Monday, May 17, 2010

World Hypertension Day 2010

World Hypertension Day is a day designated and initiated by The World Hypertension League (WHL), which is itself an umbrella to organizations of 85 national hypertension societies and leagues. The day was initiated to increase the awareness of hypertension. This was especially important because of the lack of appropriate knowledge among hypertensive patients. The WHL launched its first WHD on May 14, 2005. Since 2006, the WHL has been dedicating May 17 of every year as WHD.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: The Effect of Exercise on Blood Pressure
Subject: Medicine / Human Anatomy
Grade level: Elementary School, Grades 4-6
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Awards: 2nd place, Mid-Columbia Regional science fair
Affiliation: Selah Intermediate School
Year: 2002
Description: After step testing blood pressure was taken by a portable wrist blood pressure monitor. The results were graphed and analyzed for the entire group and by gender.
Link: http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/SOAR/SciProj2002/KiereaM.html

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Richard Feynman, the originator of the Feynman diagrams, Was Born

Richard Phillips Feynman (1918 - 1988) best known for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics for what Feynman, jointly with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965. He developed a widely used pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions governing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams. He also assisted in the development of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: The science behind nuclear energy
Subject: Nuclear physics and energy
Grade level: High school, grades 10-12
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Descriptive
Cost: Low
Awards: 2nd place, Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (2007)
Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)
Year: 2007
Description: Main topics: Nuclear energy basics and prospects as alternative energy, safety, pollution hazards, the CANDU Reactor.

Link: http://www.odec.ca/projects/2007/math7n2/Report.html