We live in exciting times. We need to understand and engage. I don't see the minutae of the matter when I bleed, but they are there, fighting infection, those white blood cells. These red and white blood cells are magnified 3,000X. With the digital image capturing techniques paired with light microscopes, what we can now see and scientists can study is absolutely amazing. The future well-being of the United States and beyond depends upon continuing
innovation in the development and use of advanced technologies and we need to understand these things and teach our children how to engage in this work of science, math and technology.
As a mother, I care about the health of my family and the larger health of those beyond. Junior League women in California had a vision which led to the establishment of The Tech Museum of Innovation in Silicon Valley. The institution is an educational resource with a mission to engage people "in exploring and experiencing technologies affecting their lives, and to inspire the young to become innovators in the technologies of the future." That part of the country has become a hinge to our future.
The museum is opening the BodyWorlds2 exhibit September 27. Two of my children - but not me - saw this fascinating exhibit of real human bodies preserved by Plastination when it was in NYC when we lived there. I'm sorry I missed it and now live between the two coasts. If you are near, go. If not, visualize these matters.
photo: Zooming Into DNA, The Tech's Understanding Genetics
Those would be great places to go on field trips. Very interesting.
Posted by: ooldqueen44 | September 28, 2007 at 12:41 PM