http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org Bringing the wonders of the New York Hall of Science to the World! Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:29:01 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/virtual-visit-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Virtual Visits with the New York Hall of Science » Blog Archive » Virtual Visit Team in Action! Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:17:35 +0000 http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/virtual-visit-programs/#comment-9 [...] Here are some pictures of the Virtual Visit Explainer Team delivering the program “Sophisticated Shadows” to a Kindergarten class in Long Island New York. [...] [...] Here are some pictures of the Virtual Visit Explainer Team delivering the program “Sophisticated Shadows” to a Kindergarten class in Long Island New York. [...]

]]> http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/virtual-visit-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Virtual Visits with the New York Hall of Science » Blog Archive » Water on Mars! Fri, 15 Dec 2006 23:07:02 +0000 http://virtualvisits.edublogs.org/virtual-visit-programs/#comment-2 [...] The recent discovery of further evidence that liquid water exists on Mars has me very excited because of the connections it has to our Virtual Visit Unit Search for Life Beyond Earth. In this program we study extremophiles (microbes) that live on earth in intense conditions and see where in the universe we may find similar conditions. One idea we study is the how, on earth anyway, liquid water is fundamental for life and that when we find water we often find life in some form. [...] [...] The recent discovery of further evidence that liquid water exists on Mars has me very excited because of the connections it has to our Virtual Visit Unit Search for Life Beyond Earth. In this program we study extremophiles (microbes) that live on earth in intense conditions and see where in the universe we may find similar conditions. One idea we study is the how, on earth anyway, liquid water is fundamental for life and that when we find water we often find life in some form. [...]

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