SciVee Members,

If you have not noticed, I just wanted to mention that you can now attach files to your discussions and blogs. I have attached some storyboard files here to test out the feature.



Thanks,

Apryl

Welcome to the SciVee blog. I am one of the founders of SciVee and hope very much you are enjoying the site. There is a small group of us at SciVee and goal is simple - to excite as many people as we can to what science has to offer. Namely, an explanation for the things that surround us - from the tinniest inner most workings of our own bodies, to the distant reaches of the universe. Traditionally, such excitement (if there was any) came mainly from school text books. I suspect that the tipping point (had to get that phrase in somewhere) that made many of us become scientists was not from those books, but from the enthusiasm of science teachers and those laboratory sessions that allowed us to explore first hand the principles that govern our existence. It was the opportunity to ask the question “why or how….” and then be able to explain it through an experiment. A favorite example of mine came when I asked my daughter’s third grade class how do we know there is atmospheric pre...

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