Water Poetry

by Sylvia

In training the other day we wrote haikus and poems for the water exhibits. Sit back, relax and let the words flow…

tiny starts to life
are you aware of yourself
float, gasp, push along
plankton ballet

water spins freely
knob turns clockwise, drain closes
h2o still spins
nourishing wind

cold liquid flutter hypnotic
wavy sustenance
nourishing wind

equilibrium
periodic tremor
defies gravity
geysers

sweep across
coldness
drawing
patterns light
and dark
change liberating
meanderings

vortex, Doug Hollis
Leonardo daVinci
great minds think alike
vortex

spin quickly stare watch question turn wonder compare slowly touch pat ball
turbulent orb

go turn wispy world
big marble ball
mixing pattern
reflection
run!
joyful dawn
turbulent orb

turbulent orb spins
melts, fades, rushes by so fast
can I take a ride?
turbulent orb

Me… Jane

by Sylvia

I thought this was a lovely interview with Jane Goodall and two children’s book authors that wrote and illustrated books about Jane’s life. Jane Goodall talks a lot about how her interest in science developed through close observations and curiosity about the world around her. My favorite story is about how she hid in a chicken coop for hours because she wanted to see for herself how a hen could lay something as strange as an egg. Enjoy!

“Jane Goodall’s Childhood Fascinations”, New York Times article (and check out the video!)

3rd Annual Bike to Work Breakfast!

by Ann Bartkowski

May 12, 2011 marked our 3rd annual celebration of Bike to Work Day with our delicious pancake-fueled ride! The SEATS and Stratocumulus Lenticularis Perlucidus Praecipitatio rose and shone bright and early at 7am at Annie’s house for a delicious carbo-loaded breakfast. (Much like our everyday routine!) Then it was off to the energizer station for more carbs and loads of schwag before heading to work right on time!

Above: Team Cloud (minus Annie) modeling their fancy patches!

Below: Team the SEATS (without Whit), showing off their custom tees!

Above: Explainers bike down Chestnut in a pack of glory.

Above Above: Hotcakes!

Who’s in the Egg?

by Ann Bartkowski

In preparation for the annual awards dinner, a giant space egg has descended upon the skylight of the museum. Where did it come from? Where is it going? And what new species will hatch from it?

Current Theories:

1) This egg represents the birth of science knowledge. Lady Gaga will emerge forth from it when we are least expecting it during dinner.

2) It is a giant bouncy ball which will be used as a method of facilitation our guests’ exodus at the end of the night–a la Indiana Jones and the boulder.

3) There is an enormous ping pong paddle under the rotunda and that the whole “awards dinner” is just a cover for the Guinness Book of World Records Largest Ping Pong Tournament ever played.

If none of these theories seem plausible, please feel free to submit your own.