science

My coworker's daughter wants to do a science fair project about a balanced aquarium. Knowing my knowledge in the hobby, her mother came straight to me. I proceeded to explain all the requirements including proper water chemistry, preparing the water for the types of fish it will house, airation...

Here's another TED Talk that I just watched....it had some interesting comments about teaching and communicating science. I've realized that I'm often the "Actually" person that he talks about....That's definitely a habit I need to fix! :) But, I loved the way he presented the story about...

Well... He tried.. and seems a little disappointed. Thanks to Arlene for the Shellies to study for his school's science project. Not sure why he wasn't graded better, but evidently we did not have Cichlid fans do the judging. He received a pink ribbon (yeah pink for an 8 yr old boy.. lol). The...

Hello everyone... Need a little help. My little guy got all excited about entering a Science Project at school (he's 8). Since he went to the expo last year he has been buggin' me for "shellies" as he refers to them. I thought a cool project would be to put together a small 10 gallon or 20...

I was flipping channels and came across this amazing show about the African Rift Lakes. Fantastic HD video of Cichlids guarding their young, etc. It was on Science Channel, a show called Mutant Planet, episode called African Rift Lakes. On Comcast in Montgomery county MD, it is on...