear (includes video)

  3. Stunning Views of Earth From the International Space Station (video)

  4. Kilauea – The Fire Within and Living with Lava (video)

  5. NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan Predicts We'll Find Signs Of Alien Life Within 10 Years (video)

March 23-27, 2015

• 1. IES Virtual Tour Map (created with ThingLink - updated video status Google Sheet)

  2. Italian Researchers Expect 3D Printed Eyes by 2027, Providing Enhanced Vision & WiFi Connection (The Six Million Dollar Man)

  3. The future of farming: Drones, robots and GPS (AR Parrot Drone - Drone Crash at White House)

March 9-13, 2015

• 1. Your #ScienceWoman Heroes (via @thephysicsgirl)

  2. Goddard Space Flight Center

  3. Playlist of 87 #ScienceWomen video submissions

  4. Earth Unplugged on YouTube

  5. Introducing the YouTube Kids app (video)

  6. Download YouTube Kids for free on your Android or iOS device.

     1. Android: http://goo.gl/SsDTHh

     2. iOS: http://goo.gl/P0cikI

  7. Questions No One Knows the Answer To (TedEd - via Twitter)

March 2-6, 2015

1. Start of IES Virtual YouTube Video Tour: Choose Your Own Adventure Style!

February 16-20, 2015

• 1. Best of! Rube Goldberg Machine Videos (via "Weird Machines" episode on Modern Marvels)

February 16-20, 2015

1. $1.3 billion spent on Candy Crush Saga in 2014

   1. Microsoft Store at Penn Square - (Photo) (Official site: MakerBot 3D Printer)

   2. Video: "A Hand Up for Kate" (article from NPR March 13: "With 3-D Printing, Affordable Prosthetics Are In Reach")

   3. A deep dive into learning innovation (via John Burns)

February 9-13, 2015 (repeats from last semester)

1. Vertical Video Syndrome PSA (Edited for Kids)

   1. Our Solar System is a Vortex (follow up video: Our Galaxy is a Vortex) - BEWARE: THESE POPULAR/VIRAL VIDEOS ARE NOT SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE

February 5-9, 2015

• 1. "Miles From Tomorrowland" Coding Featurette (via Geekwire)

  2. Use InstaShare to Request YouTube Video Publication (more info)

  3. Lego The Hobbit in 72 Seconds (via The Verge)

1. New Lego MiniFigures for Maker Studio

January 26-30, 2015

• 1. Hyperlapse app (FREE for iOS only)

  2. VIDEO: Hyperlapse - MinecraftEDU Computer Lab Setup

  3. VIDEO: Hyperlapse Commute in Oklahoma City

  4. From: "Document Your World With HyperLapse Videos"

January 19-23, 2015

• 1. Topaz Solar Farms Construction Site Video (from "How the rise of a mega solar panel farm shows us the future of energy")

January 5-9, 2015

1. "Let It Glow" Minecraft Parody Video

   1. What Have You Heard About STEM? (part 2)

   2. What Are You Expecting from STEM? (part 1)

   3. NASA's plan for an off-world colony: a floating city above Venus (CNN 23 Dec 2014)

   4. Janna Levin: I'm Still That Same Kid (NOVA's Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers)

   5. The Year’s Most Awesome Photos of Space (Wired 30 Dec 2014)

December 18-19, 2014

• 1. NASA Sees Holiday Lights from Space (NASA)

1. Have Scientists Found First Sign of Dark Matter?

   1. Epic Timelapse of the Most Recent Soyuz Rocket Launch (via Popular Science)

   2. Fun with Vortex Rings in the Pool (by Physics Girl)

   3. Derby the dog: Running on 3D Printed Prosthetics (via The Verge)

   4. Will 3D Printing Change the World? (from PBS OffBook)

   5. That Click Packs a Powerful Punch (use Internet connections & digital tools to change the world for good!)

   6. Amazing Mountain Sunrise Photo from former National Geographic photographer Cory Richards

   7. STAY CURIOUS! KEEP CONNECTED!

I recorded a video in class, sharing these Curiosity Links on Friday, December 19th.

December 8-12, 2014

• 1. How Big is the Solar System? (by "It's OK to be Smart")

1. Curiosity Rover Report: The Making of Mount Sharp (Dec. 8, 2014)

   1. NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Clues to How Water Helped Shape Martian Landscape (great new rover pics)

   2. PlanetQuest - The Search for Another Earth (@planetquest)

2. Brian Cox visits the world's biggest vacuum chamber - Human Universe: Episode 4 Preview - BBC Two

December 1-5, 2014

• 1. Successful Launch Video of Orion (Dec 5)

  2. Orion: Trial by Fire (Great 7 minute video from NASA)

  3. NASA TV (watch launch live here - Fri Dec 5)

  4. For updates follow @NASA_Orion on Twitter

1. Here's What To Expect During The First Orion Test Flight

2. Meet Orion, NASA's New Deep Space Explorer

November 24-25, 2014

• 1. Humans in Space Art Video Challenge (Due Nov 30th!)

