CA Scores Below National Average in Science
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CA Scores Below National Average in Science
The numbers are in. Science scores in California are some of the lowest in the nation. View the data from N.A.E.P., the National Assessment of Educational Progress here. At CuriOdyssey, we are addressing that very issue for kids in our community. Â Here, kids interact with real, natural phenomenon (physics) at a very young age. In…
Read MoreOutdoor Adventures Camp: Tide Pools
Educator Cat Brett shares photos from CuriOdyssey’s Outdoor Adventures summer camp trip to the tide pools at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. #SciencePwr Photos by Science Educator Cat Brett. Interested in our camps and workshops like these? Click here for more information.
Read MoreScience in Our Lives
The benefits of scientific research are applied all through our lives. Medical Science Do you or someone you know use tools for bending light to see? We mean glasses of course. How did this tool come into being? Problem-solving minds circa the early 1200’s are to thank for the glasses we know today (see link…
Read MoreChild Development Research
At CuriOdyssey, child development research is on our radar. We use that science superpower for good in everything from our exhibit design to classroom activities. It is our pleasure to share great child development discoveries with you. Gardener or Carpenter Are you a ‘gardener’ or a ‘carpenter’ parent? Based in a plethora of research, what Dr.…
Read MoreAnimal Classifications: Mustelids
Read on to learn about how we organize the world’s animals. Highlight: Meet a mustelid during our First Friday Family Night, March 2nd, 2018 from 5p-8p! What is taxonomy and what do mustelids have to do with it? Taxonomy is the classification of plants and animals, and Mustelids are a subcategory in the animal classification system…
Read MoreFive innovators you’ve never heard of
Give it up for these innovators in science! We have these five creators, researchers and inventors to thank for very disparate things – like the discovery of the Plesiosaur, raincoats that keep us dry and the piano to keep us entertained!  Read on to find out which incredible minds we have to thank – and…
Read More5 surprising facts about your tongue
1) Your taste buds tell your brain what food tastes like. Your tongue has bumps called “papillae,” and each of them is covered by “taste buds.” Each taste bud is made up of 50-100 gustatory receptor cells that send messages to your brain about what your food tastes like. The receptor cells can sense sweet,…
Read MoreTurkey Vultures urinate on their legs (and other things I learned at Curiodyssey).
This post is a guest blog by Curiodyssey’s 2014 Keeper Apprentice, Angela Krall Three years ago, I was finishing up my Bachelor’s Degree at a small school in Wisconsin, expecting to be accepted into veterinary school and move into the next stage in my life. Then I was hit with the hard truth: veterinary school…
Read MoreSaving Humpty Dumpty with Science
One of the most popular children’s nursery rhymes is the tale of Humpty Dumpty. Most of us even know the rhyme by heart that begins, “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall…” And we all know what happens to the protagonist in the end – he breaks and can’t be…
Read MoreAnimal Stories: Ferrets
This post is third in a series about our animals who are former pets, like our skunk and desert tortoises. Ferrets are often confused for being a legal pet in California, but have you noticed that you cannot buy one from a pet store or adopt one from an animal shelter in California? This is because…
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