"Mars and Opportunity rover" Tour guide: Hajime Nishimura (JAMSTEC)/ Yan Lauria (Abyss Observatory and Education Portal) Date/ Time: 8th June (Sat), 2019 at 7 am PDT/  14:00 GMT/ 23:00 Japan   Location: Start from Mars field of Explorer Island  TP to Mars Victoria Crater Bonus: Astreroid Ryugu and Hayabusa2, International Spaceflight Museum (You need to […]

Title: Tour of the Geology Museum and discussion of Bill Schmachtenberg's current and past research ABSTRACT:  A few years ago, James Madison University gave Bill Schmachtenberg (Dae Miami  SL) permission to create a virtual geology museum on their sim. Unfortunately, the JMU campus on SL shut down. The Science Circle stepped in and has generously […]

A Tour of Chemistry Lab Experiments in Second Life We will take a tour of Chemistry World, a landscaped island with space for pre-lab training, a chemistry building with briefing room and, most importantly, lab facilities for students to complete two virtual chemistry experiments. I will explain the ways that the SL environment enables us […]

Get up with us! Up to the coast and waters of the Sub-Arctic that is. All at The Abyss Observatory. I don’t know if you’ve noticed but the Arctic has been in the news a lot recently. They’ve had a heatwave with above freezing temperatures on the very northernmost shores of Alaska. Why is this […]