Archive for the ‘Physics’ Category

GED Science: Nobel Prize Winners!

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Hey, GED studiers! Anyone out there who wants to be a scientist? I think it’d be totally kewl… like, I could be like Dr. Jeckyl, all in my secret chemistry lab, with mysterious equipment, putting together a secret formula…. Well, I guess real science isn’t quite like that, but still. Like, you could work on a space ship. Or in a laboratory, with microscopes and exploding chemicals and stuff. Or on secret work for the government! And maybe you’d win a Nobel prize! (more…)

Invisibility Cloak! The Future Is Now…er, Soon…with GED Science!

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Okay, GED science time! Kewl… I totally can’t believe my dreams are gonna become reality. Did you ever want to be invisible? I sure did… you know, sneaking into movie theaters… pretending to be a ghost and haunting Curtis… awesome! And pretty soon, they’ll be real invisibility cloaks… I just gotta save up my money, dudes, cuz I bet they’ll be expensive. (more…)

GED Science Practice Question: Levers!!!

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Okay… GED science pop-quiz time!!! Here’s a practice question jus’ like you might get on any GED science test… (more…)

GED Science Practice Question: All Charged Up!

Monday, July 14th, 2008

So.. static electricity!!! Makes your hair stand on end! It’s all science, I tell ya’, GED science! Yes, it is. And you can prove it. See, there’s this thing called a Van de Graaff Generator. Kewl science name, right? It’s a MYSTERIOUS object that makes your hair stand on end! No joke. (more…)

Shocking GED Science!

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

I got a GED science experiment for you! Forget books for studying for the GED test…. I learn things by doin’ them! That’s right. Get out from in front of your computer, cuz here’s a GED experiment anyone can do right in their own home. Ok. Here it is. Now, do this before you read anything more. Get up from your computer. You got to be wearin’ shoes, so put them on if you’re barefoot! Then, stand on the carpet and rub your feet back and forth. Now, touch the doorknob. (more…)

GED Practice Question Answer: Water, Water, Everywhere!

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

So, did you get the GED practice question I gave you last time? One thing I know is, on the GED test, there’ll be charts and graphs to look at, and you gotta figure out what’s goin’ on with them to score high on your GED. Here’s the one I showed you last time:

Water Phase Diagram for GED (more…)

Serious GED Science…Water Is Weird (Plus GED Practice Question)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Ever think about water? Okay, okay, you’re thinking about your GED, not about water. But water is killer weird, dude. Like, it’s this stuff that’s all over the place… and even inside your body, dude! And it CHANGES… yeah, you boil it an’ what happens? you get STEAM, that’s a gas… and in the winter it freezes and becomes solid ICE… and then usually it’s like just WATER man, that’s a liquid. So it’s three different kinds of matter. (Hey, dudes, this stuff’s on the GED test!!) (more…)

GED Science…Simple Machines

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Machines? Simple? Dude, I always get confused by machines. I ain’t like Curtis, like, all knowin’ how to fix cars and everything. But on the GED science test, you gotta know some basic stuff about machines. An’ they got these things, you wouldn’t even think they were machines at all that are called “simple machines.” (more…)

GED Practice Question: Money to Burn…

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Yeah, I gave you another GED question. Actually, it’s really three GED questions. Remember the super science experiment about burning money? (more…)

Weird GED Science!!!!

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Okay. Bored with GED stuff? Well, learning science for the GED don’t gotta be boring! This won’t be on the test… but it can teach you real GED science. Ready? Don’t it seem like your paycheck just goes up in smoke every week? Well… science can show you how to BURN MONEY without BURNING IT! (more…)