LIFE IS a race. It is a fierce competition where only the fittest survives. That might sound a little too existentialist, or too Darwinian, but don’t get me wrong. I believe that it is a succinct description of our world today: adapt or go extinct. Winning is not about beating others; it is about deserving …

IT IS entrance examination season. Colleges’ and universities’ admission personnel and some of their brightest students visit high schools to sell the best qualities and practices of their respective institutions. Aside from choosing a career or college course, current high school seniors are trying to make up their minds about which school to choose. If …

LEARNING PHYSICS has been viewed by many as dragging and difficult. A lot would say, “I hate learning physics,” but with physics simulations from PhET, not anymore. When teaching velocity and acceleration, you can use this fun simulation called the Lunar Lander, where players attempt to make a soft landing on the flat zones of the …

HERE’S THE first video tutorial I made for my third year students. I asked them to create maps using Google Maps and they will describe their trip home with kinematics. I made a short (less than five minutes) tutorial video and here it is:   Creating Your Own Map To create you own map, you must have a Google …

WE EXPERIENCED a lunar eclipse last night, June 15, 2011. Unfortunately, due to cloudy skies, we failed to witness the moon turn into a reddish glowing sphere in the night sky. It should have been an amazing spectacle.   But why does the moon look red during a lunar eclipse? A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth is …

AS WE inch closer to Graduation Day, one of the concerns of graduating students is choosing a song to best remember their school life by. Sometimes, students are caught in a dilemma of picking the right graduation song that the whole batch will like. When I was in kindergarten (1993), our graduation song was Yesterday’s Dream …

I asked for a Google Science Fair 2011 instructional materials last month so that I could relay the information to them and encourage them to participate. The package contains printed information about the Google Science Fair. I received posters, handouts, and stickers.

WE ARE conducting review classes for our second year students in preparation for the upcoming National Achievement Test. This afternoon, I asked them to answer a multiple choice test. One of the students asked me, “Sir, will this be recorded?” I replied, “Why? Are you not going to take this seriously if I tell you that you won’t get points for this?”

ABOUT TWO months from now, we will be sending off our 12th batch of graduates. They will soon be one of those young individuals who will start treading the path towards the portion of their lives on which they will spend a great chunk of their time — their career. In this post, I would like to discuss some points to consider in choosing a career. If you are still in the process of choosing a career, this is for you.

YOU MIGHT just be the brightest young scientist that Google is looking for! Google recently launched the Google Science Fair 2011 for kids all over the world who are full-time students and within 13-18 years old.