Happy weekend! I spent yesterday at the Science on the Street event held by the STEM Network at the Cape Cod Community College. What a fun day! Hundreds of families came through and I have to say it was very satisfying and encouraging to see so many young people, boys and girls alike, really enthused about science.Many organizations were there, each with a project that the kids could really get into physically as well as mentally. At our table for the Cape Cod Maritime Museum we had a buoyancy experiment and then we made our own tiny boats to see if they would float. We added different weights to them and some sank, as might be expected. No fear in these kids, though. They just made a better, stronger boat. My assistant had fun teaching the kids how to make an origami boat, an interesting challenge that involves geometry.
In other news, my Nature’s Ways earned a Top Story spot online on Wicked Local this week. Here’s a link to check it out
http://orleans.wickedlocal.com/entertainmentlife/20170318/natures-ways-resilience
My Weekly Nature Watch column can be accessed here–and there’s a portrait of Arlo as a bonus
This happened to be one of my three column weeks as my Neighborhood Nature column appeared in the Barnstable Patriot. People ask me all the time if I write the same column for all three and the answer is….of course not!
http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/news/20170316/neighborhood-nature-survival-on-wing-in-winter
As I write this the wind is blowing and snow is supposed to stop by for what is hopefully its last visit this season.
Tomorrow? SPRING!!!! Woohooooooo!
