Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Was Born

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Although he introduced no new forms, he enriched the prevailing German style with a robust contrapuntal technique, an unrivalled control of harmonic and motivic organisation in composition for diverse instrumentation, and the adaptation of rhythms and textures from abroad, particularly Italy and France.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: Does Bach have the same effect as Mozart on spatial reasoning?
Subject: Psychology / Music
Grade level: High School / College
Academic Level: Advanced
Project Type: Empirical Study
Cost: Low
Awards: None
Affiliation: Missouri Western State University
Year: 2000
Description: Participants in this study are exposed to Bach's and Mozart's music and a silence control. Then the participants are tested by the spatial-temporal test.
Link: http://clearinghouse.missouriwestern.edu/manuscripts/150.php

World Day for Water 2009

In 1993 the United Nations General Assembly declared March 22 as World Water Day. Its main goals, among others, are to promote the cause of clean drinking water and sustainable aquatic habitats and to ensure safe water and decent sanitation for civilians in conflict zones.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: Comparison of pH Levels in Municipal Drinking Water vs. Domestic Well Water
Subject: Environmental Sciences
Grade level: Middle School - Grades 7-9
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Law
Awards: Regional Mid Columbia Science Fair Award of Distinction for Creativity (2004)
Affiliation: Selah Intermediate School
Year: 2004
Description: Samples (same temperature) of different municipal drinking water sources and domestic well water were tested with a pH meter.
Link: http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/SOAR/SciProj2004/BelenL.html

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824 - 1887) Was Born

Gustav Kirchhoff was a German physicist who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects. He coined the term "black body" radiation in 1862, and two sets of independent concepts in both circuit theory and thermal emission are named "Kirchhoff's laws" after him.
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Science Fair Project Information
Title: Test if the length of a pencil resistor effects the output of a circuit.
Subject: Electricity
Grade level: Elementary School
Academic Level: Ordianary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Affiliation: Science Buddies
Description: Different pencil lengths serve as a resistors. While connected into a basic series circuit, students observe the light intensity of a bulb.
Link: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Elec_p013.shtml?from=Home

International Women's Day 2009

International Woman's Day (IWD) is marked on March 8 every year. It is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women.
Started as a political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries (primarily Russia and the countries of former Soviet bloc). In some celebrations, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love to the women around them in a way somewhat similar to Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day mixed together. In others, however, the political and human rights theme as designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: Determine whether men and women differ in their feelings towards career and family.
Subject: Psychology
Grade level: High School / College
Academic Level: Advanced
Project Type: Empirical Study
Cost: Low
Affiliation: Missouri Western State University
Year: 2004
Description: Participants were 72 undergraduate students enrolled in Loyola University New Orleans - male and female between the ages of 18 and 22. Career and family priorities were measured by Life Role Salience Scales (Amatea et al., 1986), a five-point Likert scale, and Women Workplace Culture Questionnaire (Bergman & Hallberg, 2002).

Link: http://clearinghouse.missouriwestern.edu/manuscripts/502.php

Alexander Graham Bell (1847 - 1922) Was Born

Alexander Graham Bell was an eminent scientist, inventor and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: Repeat Alexander Bell’s Telephone Experiments
Subject: Telecommunication
Grade level: Middle / High School - Grades (6-12)
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Medium
Awards: None
Description: Main topics: the tuning fork experiment, Alexander Bell’s liquid transmitter, variable resistance microphones

Link: http://www.juliantrubin.com/bigten/telephoneexperiments.html