Growing up in Mobile, Alabama, Lonnie Johnson was fascinated by how things worked. He learned the basics about electricity from his dad and learned to repair household items. From dismantling his sister’s dolls to building his own go cart out of scrap metal and a lawn mower engine, his curiosity about engineering and physics continued…
Month: June 2020
YCITYSCI Spider Fun Facts
Today’s blog post is brought to you by Sami Murphy. We hope you are excited for YCITYSCI’s summer activities to kick off this week! This week our activities will revolve around the app Spider Spotter. This is a citizen science app that helps collect data on spiders and their webs. To start our Spider…
Learning about Citizen Science
Did you know that scientists need your help? Sometimes researchers collect so much data they can’t even begin to look it all by themselves. That’s where you come in! Researchers can use citizen science to have future scientists (like you!) comb through mountains of data that otherwise would be impossible to analyze. This week’s activities…
Y-CITYSCI Summer Plans with the Beet Box
Today’s blog post is brought to you by Sami Murphy. The Y-CITYSCI team has created a series of activities for you to participate in over the summer. Throughout the summer you can go to the Madison County Beet Box stop at Soup n Share to pick up the one-pager activity for that week. If you…
