Posts Tagged ‘water’

January 18, 2010 43

Tides

By Philip in 365 Designs

The last entry on the theme of water: tides. Tides are the physical effects of the gravitational pull of the moon and sun on the earth. Here’s an explanation:
Basically, when the earth, moon and sun all line up, we get bigger tides, and when they’re at right angles the tides are lesser. The moon has [...]

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January 17, 2010 57

The Universal Solvent

By Philip in 365 Designs

A whole lot of stuff dissolves in water.
Water molecules look a lot like a certain mouse. I hope Disney doesn’t mind.

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January 16, 2010 87

ice floats

By Philip in 365 Designs

Answer: yes. It’s weird. You probably never thought about it before, but water is one of the only chemicals where the solid floats rather than sinks in the liquid.

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January 15, 2010 3

Aquarius

By Philip in 365 Designs

Water is pretty much all-pervasive in our culture, we even see it in the stars:

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January 14, 2010 1

60%?

By Philip in 365 Designs

Some of my best friends are 60% water…

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January 11, 2010 2

Week 2 – Water

By Philip in 365 Designs

Welcome to the beginning of a new week, and a new theme: water. You all know and love it, but this week I’ll be exploring the ins and outs of water, and what it means to us. To start with, just to show how important water is to us:
Yes, every single living creature depends on [...]

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