by Barbara Spalding | Jun 26, 2015 | Articles, Scientific Discovery
“That’s Disgusting!” Between shrieks of “Ew, that’s disgusting!” and “Hey, check this out!” the Academy of Natural Science has successfully launched an amazingly engaging and totally gross exhibit for all ages in Animal...
by Barbara Spalding | Apr 22, 2015 | Articles, Scientific Discovery
Earth Day 2015 – It’s Our Turn to Lead Earth Day is here! The observance falls on April 22nd every year. This year marks the 45th anniversary of Earth Day and with it comes a great hope that we are finally starting to see real change in how communities and countries...
by Barbara Spalding | Nov 5, 2014 | Articles, History, Politics & Geography, Scientific Discovery
Women’s Scientific Pioneer by Mark Spalding I was thinking the other day that there must be some interesting things happening in November other than Thanksgiving (that’s an easy one that I’ll talk about in a later post). I was wondering if any interesting people...
by Barbara Spalding | Jan 29, 2014 | Articles, History, Politics & Geography
What is “World Culture”? In our global society it has never been more important for our children to learn about and embrace the cultures of our world. This past weekend, my family and I had the great pleasure of celebrating the Chinese New Year at The Penn Museum in...
by Barbara Spalding | Jun 9, 2013 | Articles, Scientific Discovery
Chemistry is cool, often depicted as chemical explositions or forensic science in movies and TV. Without having access to laboratories, parents often don’t know how to encourage or introduce chemistry to their children. Chemistry takes patience and can be...
