by Alexa (age 9, @KNEstemGirls) Have you seen a leech before? They're super cool! Leeches are worm-like animals. Their nearest relatives are earthworms. Most people think that leeches are like monsters because they suck blood, but they are very useful to humans.…
Category: Science
What to watch: SciShow
by Erika (age 12, @KNEstemGirls) How much energy does the internet use? Why do we have baby teeth? Ever wondered why things fade in the sun? If so, then SciShow is for you because hosts Hank Green and Michael Aranda…
The Milstein Science Series at the American Museum of Natural History
The scientist carefully lifted a long, straggly tentacle out of his bucket and asked if anyone wanted to hold a giant squid (Architeuthis kirkii). As we eagerly touched the tentacle, we were surprised to feel sharp rings of teeth on…
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Rutgers Geology Museum Open House
As my 10-year-old looked at the replica of the human skull, she couldn't tell if it was Caucasian, African, or Asian? How could we find out? During an afternoon at the Rutgers Geology Museum Open House in New Brunswick, New…
New York Paleontological Society’s Annual Holidays Party
It became a heated battle as a dozen children quickly started bidding on the fossilized fish. The bids started at a mere token and almost instantly climbed up to 20 tokens and went far beyond, but how was that possible?…
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Adventures in Science Family Time at the American Museum of Natural History
"By a show of hands, could you tell us which of you ate the mealworms, caterpillars, and grasshoppers?" This was a question I asked 18 middle school students during the family presentation time at the Adventures in Science's Evolution Institute…
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The Conservators’ Center (Caswell County, NC)
As we entered the secured, gated area, we could hear a loud rumbling "Aaroo! Aaroo!" in the distance. Our guide, John David, explained that we were hearing the roar of a male lion! This was our introduction to the carnivorous…
The Discovery Room at the American Museum of Natural History
One moment my 7 and 10-year-old daughters were zoologists searching an African baobab tree for birds, snakes, and bats; then they were paleontologists excavating dinosaur eggs and assembling a Prestosuchos skeleton; and the next thing I knew they were anthropologists…
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St. Louis’ World Aquarium
String beans?!? Really? Okay, my daughter took a string bean out of the bowl and eagerly held it up for the 2-toed sloth to eat. The sloth inquisitively looked at her and the string bean before nibbling the vegetable. We…
Our Very Own Brain Scoop Episode at the Field Museum in Chicago!
As we entered the Wet Lab, Anna asked us if we wanted to see what she had in one of her buckets. All of us eagerly said, "Yes!" There was a mischievous look in her eyes as she carefully opened…
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