Every November millions of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. Since we are obviously big fans of science and math, this is a great opportunity to look at some of the numbers behind the big holiday. After all, metric accounting is a great way to answer today’s big question: What are the numbers behind Thanksgiving? Listen to this Question Your World radio report produced by the Science Museum of Virginia to learn more.
Humans have had relationships with many animals including the current hot topic of the science world, honeybees. The bee population right now is experiencing some pretty drastic changes so knowing our relationship with them is more important than ever. With that said, let’s tackle today’s big question, when did we start using bees? Listen to this Question Your World radio report produced by the Science Museum of Virginia to learn more.
Talk about road trips! How does 14,000 miles round-trip sound?
That’s the journey ahead this month for members of the Tuxedo Pandas, a Virginia FIRST Robotics team based in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg area.
The Steward School’s Bryan Innovation Lab hosted Gary Stager, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Constructivist Consortium and co-founder of The Maker Movement on Tuesday, November 10.
As technology and scientific research progresses we see more and more options on how to better power large groups of people. While countries around the world are all trying to become the first to go 100% green energy there are still some major steps necessary to make that a reality. Perhaps this new approach to powering the future rests in the hands of states and cities? Is this even possible though?
Humans and animals have had quite the relationship. Throughout the years we’ve used animals to serve many valuable functions in our lives ranging from food to companionship to research and beyond. However, in an ever changing climate pattern there could be new uses for animals in our lives. Maybe better understand climate change by studying insects. Can bugs predict climate change? Listen to this Question Your World radio report produced by the Science Museum of Virginia to learn more.
