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How do you capture a solar flare on the Sun?
-A specially filtered lens
-A cellphone
-A cell phone holder
Here's a quick demonstration! Please don't mind the over-exposure of light when I take the phone off the telescope 😂
By visible surface area, this particular flare is about 350x the size of Earth (including the dark gaps). Just to make you feel small.
I've watched this flare for the past two days, and here's how it changed in 24 hours:
HUGE swell.
New images from Sidewalk Science Center today, where we debuted a few new experiments and demonstrations!
This was the 391st session of Sidewalk Science Center.
We're proud to host free educational experiences every single week! We currently have 25 experiments and demos in our rotating lineup, as well as our sidewalk astronomy nights that account for about 50% of our outreach.
If you're able, please consider donating to our end-of-year fundraiser to help prepare us for 2023:
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SCIENCE EDUCATION NONPROFIT FUNDRAISER POST
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Hey everyone, I run a science education nonprofit in Florida called Sidewalk Science Center. I created SSC back in July 2018, and to this day, host FREE sessions of science experiments, telescoping, and other forms of science outreach 3-4 days per week. We do this at playgrounds, parks, beaches, outdoor malls, and other public spaces.
The mission of SSC is to provide regular and reliable access to educational tools and resources in public spaces. As of this writing, I have personally hosted free sessions of SSC a total of 390 times, as well as more than five dozen private events for families, the Girl Scouts, schools, and other organizations. In mid-November, I saw my 50,000th visitor!
We're in the middle of our end-of-year fundraising campaign. We have a goal to raise $5,500 by December 31, 2022. These funds will cover all of our expected business operation costs for 2023. As of this writing, we have raised $1,932.54, which is 35% of our goal. This amount alone covers all of our website, email, insurance, printing, and data storage costs for 2023, plus some of our physical and online marketing costs for the upcoming year.
One of our larger purposes for doing this is to increase scientific visibility, literacy, and overall engagement. Science is often relegated to schools and museums, but where else do we encounter it on a day-to-day basis, actively thinking about and practicing it? By placing SSC in spaces where people already visit and congregate, we hope to help improve the interest, support, and ability in science literacy throughout all levels of society.
In 2023 we will also start gathering volunteer educators to operate standard SSC sessions. We will also offer paid positions through our volunteer base, as a significant source of our revenue comes from paid private events. All educators will take our self-designed training courses that cover performing public science outreach, public science communication, and how to navigate and maintain civil discourse with pseudoscientists and misinformation in public spaces.
Going forward, we want to open regular SSC locations around the state of Florida, the US at large, and eventually, the world. Creating these spaces has been an incredible experience that truly impacts the communities we serve, and levels the playing field for underprivileged communities, allowing everyone to use resources and have experiences they otherwise might not have access to at home or even school.
Please consider making a donation to help cover these 2023 expenses (viewable on the donation page). A minimum of $5.00 is required using the DonorBox.org form, but you can also support us on Patreon for any amount.
Disclaimer: while recognized as a nonprofit in the state of Florida, Sidewalk Science Center is not yet federally recognized as a 501(c)(3) corporation. We are actively working to achieve this designation. As such, any contribution you provide is NOT tax deductible at this time.
Website: www.sidewalksciencecenter.org
FEIN # 92-0360191
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Thank you for your support. One day, you might come across a Sidewalk Science Center in your own town! Right now we are headquartered in Bradenton & Sarasota, Florida. We are in the works to create a west coast tour in October of 2023, with plans to go through Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego during our trip to watch the October 14th Annular Eclipse at Crater Lake. Maybe we'll see you there!
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We have a future to create.
If you live near Bradenton or Sarasota, Florida, and love astronomy, science, or teaching people in general, we're looking for volunteers and paid educators to bring free educational experiences to visitors in public parks!
Visit our Careers Page to learn more.
Hi everyone, Alex Martin - founder of Experience Daliona & Sidewalk Science Center here. June 12th marks an important day for me: this year marks 17 years since I began writing science fiction novels. Because of them, I went on to create Sidewalk Science Center in July 2018 after a long series of events: growing up, college, and even moving a thousand miles from home.
To celebrate June 12th, I try to engage in community service outside of Sidewalk Science Center, usually by doing a community or park cleanup. As we work to implement this into a company program in the next few years, I want to extend this to a full week leading up to June 12th, and I want to invite you to engage with me.
The challenge: next time you're on a walk, or a hike, take a bag and pair of gloves with you, and pick up trash you come across. Take pictures of yourself, your kids or friends, then send them our way, and we'll post them to celebrate, help others, and in the coming years, learn about environmental conservation and alternatives to everyday products & habits, as well as impacts our societies have on Earth and its wildlife & ecosystems.
Thank you for your continued support through the years, and keep an eye out for our upcoming programs! You can also hire us for a private event at www.experiencedaliona.com/hire-us, or purchase our science kits and my sci-fi books at www.experiencedaliona.com/online-store
We have a future to create.
To all our endeavors,
Alex
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The Sidewalk Science Center table will always be free, in every city it goes to. But now you can bring home the experience and take your science education to a whole other level.
Do you often say, “Science isn’t my thing,” or, “I’m bad at math,” or, “I was never good at science.”
This kit might be for you.
Do you often feel you’re being forced to learn in a style that doesn’t fit you? Do you like seeing concepts, but need help putting together equations? Do you feel like you need a new system of education that empowers your strengths and recognizes your individual learning needs? Do you often feel left behind in your science classes?
This kit might be for you.
Is school making you never want to see another math or science class again? Do you think science is cool, but you haven’t been able to explore it too much? Are you majoring in a field of study outside the sciences?
This kit might be for you.
No matter your background, no matter your social or financial status, there is a way for you to engage with science and develop a deeper understanding of the world around you. You don’t need to be studying science to be interested in it!
Check out my brand new kits that will help guide you to experiencing a new scientific concept with every 100% interactive, hands-on module. And at the end of each, you’ll find a challenge that will test your knowledge and intuition!
Learn about Experience Daliona’s mission, see Sidewalk Science Center for yourself, and grab a t-shirt to help spread the word!
The 2023 Sidewalk Science Center Showcase! Highlights from through the past year showing off experiences thousands of people have had at Sidewalk Science Center in Florida.
City stargazing is for friends!
We had an excellent Sidewalk Astronomy session in downtown Sarasota last night. The views of Saturn were short-lived as the ringed planet is now falling behind buildings, but Jupiter and Mars are still excellent for viewing!
Mars, you can currently see an ice cap and darker regions of planitia (planes) on the surface. Be on the lookout for the red planet this Thursday as Earth passes it by in our orbit around the Sun!
Sidewalk Science Center is proud to bring free educational experiences to public parks and spaces every single week! Consider donating to our 2023 fundraiser to help prepare us for the upcoming year's business operation expenses. We are 40% of the way to our goal of $5,500.
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