Education

Thursday Talk Features Dinosaur Expert Ralph Chapman at The Hive in White Rock

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Photo: Paleontologist Ralph Chapman at a recent event at the Bradbury Science Museum. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

LAEN News:

The public is invited to attend a free presentation by paleontologist Ralph Chapman titled, Virtualizing Dinosaurs: Problems, Strategies and Solutions, (from dinosaur bones to images and models.

The talk is hosted Jointly by LAEN  (Los Alamos Entrepreneurs’ Network) and The Hive (community hacker space.)

  • When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9
  • Where: The Hive, 134 State Road 4 in White Rock (just east of the Metzger’s gas station.)

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Summer Family Evening Features Duck Buddies

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PEEC News

Live ducks are coming 6:30 p.m. Tuesday August 7 to PEEC!

Sallye Sibbitt of the Duck Buddies comes to PEEC to talk about ducks: what they eat, how their anatomy helps them swim, their lifespan, their place in the environment and more. She’ll also tell all about the ducks that live at Ashley Pond, and she’ll have hands-on items and projects, and live ducks, too.

Free to member families, $5 donation to Duck Buddies for non-member families. Read More

Local Actors Perform in Missoula Children’s Theatre Production

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Members of a cast of local actors performed in a dress rehearsal July 25 for the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of Beauty Lou and the Country Beast held July 28 at Crossroads Bible Church, 97 East Road. Missoula Children’s Theatre is sponsored by the Los Alamos Arts Council and is funded in part by Los Alamos County. The theater group comes to town with the set, lights, costumes, props and make-up—everything it takes to put on a play. The team holds open auditions and casts 50–60 local students, who rehearse throughout the week and present a public performance. Housing was
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LAHS Cheerleaders Offer Car Wash Today

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Los Alamos High School cheerleaders wash a Los Alamos County fire truck this morning. The cheerleading squad will be washing cars until 2 p.m. today (Aug. 4) at the Shell Gas Station at Oppenheimer and Trinity Drive. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos High School cheerleaders are washing cars for a $5 donation until 2 p.m. today at the Shell Gas Station at Oppenheimer and Trinity Drive. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com

 

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Clark & Kendall’s Weekend Preview: Aug. 2, 2012

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 Los Alamos Daily Post Publisher Carol A. Clark and Webmaster/Reporter Greg Kendall. Photo by Karen Kendall


The week’s preview is sponsored by www.fyila.com.


Fort Building 3:30–5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3 at PEEC  
Come to PEEC and get building!  On the first Friday of every month, join other kids who like building forts (and their parents) to build, play, and hang out in your new place you created!   Parents must stay and supervise their children. Free. No registration required.


Enchanted Parks Photographic Exhibit at Mesa Public Library
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High School Bus Loop and Landscape Project Update

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LAPS News:

Several construction workers are building forms for the new high school sidewalk. Courtesy/LAPS

Work on the Los Alamos High School bus loop and landscape project is moving forward at a quickening pace.

New sidewalks are being installed along Smith Auditorium and P-wing. A new drainage system will be installed in the parking lot corner of P-wing and Smith.

In addition, the entire parking lot will be seal coated and re-striped. Building forms for the new high school sidewalk are being formed.

Landscaping of the high school is also underway. A retaining wall will be built along the sidewalk Read More

Michelle Hall Receives 2012 Excellence in Geophysical Education Award

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By Carol A. Clark

Local scientist Michelle Hall has received the 2012 American Geophysical Union Excellence in Geophysical Education Award.

The American Geophysical Union Excellence in Geophysical Education Award is the AGU’s top prize recognizing career accomplishment in education.

This award recognizes and honors Hall for her “sustained commitment to excellence in geophysical education. She is an educator who has had a major impact on geophysical education and has made a long-lasting, positive impact on geophysical education through her professional service. Hall has distinguished Read More

Bradbury Science Museum Gets Martian Fever

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Artist’s conception of the Curiosity rover on Mars. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Public invited to Curiosity rover landing party Sunday night at new Mars exhibit

Curious about Curiosity, the SUV-sized rover scheduled to touch down on Mars on Sunday? Then come to an opening party for a new exhibit this Sunday at the Bradbury Science Museum at 15th Street and Central Avenue in downtown Los Alamos.

The public is invited to the special opening reception at 10 p.m. Sunday Aug. 5 to celebrate Los Alamos National Laboratory technologies aboard the six-wheeled mobile science laboratory.

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