Category Archives: Backyard Science

Simple observations or experiments you can do in your backyard or at your school.

The Community Cloud Atlas

Posted on 05/15/2013 by Jessica Mackaro

This week we have a guest blog post from GISN member Angela Rowe and colleague Nick Guy.  Angela and Nick created The Community Cloud Atlas during April 2013 after years of marveling at the vast variety and nature of clouds.  Angela … Continue reading →

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Full Length Mississippi: Defining the basin as a cultural and political landscape part I

Posted on 04/10/2013 by Jessica Mackaro

This week we are continuing our Full Length Mississippi series with Mike Link and his wife Kate Crowley.  Mike is the retired founding director of The Audubon Center of the North Woods in Minnesota, an author of 24 books, a published … Continue reading →

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Full Circle Superior Part IV: Changing Superior, Changing Industry

Posted on 11/01/2012 by wordpressadmin

This week we pick back up on our Full Circle Superior Series.  In 2010 Mike Link and Kate Crowley chose to walk around the largest fresh water lake in the world – Lake Superior which has shoreline in both Canada … Continue reading →

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Full Circle Superior Part I: Point Samples

Posted on 08/08/2012 by wordpressadmin

This week we take a look at Lake Superior through the eyes of Mike Link and his wife Kate Crowley.  Mike is the retired founding director of The Audubon Center of the North Woods in Minnesota, an author of 24 … Continue reading →

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Wow, it’s hot!

Posted on 07/11/2012 by wordpressadmin

This week we have a guest post from Dr. Kevin Czajkowski.  Dr. Czajkowski has been lead of the University of Toledo GLOBE partnership since 2001. It continues to be really hot in the central part of the US. The thermometer at … Continue reading →

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