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Forgot to mention
Toot! Toot!
On February 28th in our posting here, we congratulated all of the winners at the District 1 and 2 North Carolina Student Academy of Science and at the Northeast Regional North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair. They did an excellent job! However, now that look back on those winners, we realized that all but one of the various winners from Districts 1 and 2 were either advised by or mentored by A Time for Science.
Of course we are proud of the students, but we are also excited that we could be a small part of their success and we look forward to future science fairs.
Getting Ready for the Summer
In preparation for the summer Science Camps A Time for Science is pleased and proud to announce the installation on April 15th of six computers in its Visitor and Meeting Center facilities. Four desk-top and two lap-top computers were donated to ATFS by Metrics, Inc. and the folks at America’s Choice Computers, Inc. in Ayden have provided extensive IT support to install operating systems and basic office applications software as well as to render the units compatible with the satellite internet connection available at the Center. Finally, a little “Jack-leg” carpentry and painting by Director Bray provided the benches in the two classrooms.
These units will definitely benefit the campers at both of the Summer Science Camps being offered. “Get a Jump on Science Fair” is designed to provide the motivated participant a chance to complete a quality science fair project over the course of the summer vacation. The “Biodiversity – My Favorite Place” camp is designed to utilize digital photography and artistic rendering of digital images to inform and to impress upon the participant of the beauty, complexity, and importance of diversity in Nature.
Earth Week Activities
It’s TIME to join us in a GREEN celebration of Earth Week by participating in any of the following activities. These activities are in alignment with our partnerships and participation with Take a Child Outside (T.A.C.O.) and The International Year of Biodiversity 2010 (IYB). Note, A Time for Science is a partner with IYB 2010, see here. All events will start at our Nature and Science Learning Center, see directions to A Time for Science here.
 Osprey at Bray Hollow |
Monday Morning Bird WalkMonday, April 19 See our report on this activity here. |
 Southern Cricket Frog at Bray Hollow |
Wednesday Evening Frog WalkWednesday, April 21 See our report on this activity here. |
 Love A Sea Turtle |
Sunday Run and Nature WalkLove a Sea Turtle 5K Run and Nature Walk See our report on this activity here. |
These activities are also available in a flyer, here.
Congrats to GO-Science!
Everyone at A Time for Science sends congratulations to our friends and colleagues at
With your new place in Greenville to call home we now look forward to your
continuing contributions to science education efforts in our area.
As we continually say here at ATFS:
To be part of the 21st Century
we must make A Time for Science now.
Girl Scouts in the Grasslands
Girl Scouts in the Grasslands
On a weather-perfect day – a welcome change from the colder and wet days the winter months have brought – Beaufort County Girl Scout Troop 871 under the leadership of Jennifer Alligood spent Saturday March 27 at the ATFS Center learning about habitat restoration and wildlife management and putting their new found knowledge into practice around the Bray Hollow Nature Conservancy. To maintain grassy habitats on the Conservancy lands without burning it is necessary to rid these areas of the tree seedlings, saplings and early growth shrubs before they overwhelm the open grassy areas.
The girls first formed a line and performed a FOD (Foreign Object Detection) walk across a section of field spotting and marking the locations of such items as pine and gum seedlings and saplings and shrubs such as groundsel, wax myrtle and bayberry. They then paired up with shovels and spades to remove the invaders by the roots.
A hearty picnic lunch at the ATFS Science Center and a couple of nature walks around the Conservancy allowed the girls to experience nature in an historical setting at the confluence of Little Contentnea and Contentnea Creeks where, according to local legend, the colonial explorer John Lawson encountered the Tuscaroras. The girls will return in April to continue their work.
This project is also in conjunction with a Conservation Project for Ms Alligood’s Biology II Class at Beaufort Community College. A PowerPoint presentation will be on display at Beaufort Community College on Earth Day and will remain on display throughout the remainder of the month of April. Check out all the pictures on the Media page.