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Dive into the Subnivean Zone
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Have you ever watched a fox jump and dive headfirst into the snow? It can be an amusing sight,...
Sara Thompson
Jan 26, 20232 min read
Flying High with Bessie Coleman
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Bessie Coleman was born in January 1892 in Texas. She was the tenth of thirteen children in...
Sara Thompson
Jan 18, 20233 min read
Webb Telescope Just Getting Started
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Named for the second NASA administrator, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched...
Sara Thompson
Jan 18, 20232 min read
Thanks to Our 2022 Volunteers
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Celebrating 40 Years of Science! We were excited to open our latest exhibit “Explorit Rocks!”...
Sara Thompson
Jan 18, 20232 min read
Salty Winter Experiments
By Sara Thompson Special to Enterprise Image by Sarah McClelland If you need some fun activities to entertain children during school...
Sara Thompson
Dec 23, 20222 min read
Gliding Along on a Cutting Edge
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Ice skates were developed around 5000 years ago in Finland and were made from animal bones....
Sara Thompson
Dec 16, 20223 min read
Getting to the point on horns and antlers
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Headgear, ornamentation, cranial appendage: whatever you call it, the structures that many...
Sara Thompson
Dec 11, 20223 min read
40 Years of Community and Giving
By Sydney Sullivan Special to the Enterprise Explorit is thrilled to announce Giving Tuesday is nearly here! Giving Tuesday is a global...
exploritsc
Nov 25, 20222 min read
How do fish survive winter?
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Fish are cold-blooded animals, meaning they cannot regulate their own body temperature and...
Sara Thompson
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Get to know Marie Curie
Image from The General Staff's Lithographic Institution Stockholm, obtained from Wikimedia Commons.
exploritsc
Nov 11, 20223 min read
Stegosaurus emerges from fossil record
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise Stegosaurus is one of the most recognized dinosaurs that has ever lived. Its shingle-like...
exploritsc
Nov 7, 20223 min read
Simple science makes jack-o’-lanterns spooky
Image credit is guides.brit.co.
exploritsc
Oct 28, 20222 min read
Sara Thompson
Oct 21, 20223 min read
Get to know Ada Lovelace
The attached image is a watercolor portrait of Ada King, Countess of Lovelace. Provided by the Science Museum Group, Wikipedia Commons.
exploritsc
Oct 16, 20222 min read
Pumpkin parts inside that shell
Image credit is Brad Beattie, obtained from Wikimedia Commons.
exploritsc
Oct 7, 20222 min read
Look up for International Observe the Moon Night
Logo by NASA and obtained from Wikimedia Commons
Sara Thompson
Oct 6, 20223 min read
How do you like these apples?
Image credit: kiwico.com
Sara Thompson
Sep 23, 20223 min read
A Warm Welcome to Explorit’s New Board President
By Sarah Allen-Sutter Special to the Enterprise Explorit is thrilled to officially welcome to the team our new board president, Dr. Ken...
exploritsc
Sep 12, 20223 min read
Join Us for ‘Explorit Rocks!’
By Sara Thompson Special to the Enterprise After two weeks of waiting, we have opened our new exhibit Explorit Rocks! over Labor Day...
Sara Thompson
Sep 6, 20222 min read
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