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October 2016
STEAMBOAT Challenge
Students in middle and high school build a boat out of recycled materials that runs on steam created by the heat of a tea candle. They race against each other in two-team heats in side-by-side, water-filled lanes, and the top finishers race in the finals. Awards are given in two categories, Junior and Senior. The next steamboat challenge is scheduled for Oct. 15, 2016. Registration deadline is Oct. 1, so sign up today! Sponsors: ASHRAE, O’Brien & Gere, Lockheed Martin,…
Find out more »Junior Cafe Scientifique
TACNY Junior Café Scientifique: Fluid Dynamics @ Museum of Science & Technology Oct 15 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am Scott D. Reynolds, of M/E Engineering, and Robert Morris, a partner at R.H. Morris and Associates, will lead a discussion aimed at middle school students about computational fluid dynamics and how they relate to the CNY Steamboat Challenge from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the MOST, 500 S. Franklin St., Syracuse. Computational fluid dynamics is one of…
Find out more »Math Explorer’s Club Cornell University Grades 8-12
Join the club and learn some interesting math. mathexplorerclub
Find out more »SU Lecture Lynsey Addario
Lynsey Addario is an American photojournalist who regularly works for The New York Times, National Geographic and TIME. She traveled to Afghanistan in 2000 to document life under the Taliban and has since covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Lebanon, Darfur, South Sudan and Congo. Her bestselling memoir, “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War” (Penguin Press, 2015), is the basis for a movie to be directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Jennifer Lawrence. Addario is…
Find out more »Restoring the Giant Tortoise Dynasties of Galapagos
Dr. James Gibbs The Dale L. Travis Public Lecture Series will present “Restoring the Giant Tortoise Dynasties of Galapagos” on Tuesday, October 18, 7:30 p.m. at the Gateway Center on the SUNY ESF campus. ESF Professor James Gibbs will discuss his work on the tortoises of the Galapagos Islands. Dr. Gibbs, an internationally recognized scientist, has traveled to the Galapagos over 45 times to collaborate with the Galapagos National Park to restore populations of giant tortoises and the important ecosystem…
Find out more »What’s Hidden in the Bog?
Oct 21, 2016 @3:30 pm - 4:30 pm What's Hidden in the Bog? Uncovering Microbial Diversity in Peatlands This event in the fall 2016 Natural Sciences Seminar Series will feature L. Jamie Lamit,postdoctoral research fellow at Michigan Technological University. The full title of the event is: What's hidden in the bog?: Uncovering Microbial Diversity in the World's Peatlands Through High Throughput DNA Sequencing. Join us at the Natural Science Seminar Series to learn about the active science research programs at…
Find out more »Math Teachers Workshop Cornell University
Great talks for math teachers See flyer for more info: agendaoct29
Find out more »November 2016
STANYS Annual Meeting
CONFERENCE INFORMATION WHERE IS THE STANYS 121ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE HELD? The STANYS Conference is held at the Riverside Convention Center in Rochester. WHAT DO YOU GET FOR YOUR CONFERENCE FEE? Dinner on Saturday and Sunday evening and one Subject Area Breakfast (Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Environmental, Physics) or one special luncheon (Intermediate, Elementary, NYSSELA, Retiree, College). $2 coupons will be included in the Conference Program that can be used Saturday 1 p.m. -- 5 p.m., Sunday from 8:30 a.m. –…
Find out more »SU Lecture James Corner
Thursday, Nov. 10th – 7:30PM at Hendricks Chapel Designer of the Manhattan High Line James Corner is founder/director of Field Operations in New York City and an internationally recognized landscape architect noted for his innovative approaches toward landscape architectural design and urbanism. His work is renowned for strong contemporary design across a variety of project types and scales, from large urban districts and complex post-industrial sites to small, well-crafted design projects. Among his notable works are the widely acclaimed High Line in…
Find out more »CNY Build ‘Em and Bust ‘Em
The Central New York Bridges: Build ’Em and Bust ’Em bridge building competition provides 4th – 12th grade students a hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activity. This event gives students an opportunity to test their ability in engineering, teamwork, and design. Each team builds a balsa wood bridge to test the strength and durability of their design. Awards are presented to the four top teams in these categories: Category I – Grades 4-6 Category II – Grades 7-8…
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