Today is World Bee Day. This is a day to recognize, and spread awareness of, the importance of bees to the plants and animal of this world. There is a website dedicated to World Bee Day where you can learn more about the ways to celebrate bees. Some suggestions are: visit with a beekeeper to…
Month: May 2019
International Museum Day!
International Museum Day is the 18th of May. This is a day organized by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) with the objective of raising awareness of the fact that, “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation, and peace among peoples.” The theme for 2019…
John James Audubon
World Migratory Bird day was Saturday, May 11. To celebrate the research of great ornithologists (scientists who study birds), the STEM Center is featuring John James Audubon as this week’s STEM Like Me scientist. Audubon was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter who was the first to document 25 species of birds. One of his…
World Migratory Bird Day
Saturday, May 11 is Migratory Bird Day. This year’s theme is “Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution”. Visit the World Migratory Bird Day or Migratory Bird Day websites to learn more about this theme and why it’s so important to reduce our the amounts of plastics we use, reuse plastics when possible, and…
Daniel Pauly
Daniel Pauly is a French-born marine biologist known for his work in studying human impacts on global fisheries. Pauly grew up in Switzerland as a live-in servant until he ran away when he was 16 to put himself through school. His work at his high school and working with disabled people for a local institution…