Philadelphia boasts several wonderful institutes and museums that bring the history of science alive. The locations are throughout the city but provide the visitor with the ability to step into the world of science from a different vantage point. One such location is the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia. The Institute began in [...]
Conference goers will certainly find themselves drawn to the Mississippi River. As NSTA participants stand along side the river and watch the amazing flow they will also have a chance to ponder the levee system. The Mississippi River system drains and transports sediment from over thirty states and parts of Canada. The flooding of the [...]
New Orleans is rich in geological history. Authors Donnald McNabb & Louis E.”Lee” Madère, Jr. open A History of New Orleans with a discussion of the interrelationship of the Mississippi River and the local topography, which vexed early explorers as they sought to situate a city: “[A]lthough New Orleans’ situation is geographically magnificent, located at the mouth of [...]
As we prepare to welcome our science colleagues to New Orleans, Louisiana French Quarter there are so many discussions we can have. To begin we consider the location. New Orleans is “not so firmly” placed facing the Mississippi River with its back to Lake Pontchartrain – really an estuary – that is as large as [...]
