The Science Museum

Last Friday, after work, Victoria and I went to the Science Museum. This is a state of the art location with lots of interactive exhibits. Children of all ages will enjoy this visit that includes: prehistoric animals, laws of Newton, a tropical forest, a planetarium, and lots more. The planetarium will take you away to the Universe, from where you will see 'The Milky Way ("La Vía Láctea") where our solar system is, as well as many other. The tropical forest will make you believe you have been transported to the Amazon, where the vegetation is dense and rain is very common.

I know my friends Wanda, from Luquillo, Puerto Rico, and Dina, from Gainesville, Florida, both Science educators, would enjoy this visit enormously. And it would be very hard for them not to stop at the store to look at and buy some educational Science books with experiments they could try with their students. Solar toys are also available here.

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Notes on Beyond Crossroads: Implementing mathematics standards in the first two years of college (2004) will be coming in on Monday. This is a document from the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges that in the same way as the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (mainly for K-12 education) presents standards to guide mathematics education at college level.

Acknowledgement: The picture of the Van de Graaff generator was taken by Victoria Martín.