Citizen Science : School of Ants

Citizen Science : School of Ants

A world of scientific exploration opened up to us when I discovered that there were dozens of ways my kids could participate in authentic scientific research and studies overseen by professional scientists from our own backyard. Have you heard about Citizen Science? Citizen Science projects are scientific initiatives supported by universities, research laboratories, scientists and/or …

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A Visit to the La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum

A Sticky Trek Back in Time : A Visit to the La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum

For tens of thousands of years natural asphalt has been seeping up from the ground in what is now urban Los Angeles. Around Hancock Park the seepage has been enough to create areas large enough to trap animals who have been unable to escape and have perished, sinking into the asphalt which has soaked into their …

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