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The Museum of Science is one of those iconic museums in Boston that every elementary , middle and high school student has an oppotrunity to go to.  I thought once I graduated I would never be able to have another … Continue reading →

Indian Point Power Plant, located in Buchanan, New York, has been a controvery issue in the state for some time now.  With an explosion of one of the reactors last fall, Governor Cuomo wants it shut down. Within 25 miles … Continue reading →

The MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center was quite the experience.  After getting off the Red Line at Kendall and navigating our way through MIT’s campus we finally arrived.  Upon our arrival we attended a PowerPoint discussion about plasma fusion … Continue reading →

This class was quite the electric shock.  We had a guest speaker come into class today, Thomas Vales to talk to us about electricity. Thomas Vales is the Laboratory Coordinator for the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at Suffolk University.  … Continue reading →

I find it hard to believe that some people still deny global warming.  I think those who deny it are idiots and uneducated along with ignorant people. There is enough scientific evidence out there to prove that it does indeed … Continue reading →

Our lab experiment in class today dealt with solar energy.  We had a rather interesting lecture on solar, nuclear and other renewables today in class. The materials we used in this lab were similar to last weeks lab.  The NXT robot, a mini … Continue reading →

Solyndra was a company based out of Fremont, California who manufactured solar panels …and who also received a $535 million loan from us taxpayers.  The company declared bankruptcy in January of 2011.  The company simply could not compete anymore with … Continue reading →

  I first heard about Hydraulic Fracturing (also known as “fracking”) when I watched the documentary Gasland.  Gasland’s director Josh Fox went around the country to find the truth behind fracking, and what he found was rather shocking. Fracking is … Continue reading →

In this class we did a lab about measuring wind power.  We did this lab to measure how much electric energy we are getting and also we are measuring the voltage across the coils. The equipment we used today was … Continue reading →

Today we measured force and distance with our Lego Mindstorm.  My partners and I had major difficulties with this lab.  The body of the lego was not reading the acceleration, speed, time, height, grams or MGH,  the only thing that … Continue reading →