Category: Science education
Portland State University Emeritus Professor Scott Burns packed Willamette Hall Room 100 last Friday night with his talk on the Missoula Floods for the Eugene Natural History Society. Scott has written a book...
Just back from the “What is Technology?” Conference up in Portland, Oregon this Weekend. What a trip. The conference was wonderful, and I met some very interesting folks and had some great conversations. ...
I have a strong interest in ecology and natural history. During a recent visit to an area where I am mapping conservation zone for local non-profit group, I came across hundreds of...
The World offers us so much. It is a pleasure to have the opportunity go out with my colleague Dave Wagner, Oregon’s top bryologist, to explore the woods of the Mount Pisgah Arboretum and...
It was very cool to have past UO PhD Physics student and now SDSU professor, Matt Anderson, speak last Friday on his work with Learning Glass, a system he developed for teaching, so that...
We didn’t provide any design advice in this event, but we did supply materials. Check out the Passive Solar Hot Box Competition going on at the south side plaza of the EMU this week. ...
Hanging out with Mark Blaine, Stephen Johnson, and others from the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication at the Media Center for Science and Technology’s workshop on photogrammetry. I was particularly excited...
The National Association of Rocketry annual meeting was at the Kennedy Space Center this year. It’s a chance to meet up with educators and hobbyist involved with space related projects. This year was extra...
I was very happy to see that Charles Kimmel (UO Emeritus Professor – Biology), a retired board member of the Eugene Natural History Society where I am a current board member, received the Oregon...
It is always so awesome to see what some of our most talented UOregon community members are up to. Here we have a set of tessellated laser cut-outs made by one of them for...