Mountain Minds Monday: The Steam behind the STEAM at KidZone Museum

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Very young children are filled with curiosity and are relentless in their questions about how the world works. ‘Why is the sky blue?’, ‘Why do we have two eyes?’, ‘How do fish breathe?’ At a young age is when children need to begin their investigative journey in STEM, when their brain development is on warp...

Mountain Minds Monday: Geothermal Energy: Untapped Renewable Energy Source

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With the COP26 (The United Nations Climate Summit) only a week behind us, the majority of us think of solar or wind energy when it comes to sustainable and renewable energy sources. One source of rarely mentioned, underutilized renewable energy lies to the east of Truckee, CA in the Great Basin region of the western...

Mountain Minds Monday

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The standardization of alpine ski-boot-binding systems and shop practices has resulted in significant injury prevention worldwide. These successes first began with scientific methods of discovery to better understand how alpine equipment works as a system (including the skier), and later how engineering designs and best practices might impact resolution Please join Tahoe Silicon Mountain, a...