What do you get when you mix telescopes, presentations, a planetarium, and hundreds of people on a cold January night? At Jacksonville University you got a Super Blood Moon Watch Party! A big thanks to Jacksonville’s Museum of Science and History, the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society, and Jacksonville University’s Physics Department, Office of Research and […]
How do you weigh a 760 Ib manatee? Go behind the scenes with Jacksonville University’s The Science Of… and watch the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens manatee rehabilitation team load Frankie onto a stretcher and hoist him into the air. Then celebrate as the team joins members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to […]
How do you take an X-ray of a 760 Ib manatee? Go behind the scenes with Jacksonville University’s The Science Of… and watch as the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens medical team X-rays, sonograms, and takes blood during a medical evaluation of Frankie the manatee, and see the X-rays of his healing ribs. The Science Of… […]
Did you know that Cahokia was the largest population density north of Mexico until Philadelphia in the 1800’s? And that trading reached far and wide, all the way to the Mill Cove complex in what is now now Jacksonville Florida? Join Dr. Keith Ashley, University of North Florida Assistant Professor of Archaeology as he shares […]
Shelby Danielsen of First Coast News shows new TSO… footage and talks to Lucas Meers and Anthony Ouellette about the mission of The Science Of
Manatee bones are extra heavy and dense, and yet they fracture more easily than your bones. Check out this fractured bone and learn what Dr. Gerry Pinto and Lucas Meers have to say about it. Resource links Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Florida Manatee Program Where can you see manatees in Florida? Information for […]
Watch students and faculty from Jacksonville University, The Foundation Academy, and The Bolles School make drifter buoys and track ocean currents with NOAA satellites. Resource Links Transcript More information about the drifters in the video Jacksonville University The Foundation Academy The Bolles School JU Students Voyage Atlantic Ocean Through Tracking Buoy River Life: How […]
Get a preview of the stories in parts 2-8 of this Florida Sea Turtles video series. This video series is comprised of the individual chapters from our full-length Sea Turtles… Threats and Solutions feature for easier viewing. Sea Turtles can use all the help they can get. Learn about efforts to conserve these animals (and […]
Is Nanotyrannus lancensis actually its own species, or just a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex? Hint: teeth matter. Join Paleontologist Mike Triebold as he explains a bit about this controversy at the Darwin & Dinosaurs exhibit at the Museum of Science & History in Jacksonville, Florida. Continue Reading below to view all Darwin & Dinosaur videos and resources. Transcript […]
Follow Pip the endangered loggerhead sea turtle as she leaves Ponte Vedra Beach as a young hatchling, grows to be a magnificent adult that must elude sharks, and migrate vast distances in order to come back to the beach she hatched on to start a new generation of loggerheads in part 7 of our Florida […]
Highlighting nature, science, and technology with Northeast Florida connections. English and Spanish closed captions are available. Watch through the credits to see additional footage like dinosaur assembly.
