2019 Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair is almost here!

Have a passion for STEM education? Then join me in supporting the Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair taking place at Fair Park on Saturday, Feb 23rd.

If you have a science, technology or engineering background, consider judging! The more judges we have, the better!

If you can help with general activities (e.g., assisting with check-in, directing participants, assisting with the STEM Party, etc.), please sign up. We can always use more volunteers!

If you are just interested in supporting our students, in seeing all the amazing, imaginative things they create, come on out between 5:30 and 6:30pm for public viewing of the projects and awards!

For more information or to sign up to help, go to www.drsef.org.

Road Trip Highlight: Mars Insight Lander

Check out @NASAInSight’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1067244283688669184?s=09

On our annual trip to New Orleans for our anniversary, usually focused on fresh gulf oysters and other seafood, NOLA music scene and interesting/unique adult beverages, one of the highlights this year was geeking out on coverage of the successful landing of NASA'S Mars Insight Lander.

As it was getting time for the lander's descent into Mars atmosphere, we were next door to a Starbucks so we grabbed a few lattes and settled in to watch streaming video live from NASA. It would have been way cool if we could have found a bar that would tune in the landing on one of their TVs but it was still pretty exciting watching on the small screen.

Congrats, NASA!

365 Days After Totality Over Marshall, MO, 2057 Days till Totality Over Dallas, TX

One year ago, I stood in awe watching something I'd never seen before, a total eclipse of the sun. It was an awesome adventure - plenty of information on that in previous posts - but for that I had to travel all the way to Marshall, MO.

In a little less than 6 years, I will walk outside my back door and have the opportunity to see the same thing. As with the eclipse of August 21, 2017, the one on April 8, 2024, will cross a significant portion of North America, this time slicing north east from South Texas to Northern Maine, providing millions of people the opportunity to see such a rare sight.

Stay tuned...