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Blog: Exploring Science and Nature in North Carolina

Explore Your Nature Neighborhood: Making an Entry in Nature’s Notebook

April Smith, Ph.D./Executive Director August 22, 2025

I have just had one of those incredibly satisfying moments where I learned about a new resource (new to me!) with the potential to change the way I work with science data and interact with nature. That’s a pretty big statement. We all live and work in a world that is rapidly changing. Sometimes that’s…

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Partner Highlight: KidSenses Prepares for Special World Premier of Planetarium Show “Always Above”

April Smith, Ph.D./Executive Director April 22, 2025

We love to let you know when our partners are doing amazing things, so when I found out that KidSenses in Rutherfordton had been chosen as one of the locations to host the World Premier of “Always Above” for National Space Day on May 2nd I immediately jumped on the horn (or the website) to…

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Natural Inquirer: Science Journals for Kids, Tweens, and Teens

April Smith, Ph.D./Executive Director April 7, 2025

On the North Carolina Science Trail, we spend a lot of time looking into science education resources that are valuable and worth the effort for both formal and informal educators to pursue. One of our new partners, Find Outdoors, just introduced us to the Natural Inquirer, and love is in the air! If you’re not…

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Crystals and Gems: What is “REAL”?

April Smith, Ph.D./Executive Director January 15, 2025

Sometime around the New Year I was asked by a group of teens what I know about the beautiful crystal ball that drops in Times Square on New Years Eve each year. Well, I knew that it was made of Swarovkski crystal, which is the finest manmade crystal in the world, and that it comes…

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NC Science News

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