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Construction progress continues.
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Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture’s design for the Powerhouse Science Center re-envisions a historic riverfront structure as a hub for science education, exploration and promotion in the City of Sacramento. On the banks of the Sacramento River, the Science Center grows out from an abandoned power station building. As a principal component of the Riverfront activation, the Powerhouse Science Center anchors Robert T. Matsui Waterfront Park and borders the southern terminus of the 32-mile American River Bike Trail.
Vacant for over half a century, the structure undergoes a complete historic rehabilitation and the construction of a new floor level inside. A new two-story addition projects from the east side, containing a lobby, classrooms, offices and a cafe. A 110-seat planetarium is prominently on display with a zinc-clad hemispheric dome rising above the building’s mass. As representation of our place in the universe, the facade and building mass is sectioned by multiple planes, creating continuous vector lines that extend across the building and site. From satellites to world landmarks, the lines form connections with local and global points of interest.
The original PG&E Power Station B was designed in 1912 in the Beaux Arts Style by architect Willis Polk and was formally closed in 1954. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, California Register of Historic Places and the Sacramento Register of Historic & Cultural Resources. The Powerhouse Science Center is designed to achieve a USGBC LEED Rating of Silver.
Photo by Otto Construction.
Our new NASA solar system mission, #Dragonfly, will send a rotocraft-lander to explore Saturn's moon, Titan! Why Titan? This ocean world is unique in the solar system, with organic compounds that could teach us about the origin of life itself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBqDiHbfUsI
Behind the scenes in the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Studio.
May 30th, 2013
One of our first outings in Los Angles was to The California Science Center, but more importantly the Samuel Oschin Air and Science Museum to see the space shuttle, Endeavour.
The museum was full of kids on field trips, and Sam was just as excited as they were to see the space shuttle. If not more.
Metrocentre Maintenance Manager Fred Sillett checks out some Multivits, Boots, Metrocentre.
Hidden Science Map Event, Metrocentre, Gateshead.
Contact: hiddensciencemap@sciencecouncil.org
Photo: John Millard
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Aperture Science Group photo challenge - something you avoid. And that would be cooking. I do not enjoy trying to put together an elaborate meal in the evening after a long day at work, but eating out every night is expensive and tiresome, not to mention just plain bad for my body. I'm trying to strike a balance between what is easy, tasty, and healthy. Judging by the labels, you'd think I was succeeding. All those brand names are so proud of me.
We took Madrigal into our department's Baby Lab to be in her first experiment today! She did great!
She's wearing a NIRS cap - basically, there are little lights that shine into her skull and based on what reflects back to the sensors, they can tell how much oxygen different parts of the brain are consuming, which gives them a picture of which brain areas are most active!
(Photo from my husband's iPhone)
These are pictures of a science demonstration done by a professional in front of young students from across Indiana at Indiana Adventist Academy.
Like something from a fairy tale, Caisleán Bhiorra (Birr Castle) sits, ivy- and rose-covered, amid the greenery of its expansive gardens. Today, 50 hectares (123.6 acres) of parkland, formal gardens and waterways are administered by the Birr Scientific and Heritage Foundation and are open to the public. In addition to having an interest in botany, the 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800 – 1867) was an astronomer. His wife Mary Rosse, Countess of Rosse, was a pioneering photographer.
For the associated PhotoBlog post, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/like-a-fairy-tale-bir...
The Ensley Branch Library's afterschool Science Club continues its experiment on how to make electricity. This week students made a nine cell battery with the help of Elinor and Winfield Burks.