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“Unexpected” Movie Review and Trailer

Samantha Abbott (Cobie Smulders) is a high school science teacher. She and and her boyfriend John (Anders Holm) are living together and have charted a nice slow course for the rest of their lives. Unexpectedly, Samantha’s school is closing at the end of the school year and Samantha is looking for her dream job at…

July 23, 2020

STEM / STEAM: Everything You Need to Know About Viruses

Here is a cool STEM / STEAM video by “Domain of Science” introducing viruses…..including the coronavirus. Very cool for all who want to be a medical researcher, biologist, biomedical engineer, doctor, etc after majoring in science / technology in college. Here are more cool Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math stuff on this blog: Drive Safe!…

July 3, 2020

STEM / STEAM: Lego Mindstorms Robot Inventor 5 in 1 Kit

Lego introduced (on June 12, 2020) a new Mindstorms Robot Inventor 5 in 1 kit for $359.99. Visit this web site to learn a lot more about this new STEM / STEAM product. In the meantime, here is a little bit about it: Included in this kit are five robots your child (10 and up)…

June 15, 2020

STEM /STEAM: Historic Launch into Space by SpaceX and NASA

OK…..I’m old enough….. I followed the original 7….I saw the first launch of a man into space…..I watched the moon landing (as a summer student at Lowell Tech)……I watched the first tests of the Space Shuttle (working at Sears and attending SUNY at Stony Brook for my BS in Electrical Engineering)……I watched the Space Shuttle…

May 30, 2020

STEM / STEAM: Covid-19 Social Distancing Advice from Astronauts

Two astronauts (Catherine Coleman and Christina Koch) give advice on social distancing / isolation during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Drive Safe! Never Forget.

April 20, 2020

"Troop Zero" Movie Review and Trailer

Christmas Flint (Mckenna Grace) LOVES science! She also loves looking at the stars at night and thinking about her mom being among the stars, meteors, and other celestial bodies.

April 4, 2020

STEM / STEAM: Christina Koch Returns to Earth After Spending 328 Days on the Space Station

Working as an electrical engineer (MSEE from the University of Kansas) at Lawrence Livermore Lab I briefly met with another electrical engineer (BSEE from the University of the Pacific); Jose Hernandez. Years later, I learned that Jose had become an Astronaut and some time after that…..he blasted off into space! Very cool! Fast forward a zillion years,…

February 18, 2020

STEM / STEAM: Behind the Scenes Look at the Technology Behind “Alita: Battle Angel”

For students interested in studying Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEM / STEAM) here is a cool video showing the technology used while filming “Alita: Battle Angel” which happens to be one of my favorite movies (see my review) ever! 🙂 Drive Safe! Never Forget.

February 4, 2020

STEM / STEAM: Watch as PhysicsGirl Explains What Programmers Really Do

PhysicsGirl Diana Cowern visits YouTube to find out what software engineers really do. NOTE: ForCarol.com College Scholarship recipient, Inyoung, now works at YouTube TV. 🙂 As Diana explains: “I left a physics job to do software engineering. Was it worth it? What do software engineers actually do? Software engineers and programmers code everything from virtual…

January 28, 2020