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Mangroves in Action
This summer, Digital WAVE is all about what we can do – what we can do for our environment, what we can do in our homes and schools, and how we can create a better future. Through our virtual world, … Continue reading
Posted in For Students, MiaSci at Large
Tagged Digital Wave, Mangrove Action Project, Martin Keeley
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Tracking Green Energies at the Museum
Climate change is a global problem, and will take global collaboration between nations and innovative “green” technologies. But what can we do about it as individuals in our own homes, schools, and communities? This summer, Digital WAVE students have been … Continue reading
Posted in For Students, In the Museum
Tagged Digital Wave, Energy Tracker, Snap circuits
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Miami Youth Offer Scenarios for Global Sustainability
Scientists gather all the time at conferences and meetings to share ideas, research, and discoveries. But how often do high school students get to actively participate in these meetings – especially ones with global consequences? This week, scientists and world leaders … Continue reading
Posted in For Students, In the Community, In the Museum, MiaSci at Large, Partnerships
Tagged ASTC, Chabot Observatory, Experimentarium, Fiocruz Foundation, Kankhomba Secondary School, Macau Science Center, Madatech, Maloka, MIDE, Museo della Scienza, Museu de Vida, Questacon, Rio+20, SCEnaRioS, Science Center Singapore, SciPort, TechnoMuses, UNESCO
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Digital WAVE – Family, Friends, and Cake
At the end of every Digital WAVE session, we celebrate the students’ accomplishment with students, Museum staff, invited families and friends … and of course, chocolate cake! At our recent Family Event at the end of this year’s spring session, students presented the … Continue reading
Posted in For Students, In the Community, In the Museum
Tagged Anne Kolb Nature Center, Annmarie Eldering, Arthur Mariano, Digital Wave, Maloka, NASA, RSMAS, SCEnaRioS
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Get Renewed (Energy) at the Museum
In recent times, energy is always discussed with the adjectives “green,” “renewable,” or clean.” Scientists are always trying to find new ways to generate energy from sources that will not “run out.” For example, we have a practically endless supply of sunlight … Continue reading
Posted in In the Museum
Tagged AirPod, Energy Dance Floor, hydrogen fuel cell, kinetic energy, MDI
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Fly Over a Virtual South Florida
Imagine you are flying above Florida, looking down at the winding (and in some places straight) Kissimmee River, the enormous Lake Okeechobee, the patchwork quilt of farmlands, the watery green Everglades, and the urban sprawl of houses and roads. For those … Continue reading
Posted in For Students
Tagged Climate Change, Digital Wave, Everglades, Kisssimmee River, Lake Okeechobee
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Reclamation Project on Care2!
Art. Science. Mangroves. These three words are not usually put in the same sentence. But they are the core ideas behind the Museum’s Reclamation Project, which has a singular goal to help reclaim south Florida environments for nature. As part of the … Continue reading
How to Build a Remotely Operated Vehicle
Museum staff always work really hard to find ways to inspire young people, and our visitors, in science and the world around them. But we love being inspired by someone teaching us something new too. Recently, Erica Moulton of the … Continue reading
Posted in In the Museum, Partnerships
Tagged ITEST, MATE Center, National Science Foundation, ROV
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Science Can Find You if You’re Lost at Sea
Many young people wonder… How do I take what I’m interested in, and turn it into a career? For Dr. Arthur Mariano, it was a a simple love of fishing and being on the water that sparked his career. He is … Continue reading
Reclaiming Highland Oaks Park for Nature
There is a constant battle in many places between the environment and human activity, and south Florida is one of those places. But on Saturday May 12th, the Museum’s Reclamation Project took steps to help the environment win the battle. With the help … Continue reading