Please consider joining us for Wolf Science Café - this year to be held at American Pie Pizzeria in Carrollton. Our first talk promises to be a hot one!

February Wolf Science Cafe

WSC January 14, 2019 - Bitcoin and Blockchain

December 2018: Stream Restoration

Join us on Monday to learn more about what it means to do stream restoration and how students at CCS are working alongside professionals to engage with the local watershed.

STEM Fest

Science of Solar Power

6:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Monday, October 8th
Red Rock Room @ Hudson Mills

202 Bradley Street, Carrollton, Georgia

The goal of the Wolf Science Café is to provide a platform for sharing current issues in science and to introduce ways that members of Carrollton and the surrounding communities can be better informed. Open to all age groups.

Science of Solar Power

Image Courtesy of The Georgia Tech Website

Ajay Upadhyaya, Senior Research Engineer and Professor at Georgia Tech

Learn About The Science of Solar Power with Dr. Ajay Upadhyaya

Join us on Monday, October 8th to learn more about Solar Power!

6:45 with talk starting at 7:00 pm with Dr. Ajay Upadhyaya

The Red Rock Room at Hudson Mills

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Solar Power Basics

How many of us actually understand how solar power works?
This article gives a run down of the basics in solar power.

Why Solar Power?

Click the link to find out.

References

E. (n.d.). Why Solar Energy? Retrieved from http://www.engineering.com/SustainableEngin

eering/RenewableEnergyEngineering/SolarEnergyEngineering/WhySolarEnergy/tabid/3893/Default.aspx

Photovoltaic Array Fundamentals. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://etap.com/renewable-energy/

photovoltaic-array-fundamentals

The basics of solar power. (2015, September 16). Retrieved from https://rgsenergy.com/how

-solar-panels-work/the-basics-of-solar-power/

Learn about Chlamy with Dr. Mitra - tonight at 7:00 pm

Join us tonight to learn more about Chlamy!

6:45 with talk starting at 7:00 pm with Dr. Mitra

The Red Rock Room at Hudson Mills

Microscopic World of Chlamy

This short YouTube video shows live chlamy through a microscope.

The Basic Structure and Reproduction of Chlamy

This article describes the basic structure of chlamy and illustrates the descriptions with diagrams. It also discusses the many ways in which chlamy reproduces. Chlamy are able to reproduce both sexually and asexually depending on their environment at the time of reproduction.

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What Makes Chlamy Unique?

The following article begins to investigate the advantages and uses of chlamy based on its unique animal and plant characteristics.

References

Sharma, D. Chlamydomonas: Position, Occurrence and Structure (With Diagrams). (2016, February 04). Retrieved from http://www.biologydiscussion.com/algae/life-cycle-algae/chlamydomonas-position-occurrence-and-structure-with-diagrams/21052

MetaMicrobe.com/Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. (2014, September 30). Retrieved from http://www.metamicrobe.com/chlamy/

T. (2011, October 01). Chlamydomonas (Chlorophyta). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzzK0IE3h7c&feature=youtu.be

Chlamy ("Green Yeast"): A ROCK STAR Biology Teaching Tool

September 10, 2018 (Monday)

6:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Chlamy ("Green Yeast"):

A ROCK STAR Biology Teaching Tool

Dr. Mautusi Mitra
Associate Professor of Biology
College of Science and Mathematics
University of West Georgia

Red Rock Room @ Hudson Mills

202 Bradley Street, Carrollton, Georgia

Physics Demo Night @ UWG

Thought I'd share this info from our Physics faculty regarding an upcoming demo-

You and yours are cordially invited to Physics Demonstration Night, August 31st 7:00 - 8:30 pm , in the Crider Lecture Hall of the Math-Physics Bldg (Boyd) Room 203.  

This year's theme is Electricity. Demonstrations may include: Electrified hot dogs, pickles, pickled pigs' feet, and queen olives.  Also, the million volt zap cane, a 600,000 volt van de Graaff generator, levitating metal, the exploding wire, and more.  

Demo Night is free and open to the public, and suitable for ages 5 years and up. An early arrival is advisable.

Sponsored by The Georgia Space Grant Consortium/NASA  & the UWG Physics Dept.
physics@westga.edu           
678-839-4087

Presented by Dr. Javier Hasbun & Dr. Ben de Mayo.

Weather Twists and Turns

Please join us for our first event of the academic year on August 13, 2018 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm. We are looking forward to an exciting talk by Dr. Bill Murphey, the State Climatologist with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division.

To learn more about the Georgia EPD and the office of the State Climatologist



Upcoming Academic Year

Summer greetings! We hope you have been out enjoying nature and maybe catching up on some much needed down time. Our first speaker of the 2018/2019 Academic Year will blow your socks off....at least his talk on severe weather might!

We will continue our second Monday of each month, from 6:45 - 8:00 pm in a new location. The Red Rock Room at the Hub @ Hudson Mills has graciously agreed to host the Wolf Science Café and has a great space for us to learn new science and catch up with old friends. Our speakers will start promptly at 7:00 with talks ranging from 30 - 45 minutes, and follow up with questions.

Be on the lookout for our exciting line-up of topics and please remember to share and like us on Facebook/Instagram!

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