Your Challenge

We call the daVinci Pursuit a museum without walls – and now we want to bring the museum straight to your home. The daVinci Pursuit is excited announce a new series called #dVPchallenge. Over the coming weeks, we will introduce simple challenges – fun for any age – with guidance from local scientists and artists alike. This week we’re learning about macroinvertebrates! A macroinvertebrates is any animal lacking a backbone and large enough to see without the aid of a microscope (e.i. insect, spider, worm).

For this weeks activity all you have to do is: 

Learn form historic entomologist Thomas Say, but watch Timepiece Theaters video: https://www.thedavincipursuit.com/thomas_say/ 

Create your own insect (or macroinvertebrate if you want to be more broad) with found materials. 

Take a photo and post your results on Instagram, Twitter, and/or Facebook 

Tag @daVinciPursuit (and don’t forget to follow us!)

Include the hashtag #dVPchallenge 

Posts will be featured on our website (https://www.thedavincipursuit.com/). 

We hope you will join us to learn something, create something, and have fun in the process! 

Additional links to get more involved:

Citizen Scientist Hoosier Riverwatch program

(https://www.hoosierriverwatch.com)

IDNR on macros

https://www.in.gov/idem/riverwatch/2412.htm

Your Challenge

We call the daVinci Pursuit a museum without walls – and now we want to bring the museum straight to your home.The daVinci Pursuit is excited announce a new series called #dVPchallenge. Over the coming weeks, we will introduce simple challenges – fun for any age – with guidance from local scientists and artists alike. This week we’re exploring experiments you can do with your smart phone! Practically every smartphone made in the last 5 years can measure atmospheric pressure, magnetic fields (not too strong!), acceleration, light, sound and other things.

For this week’s activity all you have to do is: All you have to do is:

1. Go to https://phyphox.org/ and download the app.
2. Decide on an experiment to do (choose one that is safe for your phone, that’s on you).
3. Post your results (picture, short quip, long poem, all formats welcome) on Instagram, Twitter, and/or Facebook
4. tag @daVinciPursuit (and don’t forget to follow us!)
5. include the hashtag #dVPchallenge

Posts will be featured on our website (https://www.thedavincipursuit.com/).
 We hope you will join us to learn something, create something, and have fun in the process!