Green energy This view is becoming more common in many places and Texas is one of those places. Driving to south Texas coastal areas to visit one son we see them and more wind farms are going up. Visiting my daughter who just moved to Utah we saw some large wind farms in north Texas …
Today I want to share a story about the Great Squirrel Mystery of Chicago: https://interactive.wttw.com/urbannature/great-squirrel-mystery#!/ In case you don’t have time to watch, here is a quick summary. Squirrel Mystery-The Problem An ecology scientist noticed the way that two populations of squirrels, fox squirrels and gray squirrels, were distributed in Chicago neighborhoods. The gray squirrels …
Author: Suzanne Slade Illustrator: Thomas Gonzalez Publisher: Peachtree Publishing, 2018 Age range: 10-14 With the anniversary of the moon landing, many publishers have published books to commemorate this historical event. If you could only buy one book about the moon landing, this would be the book. Slade was able to capture the events leading up …
I feel it is fitting that I am beginning my STEAM related blog in July 2019, almost 50 years to the day of the Apollo 11 mission’s landing on the moon. Like most people who were children during the 1960s, the Apollo space program was a big part of my childhood backdrop. Before the landing …
STEAM- Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. Schools are emphasizing STEM or STEAM programs that focus on, not just these subjects, but on getting students actively working, designing, experimenting, and researching. Students create their own personal STEAM stories through their experiences. We learn a lot from each other through our stories. Stories are powerful. Recently …
