Hey guys, it's Adventure Van here with a blog post about a three part event I went to today! Well, it had multiple parts past that, heading over a 200, but I only got to sign up for 3. Bummer. However, I went to one about going to mars, one about HTML coding, and one about Invasive Species, all of which will get their own paragraph below. But first, about the event and St. John Fishers.
The Event was described in the official description: "Approximately 1500 students will attend seminars and exhibits presented by Rochester area colleges, industries, scientific-societies, and medical facilities. Participation in SED is a unique experience that will stimulate each student’s interest in the various science fields and create an awareness of career opportunities.Junior high and senior high students will be signing up for the same program.If it is more convenient for your school to enroll them separately, please fill out a copy of the form below for each group."
The first course I went to was about whether or not humans would ever be able to get on Mars, let alone colonize it. Taught by Tara Sweet from Nazareth College, it was about how we could get humans to live on Mars. How will we make sure they survive the trip to get there? And how do we deal with the physiological barriers to space travel?
The second course was a basic HTML tutorial on destining a website. (Not like you use HTML for much else anyway.) It was fairly simple, including basic things other then the <html> <head> <body> codes, with things like <font>, <br>, <img src> and customizing the <head> and <body> codes. We also used Animation Factory for images, (don't worry, it doesn't download viruses, just looks like it would.)
The third course was about invasive species in the NY area, ranging from Giant Hogweed to Asian Long Horned Beetles. Unfortunately for for the entire world, Invasive Species are hard to see, hard to prevent, and almost anywhere instead of their normal environment will have no predators. We also found out about the iMapInvasives app, which lets you report and see invasive species in the NY county area, as well as other places besides us.
If you want to see the topics there were, check them out here!
Adventure Van, science-ing out!
