Harris County STEAMers

Do you want help out community be more environmentally sustainable? Come to HCHS on Friday, 4/22, after school from 3:20-4:15 to volunteer to clean up the school. ♻️

Meet in G-13 in Mrs. Moss’s room, and if you have any questions, DM us or remind message Mrs. Moss! See y’all there! 🌎

Mathematician Monday ✖️➕➖➗ Isaac Newton is known to be both a scientist AND a mathematician. He created the theory of gravity and its affect on everything around us called matter. He also came up with Calculus. No, he didn’t make a calculator, but he did find out why math works the way it does. Sir Newton is the reason we know why 2+2=4

You've probably seen this cool guy hanging out on your porch or a tree limb in your yard. Meet the green anole, Anolis carolinensis. These guys are the most common lizard in Georgia. Despite their ability to change between green and brown, they are not chameleons. Their color depends mainly on environmental conditions and can be triggered by mood. You can distinguish the males by the pink to red dulap, throat fan, that they display in territory rivalries or to attract females. These guys are normally arboreal meaning they hang out in trees, but they can be found using human made structures to sun on such as railings, roof tops, and fences. They are insectivorous feeding on many types of arthropods [invertebrates with segmented appendages and body sections]. This is the only native species of anole in the US. Today, there are a few nonnative species as well including the brown anole which has made it's way north from Florida. These guys can range from 5 to 8 inches and lay single, round eggs in moist soil or rotting logs. The young look like smaller versions of the adults.
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To learn about a cool citizen science project going on right now to count anoles in your yard!

Join us at 2:30 PM for our last Zoom of the year. Meet the scientist Cristina Zenato. Cristina has an amazing story of scuba JD cave diving, teaching, mapping underwater cave systems and SHARKS! She even started her own nonprofit www.pownonprofit.org! How awesome is that?

Made a new friend before 10 am.
Meet Mr. Garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis. These guys are super common in backyards of Georgia and can be found under flower pots, old boards, tin and cruising through your garden. You can recognize a garter snake by the presence of 3 yellow longitudinal lines down its body and the checkered pattern on his back. These gals are viviparous, meaning they give birth to live young and can have up to 50 babies at a time. They like to snack on small animals like worms, frogs, toads, salamanders, slugs, even fish and tadpoles!

Today is ! We are gearing up to hear from not one, not 2, but 3 amazing marine biologists today. Our first meeting is with Kirsty Ballard and Rand Romas. Those of you who went to Andros with me in 2017 will remember them as interns at ForFar. Today they work remotely with Manta Trust out of the Maldives. DM for the link/password to this awesome interview!

Tiny green alien? Weapon of mass destruction? This tiny, velcro encapsulated green dot is a seed. It is highly evolutionized with hooks all over is seed coat enabling it to "catch a ride" with any passerby so that is taken far away from the parent plant. For this reason, people commonly refer to them as hitchhikers. This commensal relationship insures competition between plants stays low, while survival rate increases. I removed this bo**er along with 20 of his brothers and sisters from my dogs ear.
@ Pine Mountain, Georgia