Posted inANIMALS ART CARS AND VEHICLES
Boat built in six hours, from free seas to art gallery
College students built boat in only six hours and launched it in Schuylkill River. Now a river mural is painted on its bottom.
Posted inDISABILITY Education HEALTH
Thrives despite non-verbal learning disability
It wasn't easy growing up for this educator. When he was about 10 years old, he got diagnosed with a non-verbal learning disability. He was not picking up cues and…
Inspired art teacher, inspired student art work
JS Jenks Academy for Arts and Sciences Teacher Jon Tietz is motivated to have his students produce good art. And to do that, he regularly integrates math concepts of…
Sword fighting for stage and film
Ken Nichols teaches how to sword fight for the stage and screen (movies) in his swashbuckling course.
Posted inANIMALS Education ENVIRONMENT
Naturalists raise, launch Monarch butterflies
Wissahickon naturalists harvest monarch butterfly eggs from milkweed leaves, feed the caterpillars until they pupate, then release the butterflies for their two thousand mile journey to Mexico forest.
Posted inART Education ENVIRONMENT
Honduran naturalist enthusiastic about nature center
Honduran nature educator is enthusiastic about identifying birds and the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education.
Posted inANIMALS Current Affairs Education
Celebrating the earth, Temple Ambler Earthfest
Temple University Ambler campus hosts Earthfest featuring environmental organizations like See Shepherd, public parks departments, FEMA and more.
Posted inEducation Family PERSONAL GROWTH
High School Graduate overcoming troubles
Elijah Fletcher ran away from the George Junior Republic residential school north of Pittsburgh last July because he was missing home and even missing trouble. That memorable adventure in a…
Posted inEducation ENTERTAINMENT ENVIRONMENT
Entertaining and teaching at Philly Sci Fest Carnival 2016
A Penn Environment representative demonstrates how planting trees will cool the earth and counter global warming using a lamp, a model house and tree and a temperature reading gun. Video…
First Accordion Lesson
Dustin Beck gives your correspondent's wife her first accordion lesson at the Liberty Bellows Accordion Shop in South Philadelphia. We used a Groupon coupon. Watch video here.