Helium: He Atomic #: 2 It's part of the Noble Gases! Helium is used for the development of microchips, MRI's, and is also important for scientific research. They actually use liquid helium to to cool the superconducting magnets in the Hadron Collider. Really interesting stuff!
I watched that helium video. I still can't believe that we are running out of helium! I will try to contribute by blowing up all of my own balloons. I was thinking it would be interesting if you asked the students a question about what they thought the world would be like without helium, or what they thought of the video more generally. Also, what does Taylor Swift think of the helium shortage?
The main thing I have learned from this blog is that Taylor Swift can be related to any topic! I love what Soula said about asking students what they world would be like without any helium. As science teachers it is our job to teach students how the things they are learning in science classes are relevant to their own lives. Students need to be encouraged to see the bigger picture even with things that might be seem small and unimportant like a helium shortage.
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It's part of the Noble Gases!
Helium is used for the development of microchips, MRI's, and is also important for scientific research. They actually use liquid helium to to cool the superconducting magnets in the Hadron Collider. Really interesting stuff!
I watched that helium video. I still can't believe that we are running out of helium! I will try to contribute by blowing up all of my own balloons. I was thinking it would be interesting if you asked the students a question about what they thought the world would be like without helium, or what they thought of the video more generally. Also, what does Taylor Swift think of the helium shortage?
ReplyDeleteThe main thing I have learned from this blog is that Taylor Swift can be related to any topic! I love what Soula said about asking students what they world would be like without any helium. As science teachers it is our job to teach students how the things they are learning in science classes are relevant to their own lives. Students need to be encouraged to see the bigger picture even with things that might be seem small and unimportant like a helium shortage.
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