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Science Buddies Wins Prestigious SPORE Award
April 29, 2011 10:43 AM
The Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) is awarded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Science. Announcement Science Essay When you hear the word "spore," what comes to mind? Single-celled, self-replicating organisms? The whacky creatures in a popular video game? Something that grows and adapts? Something that spreads? Depending on the context, a "spore" might fit any of those descriptions. And with the encouragement of Science… Read more
Hard-Boiled Science
April 27, 2011 10:32 AM
Hard-boiling and dyeing eggs offers a number of avenues for families to explore both food science and chemistry. Forgoing boxed dye tablets, the eggs shown above were dyed using natural ingredients like turmeric and beets. Photo: Whiteley Creek, used with permission. We hard-boiled and dyed eggs over the weekend, and the process opened up unexpectedly fertile ground for scientific exploration in my house. A simple, early-morning Google search clued me in to the fact that for at least a… Read more
Earth Day: Staff Picks!
April 22, 2011 10:59 AM
As I wrote my blog essay in celebration of Earth Day, I found myself in unexpectedly bug-laden territory, without a compost bin, wind turbine, or reusable food container in sight. But Earth Day is about all of those things. It's about taking a moment to recognize what's around us, to take stock of where we are, and to consider ways in which we can make changes, big and small, that can make an impact on the environment. It's about conservation and awareness. Do you turn off the water while you… Read more
Earth Day: Turn Over a New Log
April 22, 2011 6:23 AM
Thoughts on Earth Day, a profile of Dr. Edward O. Wilson, and pop-culture tie-ins like the Avatar movie. "Beetle collection at the Melbourne Museum, Australia," Wikipedia In celebration of Earth day, take a colorful entomological look at biodiversity by browsing Pheromone: The Insect Artwork of Christopher Marley. When it comes to things that creep, crawl, or fly, I'm of the squeamish variety, and I well remember a high school science class assignment that involved… Read more
The da Vinci Way
April 15, 2011 9:36 AM
Sample page from journals of Leonardo da Vinci. Image: public domain.Born on April 15, 1452: Leonardo daVinci, a "total package" when it comes to the quest for knowledge. Students learning the importance of a lab notebook might find inspiration in da Vinci's famed journals. The notebooks contain over ten thousand illustrated pages, written in mirror cursive, in which da Vinci recorded daily observations, including science and engineering schematics. See our "Lab Notebooks" blog entry for… Read more
Celebrate the History of Space Flight
April 12, 2011 8:36 AM
Screenshot from First Orbit (the movie), created by FirstOrbit.org. Today marks the 50 year anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's 108-minute, first human in space, orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961. It's a big day in the history of space exploration and flight! To join in the celebration, make a bit of "space" in your day for some space history! Make contact. Students (or classes) interested in space studies can try and make contact with astronauts on the International… Read more
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