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!

Food Safety and Public Health

Engaging with the Hooch

Please join us on April 9, 2018 at Gallery Row for our monthly meeting of the Wolf Science Café. Our speaker this month is Hannah Bradford of the Chattahoochee River Keepers. As always, this is a family friendly event that starts at 6:45 lasting until 8:00. Please come and be engaged with your fellow science enthusiasts!

Chattahoochee River @McIntosh Preserve

Children's Orthopaedic Research

Rescheduled Wolf Science Cafe

Rescheduled Event!!

 

Inside Cybersecurity

The Backyard Astronomer

Dr. John Hansen has been a chemistry professor at West Georgia for the last 21 years.   He has been an amateur astronomer for the past 40 years. While he was an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he studied planetary atmospheres using the 15.4 inch Clark refractor housed at the Washburn Observatory.  As a continuation of his activities in astronomy, he has obtained several telescopes that can be setup in the backyard. His primary interests include studying the planets Jupiter and Mars, as well as our neighborhood star the Sun.  During his presentation, he will share images he has taken with rather modest equipment and discuss how anyone with an interest looking upward can develop their own backyard panoramic experience. 


Join us at the Wolf Science Café on Monday, December 11 from 6:45 pm- 8:00 pm.

Come and learn how chemistry relates to cooking

Nanotechnology Reminder

Fall Migration Talk - Reminder

 

Fall Bird Migration Talk

by Ja'Qualen Cameron

We are approaching autumn soon and you know what that means? The Fall Bird Migration will happen soon so come join us on September 11, 2017 for an interactive bird discussion with Melanie Furr from the Atlanta Audubon Society.

This is an excellent time to learn about the factors that effect migration, how to track migration, and making the most out of the bird migration. Many birds including neo-tropical songbirds, kinglets, and yellow bellied sapsuckers will migrate from North America as far south as Peru in South America.

 

Please visit Atlanta Audubon Society if you want to check out more information regarding their efforts to help birds and birding in the greater Atlanta area. One program that the Atlanta Audubon Society promotes is "Lights Out" - an endeavor designed to influence more people in the Atlanta area to recognize the effect that light and buildings have upon bird survival. The program is designed to help reduce the bird deaths caused by building collision.
 

According to the Atlanta Audubon Society:

Lights Out Atlanta is a new program of Atlanta Audubon Society designed to help reduce bird deaths caused by building collisions. Each year, an estimated 350 million to 1 billion birds die in the United States after colliding with buildings. The problem is particularly bad during spring and fall migration.
 

Lights Out Atlanta is a voluntary program encouraging building owners and residential homeowners to turn off or reduce lighting from midnight to dawn during the peak bird migration periods.  Participants pledge to reduce non-essential lighting during peak migration periods of March 15 to May 31 (spring) and August 15 to November 15 (fall). The goal is to create a safe path through Atlanta for migrating birds and to make the City in the Trees a Bird Friendly Community.

 

Eclipse day!!!

In case you are trying to figure out how much of the sun will be 'hidden' in your location, here is a handy web link that gives specific details.

Remember to be safe in your viewing!

 

Eclipse phenomena - from www.greatamericaneclipse.com

From begin to end, the eclipse lasts nearly three hours (including the partial stages) if you are within the narrow path of totality. 

 

There are two general rules for safely viewing solar eclipses:

1. When any part of the Sun is visible, do not look at the Sun without approved solar filters that are used properly. Do not assume that sunglasses, exposed film, CDs, or any other ad hoc filter is safe. Only use approved solar filters such as eclipse glasses from a reputable source. Failure to heed this rule may result in permanent eye damage.
2. During the two minutes of the total solar eclipse, it is indeed safe to look directly at the Sun's corona with your eyes and through binoculars. But when totality ends and it suddenly brightens, instantly turn your eyes away and put your eclipse glasses or filters back on immediately.

More on safely viewing eclipses: http://www.mreclipse.com/Totality2/TotalityCh11.html and http://www.nao.ac.jp/E/file/solar_eclipse_viewing_guide-v1.pdf