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Calculating the Total Area

Calculating the Total Area

Calculating total area has many real-world applications. You can use it to determine how many tiles are required to cover a floor, the square footage of a house, the size of a tablecloth needed for a particular table or the…

Converting Centimeters to Meters Squared

Converting Centimeters to Meters Squared

The metric system of weights and measures is used by most industrialized countries around the world, although the United States still uses the Imperial system. The metric system uses meters and centimeters to measure length, while the Imperial system uses…

Understanding the Life Cycle of Ducks

Understanding the Life Cycle of Ducks

Ducks might be the most recognizable waterfowl on the planet. ​Cosmopolitan​, or worldwide, in distribution and wildly successful, you can find various species of ducks in a wide range of habitats and regions, from the manicured ponds of busy theme…

Creative Concepts for Controlled Variable Science Projects

Creative Concepts for Controlled Variable Science Projects

Many science projects investigate a combination of independent and controlled variables to see what happens as a result – the dependent variable. To get reliable results from your experiments, you change the independent variables carefully and the controlled variables as…

Calculating Sigma Value Note: No need for numbering

Calculating Sigma Value Note: No need for numbering

A sigma value is a statistical term otherwise known as a standard deviation. Determining the standard deviation of a set of values helps a statistician or researcher to determine if the data set is significantly different than a control set.…

Eliminating Logarithms

Eliminating Logarithms

Nothing messes up an equation quite like logarithms. They are cumbersome, difficult to manipulate and a little mysterious for some people. Luckily, there’s an easy way to rid your equation of these pesky mathematical expressions. All you have to do…

Signs & Symptoms of Rabies in Squirrels

Signs & Symptoms of Rabies in Squirrels

When most people hear “rabies,” they imagine snarling animals dramatically frothing at the mouth. While this is definitely a simplification and not always true, it is also not completely false. Rabies is a deadly and frightening disease that can affect…

Varieties of Spiders: Black with White Dots

Varieties of Spiders: Black with White Dots

A black spider with white dots just went scuttling past you in the garden and you wonder if you should be worried. Most of the black spiders with white spots you’ll find are a type of jumping spider and are…

Inchworm Life Cycle

Inchworm Life Cycle

The inchworm, the larval phase of a North American moth species, goes through four stages during its life cycle: egg, larvae, pupae and adult. The name applies to not just one, but thousands of moth species in the family Geometridae…

Understanding Climate in Temperate Grasslands

Understanding Climate in Temperate Grasslands

​Grassland ecosystems​ are land areas dominated by grasses that have very few or no woody shrubs or trees. ​Temperate grasslands​ are characterized by their lack of trees and extreme temperature ranges between summer and winter. Despite their lack of trees,…