Loop of centripetal force #donttrythisathome @tonyhawk #radscience (at New York Hall of Science)
The Science Career Ladder is a unique program offered by NYSCI. It gives young people the opportunity to work as Science Explainers. Explainers teach science to the museums visitors.
Inspired by the program, many Explainers move on to careers in Science, Technology, Math, Engineering, or Education.
This is the story of an Explainer who came to the United States at the age of 15. She knew very little English. She also had no idea that the New York Hall of Science would change her life.
Maria was inspired by science.
Watch her story.
What do humans, ants and Big Bird have in common? Find out by subscribing to @jtotheizzoe ‘s new YouTube science series: It’s Okay To Be Smart.
It’s Okay To Be Smart Episode 1: Life by the Numbers
Check out the first episode of my new YouTube science series from PBS Digital Studios! I’m practically co-workers with Big Bird now!
This episode is all about the scale of life on Earth. So there’s now over seven billion people on Earth, but does that make us a successful species by numbers alone? And while humans may be getting heavier every day, how does our weight stack up to the rest of biology?
We’ll learn about “biomass” while we take a trip through some forests, a spoonful of soil and deep into the oceans to find out just how much stuff there is out there.
Click here to subscribe to It’s Okay To Be Smart on YouTube.
Have an idea for a future episode or have a question for me (Joe)? Tweet me, leave a comment on YouTube or email me.
Bearded dragon is a common name for lizards belonging to genus Pogona. Native to Australia, they are often found basking on rocks and branches during mornings and afternoons.
NYSCI’s bearded dragon here in picture loves interacting and is definitely not camera shy.
If you would love to see pictures of our bearded dragon more frequently, like or re-blog this post.
Yes Please!
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Where’d You Get Those Pants?
A quirky fashion trend has been spotted around the city: crazily patterned pants with blue plaid, harlequin checks, and orange and brown swirls. The pants have crossed age and gender lines, with males and females, young and old, wearing the trendsetting garments.
The pants can’t be found at your neighborhood Gap store or at your favorite vintage clothing shop. In fact, they’re not really clothing at all, but a small photograph of pants attached to a thin stick. Using the “StickPic”, the camera on your mobile device, and a willing fashion victim, you can create a fun photo of someone wearing the crazy pants. But to make the photo truly come alive, you’ll need to use a little math.
StickPics are part of Digital Design Lab, a new project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that will create mobile apps for use in classrooms throughout the country. The Fancy Pants app, to be released later this year, will be the first of four apps that will turn your mobile phone into a scientific and mathematical tool. Fancy Pants will focus on proportions and forced perspective photography – math concepts that allow you to take a photo of your friend “wearing” those outrageous pants. Digital Design Lab will also include web videos with science-based design challenges and a website where students can post their ideas and solutions.
The central part of this project, however, are the apps, which will allow users to measure and document unexpected phenomena – like that guy wearing those pink psychedelic pants.
Wow! Today we had our second teen hangout with a visit from our first adult advisor, Mike from Pixel Academy.
He was here to show us some super cool 3D modeling software he uses to create digital video games. The platform is pretty complicated but the teens worked hard to grasp the…