  2. Update on Hawaii volcano eruption near Pahoa (AP article on Miami Herald)

  3. Week's Best Space Pictures: Cosmic Web, Martian Vistas, and Earth From Above (National Geographic)

  4. Aurora Pictures: Best Fall Photos of Northern Lights (National Geographic)

1. "Making Games" by HopScotch

   1. "How To Build Your Own 'Challenge of the Fire Bunny' Game" On Hopscotch!

   2. Carousel Line Game 2.1 (open on an iPad with HopScotch installed)

November 10-14, 2014

1. Vertical Video Syndrome PSA (Edited for Kids)

October 30-31, 2014

1. Oct 28, 2014 | Hawaii Kilauea Volcano: "lava flow within a football field of town homes" (NBC & CNN videos)

2. Lava from Hawaii volcano edges closer to dozens of homes on the Big Island (ABC News)

3. Oct 28, 2014 | Hawaii Kilauea Volcano Lava Flow Enters Residential Areas in Pahoa (Video)

   1. Rocket Explodes, Aborting NASA Mission to Resupply Space Station (NatGeo)

   2. Egypt, Sinai & Israel from ISS (via Twitter)

October 27-29, 2014

1. Scale of Solar System (Khan Academy)

2. Typical Solar System Model

   1. Scroll to understand the SCALE of our solar system: OMG Space - If The Moon Were Only a Pixel

   2. Our Solar System is a Vortex (follow up video: Our Galaxy is a Vortex)

October 20-24, 2014

1. Sphero Races at Maker's Club

   1. Lego Stopmotion videos by IES Students (YouTube Playlist)

   2. A Real Hoverboard! (on Kickstarter via @PopSugarTech)

October 13 - 15, 2014

• 1. Tesla Auto Pilot Driving Demo (via TechCrunch)

  2. OKC-area STEM classes by techjoynt.com

  3. Volcano news: Volcanoes Reveal Lunar Eruptions Long-Lived and Icelandic Eruption Spews Record-Breaking Amounts of Lava, With No Signs of Slowing

September 29 - October 10, 2014

• 1. 3 New Sphero Robotic Balls for STEM thanks to Donors on DonorsChoose.org! (Learn more about Sphero 2.0)

  2. What is the Nobel Prize? Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to trio for pioneering microscope work - New Microscope Produces Dazzling 3D Movies of Live Cells

  3. Videos: Rube Goldberg Experiments (30 sec) - More Rube Goldberg Successes & Failures (10:51)

  4. Where Did We Come From? (how do complex elements form in the universe?) via PhD Comics @phDcomics

September 22-25, 2014

• 1. How To Minecraft: First Night {1} by Stampylonghead (this is the 1st of a multi-part series that is GREAT for people new to Minecraft)

September 15-19, 2014

Curiosity links are BACK!

1. Earth images from Alexander Gerst in 4K

2. The Rosetta Mission Asks: What Can We Learn from Comets?

May 12-17, 2014

• 1. Avatar Movie (2009)

1. Minecraft Orientation Challenge

   1. Why Tomorrow Won't Look Like Today: Things that Will Blow Your Mind (via NCCE)

   2. Also: EVE Fanfest 2013: Make EVE Real - Asteroid Mining and Rainn Wilson Discusses Alien Planets and ARKYD with Peter Diamandis

   3. techJOYnt (OKC-area STEM summer camps)

2. Water Bottle Rocket launch videos

April 7-11, 2014

• 1. Blast Off! (an iMovie trailer about Maker's Club test flights of water bottle rockets this week)

  2. Cassini spacecraft finds sign of subsurface sea on Saturn’s moon Enceladus (April 3, 2014 - Washington Post)

1. First Look: COSMOS

March 24-28, 2014

• 1. Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Triggered Lethal Acid Rain, New Study Suggests (3/21/2014)

  2. Want to save the world from asteroids? Using code? NASA has a job for you (3/11/2014)

1. Dr Fryer's Instagram photo of the ISS on March 13, 2014

2. ISS Tracker website

   1. Spot the Station by NASA (find out when to view the ISS)

   2. Night Sky and Night Sky 2 apps for iPhone

   3. Light Painting Photo (taken with Slow Shutter Cam app on an iPhone - exposure concept is similar to "star trail" photos)