David Schafer, a Park Ranger at Merchants Millpond, shared pictures and information about their Science Festival event: Paddling out to the BIG TREE. If you don’t know about the BIG TREE, you definitely should. Read below to find out how Merchants Millpond celebrated Science Festival month this year, and then make your way over the…
The long-awaited opening of the brand-new Sullenberger Aviation Museum is oh-so-close…We cannot wait to see all of the aviation science goodness that comes from this new museum in the Western Piedmont. Thanks to our “inside woman” we have a great scoop for you to read on what you’ll be able to see and experience coming…
One of the requirements of winning this award is to write up a report about the experience for an upcoming edition of the Planetarian. I’m a big fan of not duplicating assignments, so this post will form the guts of that report. Of course it’s great to be home. Nothing is better than being with…
Padova Padua (or Padova in Italian) was the last major stop on our trip. Once again, we were greeted by enthusiastic and wonderful hosts! We began with a nighttime tour, and, as you might expect by now, rain. Welcome to soggy Padova! The first night there, we were treated to a tour of the battlements…
Ken’s travels and teaching in Italy have been full of excitement and surprises for everyone (the weather seems to be pulling some particularly sly tricks!). Read on for this week’s installment of “Ken Goes to Italy!” to learn about what he’s teaching, what he’s seeing, and even the lessons he’s learning while overseas. As lovers…
Ken is exploring the amazing city of Florence, Italy, and he has some pretty incredible scientific things to share with us today! If you are a fan of Galileo, you are definitely going to want to read this, and you’re probably going to want to plan your own trip to Florence to experience the story…
2024 marks the 54th anniversary of the world’s largest environmental EARTH DAY! The theme of “Planet vs. Plastics” encourages us to consider our use of single-use plastics and their impact on the environment. Let’s look at the history of Earth Day in the United States and around the world: In 1970, US Senator Gaylord Nelson…
If you’ve been following our solar eclipse blog posts this year then you’re familiar with our eclipse expert, Ken Brandt, from the Robeson Planetarium and Science Center in Lumberton. We told you a few weeks back (and Ken wrote in an introductory post) that he had been honored by the International Planetarium Society to go…
Last week I mentioned that Discovery Place Kids Rockingham would be reopening its doors after a long spring renewal, and boy was it worth the wait!! We hope you had as much fun exploring as we did… The NC Science Trail slipped in before closing on opening day at Rockingham’s re-engineered Discovery Place Kids. We…
Our resident eclipse expert has one last bit of advice for all of you out there who are sad to see our “Year of Eclipses” come to an end. Whether you’ve been seeking advice for running eclipse events or seeking advice for viewing the eclipses yourself, Ken has offered us great knowledge since last August…