Care for Creation
Summer Videos – Eunice Foote and fun resources from the Science Museum of Virginia
Did you know that the first person to conduct an experiment showing the warming effect of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was an American woman! Eunice Foote was a scientist who published her findings in 1856. Eunice was denied the opportunity to personally present her paper at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that year because she was a woman! Interestingly, Eunice was also a women’s rights campaigner. Eunice’s observations are now called the “greenhouse effect” and universally accepted, even though her paper and findings were completely disregarded simply because she was a woman.
You can find an entertaining video on the Science Museum of Virginia’s You Tube channel, “Get to Know Eunice Newton Foote.“ Your family may enjoy watching this short video. Navigate to the site at https://www.youtube.com/@sciencemuseumVA .
There are also many other choices at the science museum site for summer afternoons when it is too uncomfortable to be outside in our earth’s warming atmosphere. Here are a few titles to pique your interest: Invasive Party Guest (a silly skit about Virginia native plants); Hotter, Wetter, Changing, Faster: A Daft Punk Style Science Song (with views of cool stuff at the museum); Lifestyles of the Wild and Fabulous (shorts on animal behaviors and traits) and lots more! Have fun exploring and learning along the way.
Ecological education is a goal of the Laudato Si’ Action Plan and Pope Francis calls us to participate through our willingness to learn from one another. He also stresses the importance of the family as a place of learning where we receive an integral education and “learn how to show love and respect for the local ecosystem and care for all creatures.” (LS 213)
Summer Videos – Eunice Foote and fun resources from the Science Museum of Virginia
Did you know that the first person to conduct an experiment showing the warming effect of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was an American woman! Eunice Foote was a scientist who published her findings in 1856. Eunice was denied the opportunity to personally present her paper at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that year because she was a woman! Interestingly, Eunice was also a women’s rights campaigner. Eunice’s observations are now called the “greenhouse effect” and universally accepted, even though her paper and findings were completely disregarded simply because she was a woman.
You can find an entertaining video on the Science Museum of Virginia’s You Tube channel, “Get to Know Eunice Newton Foote.“ Your family may enjoy watching this short video. Navigate to the site at https://www.youtube.com/@sciencemuseumVA .
There are also many other choices at the science museum site for summer afternoons when it is too uncomfortable to be outside in our earth’s warming atmosphere. Here are a few titles to pique your interest: Invasive Party Guest (a silly skit about Virginia native plants); Hotter, Wetter, Changing, Faster: A Daft Punk Style Science Song (with views of cool stuff at the museum); Lifestyles of the Wild and Fabulous (shorts on animal behaviors and traits) and lots more! Have fun exploring and learning along the way.
Ecological education is a goal of the Laudato Si’ Action Plan and Pope Francis calls us to participate through our willingness to learn from one another. He also stresses the importance of the family as a place of learning where we receive an integral education and “learn how to show love and respect for the local ecosystem and care for all creatures.” (LS 213)