Homely Scientist

If you’re teaching science at home and need excellent curriculum resources, you need to know about The Teaching Company. So far I have ordered three courses from them:

Dark Matter, Dark Energy: The Dark Side of the Universe
Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality
Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy

Every single one of these has been excellent and I plan to order many more. They have courses on history, philosophy and a few math courses as well.
For those parents who have a particularly difficult time with teaching science at home, and especially if your kid is …read more

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Illustration Credit: NSIDC
The National Snow and Ice Data Center here in Boulder has collected data from the 2007 melting season and discovered:
At the end of the melt season, September 2007 sea ice was 39 percent below the long-term average from 1979 to 2000 (Full Press Release).
These guys watch the ice from all over the planet using satellites with microwave radiometers along with meteorological satellites to get an idea of how much ice there is. Then, as the year progresses, measure how much of it is melting or growing.
In the northern hemisphere, as fall begins, the melting season ends …read more

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Okay, now that my initial feelings of weirdness have passed and I’m feeling a little more comfortable in someone else’s house, I guess I should introduce myself.
My name is Tony Darnell and I’m going to be your new blogger. As you may or may not know, Tris has moved on to other opportunities and I’ve offered to carry on this blog.
I’ve been blogging on AstronomyBuff since January, and one of the reasons I decided to blog for b5Media was I really enjoyed this blog. I felt like it was well-written and cared for, and it had a theme …read more

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<Knock on door>
“Hello?”
<Tentatively crack open door and press my face between the door and the frame>
“Hello? Is anyone home? I’m Tony, the new blogger, I’m just gonna put my stuff in this corner, OK?”
<Open door all the way and walk in>
This is so strange.
I mean it, this is weird. Logging into and then posting on someone else’s blog that has been cared for and written on for years…
Well, the only thing I can tell you is that I feel like I’m wearing a pair of pants that I knew someone just died in.
Tris is fine, of course, that’s …read more

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