Brian Malow and CanopyMeg at ScienceOnline 2011
January 17, 2011
Brian Malow (science comedian) and Canopymeg (geek scientist), speakers at ScienceOnline 2011!
Brian Malow (science comedian) and Canopymeg (geek scientist), speakers at ScienceOnline 2011!
How do you explain the extraordinary and secret world of rain forest biodiversity to students who have never seen a rain forest? Perhaps we start here at home… Citizen science is the process of engaging citizens to collect data and learn how science works. To learn more about biodiversity, students of Rob Dunn at NCSU […]
Science Café: Rain Forests – Going, Going, Gone? Date: Jan. 18, 6:30–8:30 pm with discussions beginning at 7 pm followed by Q&A Location: Tir Na Nog, 218 South Blount Street, Raleigh, 919.833.7795 Fee: Free RSVP: 919.733.7450×531 or email: katey.ahmann@ncdenr.gov Every child grows up with a sense of awe about tropical forests — extraordinary creatures including […]
Montana Sewell and recent Rolex finalist, Zander Srodes, have created this wonderful activity book on freshwater turtles. You can download for educational or personal use from here: Freshwater Turtle Adventure Activity Book (PDF)
Dr. Lowman will be speaking at the Bethlehem United Holy Church in Durham, NC on Martin Luther King Day (1/17/2011). Details are in the flyer below.
There is one important difference between ecology and many other fascinating sciences and games: unsolved problems of chess, astronomy, or mathematics will not change if we ignore them. Our activity or lack of activity can alter the state of ecology. [Lawrence Slobodkin, 2003 in A Citizen’s Guide to Ecology] From November 29 to December 10, […]
From newsobserver.com: RALEIGH — When it opens in 2012, the Nature Research Center in downtown Raleigh will instantly become one of the most energy-efficient buildings in the state. . . . The center’s director, Meg Lowman, said Monday that the facility will be unique in the way it merges science and technology to the benefit […]
As part of the Alonso-Stepanova lab at NCSU, there is a website that includes experiments for elementary school kids: For many centuries, people have been fascinated with plants and wanted to learn more about them. People have been growing plants (mainly for food) for many thousands of years. Not only do plants give us food […]
Check out the video of Dr. Lowman and the other members of the jury of the Rolex Awards for the Young Laureates Programme: http://young.rolexawards.com/about/meet_the_jury
You may have noticed inconsistencies in the spelling of Ethiopian place names. Spelling is tricky with some Ethiopian names, because the locals use different spellings than what the English-speaking cartography world picks up. Alas, we used various spellings along the way, depending on whether we were working directly with our local partners or if we […]