Saturday, September 25, 2010

My YouTube video, "You Came (and brought the sunshine)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-qXgR0Pr8&feature=related

You came and brought the sunshine
You came and brought the night
You came and brought the laughter,
You made everything all right!

Now I fly above the mountains,
And I fly above the sea!
I fly above my troubles,
And you fly right along with me!

You came when I was ready,
You came when it was right,
You came and brought the meaning
That lights up everything in sight!

Now we fly above the mountains,
And we fly above the sea,
And I fly above my troubles,
Cause you fly right along with me!

Guitar players, the song begins with the F chord, if you are playing C.  I founded the DrHanzonScience Center in Belmont, MA, recently, and our website (still being edited) will feature a new Science Teachers Handbook (Manual) and lots of great ideas and links.
James P Louviere (Pete to my DoDDS, Brooklyn and Louisiana friends)

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

How to Make a Better Lou-Vee-Air Car Propeller from a File Folder

On a file folder, draw a rectangle 7 in long and 1.25 inches wide. 
Draw lines from top right to bottom left corner and top lef to bottom right corner.
Make a small hole for the propeller shaft wire to pass through.
Cut out the rectangle.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Do you Know why President Clinton was in Northbrook Illinois Jan. 21, 1997?

He was there to promote adotion of the National Standards for Science and Math education.
Northbrooks' corsortium of school came out at the "Top of the World" in the international science and math test, and he was there to congratulate the schools and the students while using them as role models.  In the course of his visit, Associated Press and NBC and other media reporters showed him and the eminent Secretary of Education, Riley, watching the Lou-Vee-Air(tm) scratch-built by a student as it raced alont its little track in an eighth grade classroom.
Go here to visit the NATIONAL STANDARDS, which can be downloaded as a PDF file
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/4962.html
The plans and instructions for building the original Lou-Vee-AirCar are on a Tripod site:
http://bpscience.tripod.com/lou.htm
You can find my draft version of the new Lou-Vee-Air(tm)Car Teachers Manual at the following link as a free download MS Word file:
http://lou-vee-aircars.blogspot.com/2009/10/your-teachers-manual-how-to-assemble.html