In a gymnasium in a school in Long Island City, a bouncy-house planetarium! The idea is brilliant and the show was excellent. (Narrated by Galaxy Quest actor Tim Allen).






District Coach on the Go
03 Aug 2025 Leave a comment
in 277Q, science Tags: astronomy, moon, planet
In a gymnasium in a school in Long Island City, a bouncy-house planetarium! The idea is brilliant and the show was excellent. (Narrated by Galaxy Quest actor Tim Allen).






12 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in art, science, STEM Tags: American Museum of Natural History, AMNH, sketch
I spent two days at the American Museum of Natural History, learning how to incorporate sketching into science. Here are some sketches.
Art

12 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in art, science, STEM Tags: American Museum of Natural History, AMNH, sketch
I spent two days at the American Museum of Natural History, learning how to incorporate sketching into science. Here are some sketches.
Animals

12 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in art, science, STEM Tags: American Museum of Natural History, AMNH, sketch
I spent two days at the American Museum of Natural History, learning how to incorporate sketching into science. Here are some sketches.
Plants


12 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in art, science, STEM Tags: American Museum of Natural History, AMNH, sketch
I spent two days at the American Museum of Natural History, learning how to incorporate sketching into science. Here are some sketches.
Bugs
12 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
in art, science, STEM Tags: American Museum of Natural History, AMNH, sketch
I spent two days at the American Museum of Natural History, learning how to incorporate sketching into science. Here are some sketches.
Day One


10 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in art, science, STEM Tags: American Museum of Natural History, AMNH, sketch
I spent two full days at the American Museum of Natural History, learning how to incorporate sketching into STEM (STEAM?)
Here are some thoughtful slides. I like the “Learning Agreements” slide, which reminds me of our own meetings norms slide.
10 Jul 2024 Leave a comment
in art, science, STEM Tags: American Museum of Natural History, AMNH, sketch
Not the science of sketching (although I did learn some useful techniques) but sketching scientific stuff, like rocks and bugs, at the American Museum of Natural History, for two full days!
They provided each participant with
Strathmore Drawing pad (to keep);
Staedtler Mars Lumograph black pencil set (six pencils) (to keep);
Prismacolor Premier colored pencils (12 pencils) (to use)
Pentel Arts oil pastels (50 sticks) (to use).
We learned about sketching and then went to different areas of the museum to sketch.
14 Jul 2023 Leave a comment
in Brooklyn, science Tags: stalactite, stalagmite, subway
Yes it is true. On the F train at Bergen Street. The ones dripping down from the top are stalactites (quick trick: the “c” is for “ceiling”) and the ones growing up from the bottom are stalagmites (the “g” is for “ground”). Whether they are actually limestone, or even calcium-based, is anyone’s guess.
20 Jun 2023 Leave a comment
in science Tags: Stuyvesant, vaccination, vaccine
Everything I learned about vaccines I learned from the street. (The street outside Stuyvesant high school, that is).