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What you don’t know can’t hurt you?

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

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What about what you can’t see?

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"A wood or heathland Ant, Formica fusca, holding a microchip" from Microcosmos by Brandon Broll.

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Brandon Broll’s Microcosmos: Discovering the World Through Microscopic Images from 20 X to Over 22 Million X Magnification features stunning images of what we can’t see with the naked eye – and may cause you to pause before lending your pen to someone during flu season.  You can see 24 images from the book, including the ant with microchip shown above, by clicking here for a post on melondymaker’s posterous blog.

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A Mystery in the Milky Way

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

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Bubbles erupt in the center of the galaxy.

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Bubbles – a “previously unseen structure” –  are erupting in the center of the galaxy, and scientists don’t know why.  Read about it from the New York Times here or from NASA here.

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Humans Observing & Protecting the Planet

Friday, November 5th, 2010

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HOPE

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The PSTA Annual Convention will be December 1-3 with the theme of Humans Observing & Protecting the Planet (HOPE).  This conference also offers several excellent field trips.  A tour of the Indian Echo Caverns will educate visitors about the Indian Echo Caverns geology, history, and limestone formations.   To see examples, you can check out pictures on their website photo gallery. The Indian Echo Caverns website also includes an article about the ecology of caverns and how what we do above ground affects what is below ground.

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If you’d like to take your students on a geological adventure, Science Companion offers a virtual field trip – a Virtual Rock Walk – to learn about the glaciated rock and sedimentary deposits of Indiana.  All of the virtual field trips offered on our website are free and are also posted on Scribd.  Or email us at team@sciencecompanion.com and we’ll gladly send you the PDF file through email.

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