by Brian | Oct 12, 2017 | Change, Education, Making, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
A few years ago (2015) my wife and I were in Christchurch, New Zealand, and we came upon this hands-on Da Vinci Mechanics Exhibit at the Canterbury Museum. I’d meant to share a post about it when we returned and I was reminded of that when I came across the...
by Brian | Oct 4, 2017 | Education, NASA, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
I’ve been posting lately about NASA’s SOFIA flying telescope (Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy) and its upcoming mission to catch the occultation of Neptune’s moon, Triton. NASA has posted more information about the...
by Brian | Oct 3, 2017 | Brian Crosby, Education, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
My flight on SOFIA went off last Monday, but not without a few hiccups. During our mission briefing before the flight, it was explained that our flight path, originally scheduled to head up into Canada, was now headed out near Hawaii. I’m not clear on all the...
by Brian | Sep 17, 2017 | Brian Crosby, Education, High altitude ballooning, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
A few weeks back I travelled with a NASA sponsored team to Idaho to launch high altitude balloons during the recent total eclipse. We sent up various cameras, data recorders and more (even an Idaho potato) to record data and media at high altitude during totality...
by Brian | Sep 7, 2017 | Education, High altitude ballooning, High Hopes Project, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Total Eclipse
I’ve been back for awhile from our Eclipse Balloon Project launches. We’re still processing data we recorded from cameras and data loggers from 3 HAB balloon launches outside of Twin Falls, Idaho, (really from Camas, Idaho), but wanted to share some of the...
by Brian | Aug 14, 2017 | Education, Uncategorized
Image from NASA So there is going to be a solar eclipse in the US … for those lucky enough to live in or travel to the path of totality it will get dark for a few minutes and for others they’ll see (using appropriate, SAFE glasses or other viewing device)...
by Brian | Aug 14, 2017 | Education, Messy Learning, Student Access, Teacher Access
One of the awesome parts of my job is that I get to be part of some wondrous projects. Being part of the Eclipse Ballooning Project is one of those. In case you haven’t heard there will be a solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. It will be a total eclipse for some...
by Brian | May 12, 2017 | Bee-Bots, Change, Coding, Cooperative Learning, Education, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Wikis
Awhile back I (well, the place where I work) was able to purchase 3 Bee-Bot “Hives.” A hive is 6 Bee-bots, a charger plate and a yellow backpack to carry everything around. Once I had them I quickly put together a class for Pre-K – 2 teachers. The...
by Brian | May 8, 2017 | Brian Crosby, Coding, Cooperative Learning, Education, Making Connections With Blogging, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
Earlier this year I agreed to lead two grant funded STEM professional development courses for teachers sponsored by Metairie Park Country Day School, June 7th, 8th and 9th, 2017. The courses will be held at Tulane University in New Orleans as part of the 2017 Math...
by Brian | Apr 11, 2017 | Change, Education
I spent the evening yesterday up at Lake Tahoe helping to plan the events and activities for the March For Science Lake Tahoe and Earth Day celebration that will happen in the Village at Squaw Valley (map) from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 22nd. I was...
