Science Enrichment
Welcome to the clearinghouse for science enrichment! Below find many news sites, opportunities, and feel free to send additional suggestions to rlancor@madisoncountryday.org.
Science News Websites:
New York Times Science - A good source for trending ideas in science.
Science News Magazine - a general science magazine.
Science News - brought to you by the society for science and the public.
The Why Files - the science behind the news from The University of Wisconsin
Scientific American - a magazine devoted to general science. Can have quite complicated articles.
Discover Magazine - a magazine of science for the general public. It is quite readable.
Popular Science - another science magazine for the general public that tends to be more engineering and technology focused.
Wired Magazine - technology-focused ideas.
National Geographic Magazine - A good magazine for natural history topics.
Science Friday - A website for the popular NPR science news program.
Live Science - A source for science op-eds.
Podcasts:
Science Friday - a popular NPR science podcast about a potpourri of topics.
Ologies - mostly science podcast about specialists in a given discipline. Focused at least in part about the narratives that these specialists have to tell.
Hidden Brain - a podcast mostly about social science and psychology.
Science Camps, Workshops, & Research Opportunities
Local Science Resources & Opportunities
UW Madison Science Alliance - list of events for the public at UW-Madison
WI Science Festival - held in October each year
Sector 67 - makerspace
Science Expeditions - held in April each year
Groundswell Conservancy - conservation volunteer opportunities