TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART
The total solar eclipse has come and gone. It was either awe-inspiring, spectacular, life-changing - a reminder of our insignificance in...
TINY PROPHETS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
The tiny critters at the base of the marine food web can tell us something about climate change. Want to learn more? Come to the Hudson...
TRUTH AND BEAUTY
For the past couple years, graduate students in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University have organized...
THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
This year, I served as an after-school mentor for middle school students in the Bronx. Together we conducted lots of hands-on (read:...
WE'RE ALL CONNECTED
This week, the kids learned about ecosystems! They played the "web of life game" with some organisms and physical components from an...
WHAT'S INSIDE AN OYSTER
Oysters serve hugely important roles in coastal ecosystems. First, they clean the water! They basically vacuum up particles (like...
THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER
I've started after-school mentoring again! This time with middle school students. And this time with the "Billion Oyster Project" (BOP)...
GIRLS' SCIENCE DAY
Today, I volunteered at Girls' Science Day, a fun and engaging day-long program of hands-on science experiments for middle school girls...
EXPLOSIVE FUN
Today was the last day of experiments with the kids for the semester, so we celebrated with volcanic eruptions and Mentos explosions in...
CRAZY DAISIES
Today's experiment focused on plant biology! The kids put white carnations, daisies, and chrysanthemums in dyed water to better...
