Author Archives: peggy

You don’t have to find dinosaur tracks to practice a little science.  Just look outside and see if you can explain what you are seeing.  Don’t make it too hard.  And don’t worry about observing something for the first time.  … Continue reading →

To see how science works, imagine you discovered two sets of dinosaur tracks. Also pretend that you are the first person ever to see these dinosaur tracks. You start with a simple question – which is the bigger dinosaur? You … Continue reading →

Have you heard of the “scientific method”? You have a question, you develop a hypothesis, and test it with careful experiments; and, based on these experiments, find out if your hypothesis is true…or something like that… Scientists often write papers … Continue reading →

I thought it would be useful to start a Chief Scientist blog. Although I am writing this, you will see that I will have help from others here at GLOBE and also from students who read it. To start, I’ll … Continue reading →