Sharing Science With Wisconsin
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater August 24-30, 2020 Good Morning, As summer winds down and school districts begin gearing up for a (possible) virtual 2020-2021 school year, the task of converting in-person science outreach experiences to virtual experiences becomes even more important. Sharing science with Wisconsin may look a bit different this year, but the Wisconsin Idea signifies that education should …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater: August 17-23, 2020 Good Morning, Just a quick reminder that anyone can join the UW–Madison Science Alliance: university or college scientists and students, outreach staff, K-12 educators, parents, lifelong learners, or anyone interested in science outreach. We welcome your participation, ideas, and support. -Liz Jesse (Biotechnology Center; and Division of Extension, Wisconsin 4-H) …
Explore the Unknown! For August 12, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, On Saturday afternoon my daughter Claire (15) and my son Will (13) trundled into the van and headed out on a road trip. The general idea is a clockwise tour roughly along the arc of the old …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater August 10-17, 2020 Hi Everyone, This past week two white pavilion tents went up on Henry Mall, one on the roadway in front of Old Biochem, and the other in the roadway of one of the crossing roads. The tents were not put up on the lawn because of turfilogical reasons. They …
Explore the Unknown! For August 5, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, Watching on Twitter yesterday the first video of the explosion & shock wave in Beirut immediately transported me back to July 2016 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the Maritime Museum there, and its haunting & harrowing …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater August 3-10, 2020 Hi Everyone, We slide into August as the rate of change in daylight speeds up. The days, though long, grow shorter and shorter. A lot of other things will change fast in the next four weeks, a month that is usually known for family vacations and regular preparations for …
Explore the Unknown! For July 29, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, It is high summer, is it not? The corn is tall and tasseled, the double harvest of winter wheat is done with the grain in the bin and the Rumpelstiltskin-worthy straw in six-foot biscuits of gold …
July 27, 2020 UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater Hi Everyone, The covid epidemic has closed UW–Madison’s indoor science venues that for at least 140 years have formed a constellation of Destinations for Exploration that welcome the public to come experience science as exploring the unknown here at Wisconsin’s land-grant research & extension university. Many of our outdoor …
July 20, 2020 Science Alliance Updater 51 years ago today two Apollo 11 astronauts set foot on the Moon. July 20 was a Sunday and the date of the annual Schulte Family Reunion in Petrifying Springs Park in Kenosha. The Eagle landed in the mid afternoon but the actual setting foot on the lunar surface didn’t come til later …
Explore the Unknown! For July 15, 2020 Please share this missive with your friends & neighbors. Hi WN@TL Fans, When I was in high school I worked weekdays 3-6 pm at the Dixon Public Library as an assistant janitor. Among my routine chores was the weekly dusting of the bookshelves of the current collection on …