Kids Science Challenge
I hope that by now all Pulse of the Planet fans have checked out our latest project – the Kids Science Challenge
http://www.kidsciencechallenge.com
Yesterday our team – Tim Hawkins, Brett Barry, Nicole de la Parte and I met with a number of the Kids Science Challenge (KSC) scientists in Whyville, our partner virtual world. There’s a KSC Clubhouse on Whyville, and our scientists give live chats in Whyville’s Greek Theater. A treat to see a virtual Jill Tarter – head of SETI, rubbing elbows with a virtual Paul Schmitt, godfather of skateboarding in the US. There we all were – cartoon avatars, replete with beanies – learning to “chat”. Whyville kids wandered in, figured out what was going on, and started asking Adina Paytan about water quality and Doug Vakoch about how to communicate with aliens. Michael Bream (Gravity Skateboards) was wondering how his avatar could deep-six its virtual tie. And in the midst of it all, a Whyville Sarah Palin replicant wandered through muttering Palin-drome non-sequitors like, “I can see Russia outside my backdoor window!” Doug Vakoch will give the first KSC Whyville Chat on Friday October 17th at 3 PST, (6 PM EST). Hope you can be there.
Here’s the rest of the chat schedule:
Friday, October 17: Doug Vakotch
Tuesday, October 21: Joan Harvey
Wednesday, October 22: Michael Bream
Tuesday, October 28: Adina Paytan
Wednesday, November 5: Joan Harvey
Tuesday, November 11: Seth Shostak
Tuesday, November 18: Paul Schmitt
Tuesday, November 25: Adina Paytan
Tuesday, December 2: Michael Bream
Tuesday, December 9: Joan Harvey
Tuesday, December 16: Jill Tarter
Tuesday, December 30: Adina Paytan
Tuesday, January 6: Joan Harvey
Tuesday, January 13: Paul Schmitt
Tuesday, January 20: Nathalie Cabrol
Tuesday, January 27: Adina Paytan
