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Encyclopedia > 1960 in science

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1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The following entries cover events of a science or technology related nature which occurred in the listed year. ... See also: Other events of 1959 List of years in science . ... See also: Other events of 1961 List of years in science . ...

The year 1960 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Science For the scientific journal named Science, see Science (journal). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

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Astronomy and space exploration

1 May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... Sputnik 1 The Sputnik program was a series of unmanned space missions launched by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s to demonstrate the viability of artificial satellites. ... Earth is the third-closest planet to the Sun. ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Sputnik 1 The Sputnik program was a series of unmanned space missions launched by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s to demonstrate the viability of artificial satellites. ... Crew None Mission Parameters Mass: 4,600 kg Perigee: 287 km Apogee: 324 km Inclination: 64. ... Trinomial name Canis lupus familiaris (Linnaeus, 1758) The dog is a canine mammal of the Order Carnivora. ... Belka and Strelka orbited the Earth and returned safely on Korabl-Sputnik-2 During the 1950s and 1960s the USSR used a number of dogs for sub-orbital and orbital space flights to determine whether human spaceflight was feasible. ... Definition of MICE IAPCO (the International Association of Professional Congress Organizers) publishes a book called Meetings Industry Terminology which functions as a dictionary for the meetings industry. ... Species 50 species; see text *Several subfamilies of Muroids include animals called rats. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern...


Meteorology

April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... A weather satellite is a type of artificial satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. ... First TV image of Earth from space TIROS-1 (or TIROS-I) was the first successful weather satellite, and the first of a series of TIROS satellites. ...

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For example, one major problem of science programs before the development of frameworks was that in 1st grade a child learned about plants, and in 3rd grade received the same lessons, and in 4th and 5th grade the child learned the same concepts about plants again.
The science sub-committees were to justify the inclusion of natural sciences in the schools, which they did by citing the disciplinary value and the potential for the development of the intellect.
Having examined science education and technology through the course of the century, it is appropriate to place the use of technology in science teaching into a broader context and to consider other avenues for research into what the use of technology could bring to science education.
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