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Looking Forward to 2024!
Stay tuned for exhibits, presentations and interactive workshops for 2024. In 2023, The Science Jar (tm) is thankful to have had the opportunity to do exhibits, displays and interactive exhibits and workshops at The Milford Public Library, The Clinton-Macomb Public Library, St. Clair County Public Library, and the Center Line Public Library. An interactive workshop was conducted at the CLPL and a two day interactive educational display at the 2023 Earth Fair. Stay tuned for the 2024 calendar of events as it develops. Some respond with "ewwwwwwwwww" others with "cool!" Regardless, it is through The Science Jar (tm) that many people learn for the first time that cyclops do exist! that rotifers play important roles in our fisheries! that vorticella are amazing for bioengineering and that stylonychia are a ciliate that can actually crawl as well as that these microorganisms are important for natural water clean-up of natural detritus and pollutants that end up in our waters as well as human health and medical advancement. The microorganisms this project are focused on may be small but they are important and I am looking forward to a 2024 filled with events! Stay Tuned!
Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 11:00AM. The Science Jar is Returning to The Center Line Public Library again this year with an interactive activity for students. There students will have the opportunity to explore a water sample from area ponds, rivers, lakes, etc. or water samples from the same that they have collected on their own and brought with them as well as prepared slides. Some microscopes will be provided; participants if they have their own are encouraged to bring their own along with their own water sample that they got out in nature and collected! Please pre-register by contacting the Center Line Public Library! The Center Line Public Library is conveniently located right off of I-696 and Van Dyke Ave. at: 7345 Weingartz St., Center Line, MI 48015. Phone No.: (586) 758-8274. Limited spots will be available. April 26 and April 27th! June 1st: 10am-4pm This event is put on by the Clyde Historical Society and the Thumb Land Conservancy. It is at 5080 Wildcat Road in Clyde Township. Hope to see you there! June 15th to June 30th.
For the second year in a row, the Science Jar will have an informative photo
display of freshwater microorganisms at the Milford Public Library from June 15th to June 30th. Milford Public Library is located at: 330 Family Drive, Milford, MI 48381. If you pop in please do check it out! You can't miss it when you enter the library! Afterward, I recommend going for a nature walk at Kensington Metropark by the nature center!  Observation, Research, Education, Inspiration. . .
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Types of Events that The Science Jar (tm) does and is available for: A) Informative Photo Displays. These are displays of photos of freshwater microorganisms observed in the jar throughout the years and captured by yours truly along with accompanying acryllic placquards that include some random information about them as far as the roles they play in the ecosystem, their value in research and other ways they are important (such as with wastewater, human health research, bioremediation etc etc) that I have obtained through extensive reading of scholarly research articles on these microorganisms. These are usually put on at local libraries which have display cases or other convenient ways of setting up such a display. B) Interactive Workshops. These are hands on workshop with student groups or clubs or other organizations which are nature related to allow individuals the opportunity to use microscopes to look for freshwater microorganisms on their own from either The Science Jar itself or from their own water collections that they bring in to the workshop. Historically these have been done at the Center Line Public Library. They usually last 1-1.5 hours. C) Interactive Displays. These are a combination of photo, video and brief hands-on opportunities for individuals. These are usually done at bigger events like Earth Fair in Goodells County Park (the second annual one of that already happened this year; and there is one coming up June 1st as well at the Thumb Heritage Festival. See the event set-up from Earth Fair to get an idea. Thank you to everyone who came and stopped by The Science Jar (tm)'s interactive display at Earth Fair 2024 at Goodells County Park and there were a LOT over the course of the two day event April 26th - April 27th (read more about the day and see what was observed in the Status section).   Hope to see you next year or at other events coming up! 
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