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This section is sponsored by the Advancing Science Library at Gettysburg College. The program provides learning opportunities for students in local K-12 schools.

New Science Standards will be in our Classrooms Soon

New Science Standards will be in our Classrooms Soon

Star light, star of the first magnitude

Star light, star of the first magnitude

There’s a Hunter’s Moon on the rise

There’s a Hunter’s Moon on the rise

A fall “ring of fire”

A fall “ring of fire”

Gazing south

Gazing south

Shine On, Harvest Moon

Shine On, Harvest Moon

Autumn arrives

Autumn arrives

Earthshine

Earthshine

Darkest of skies

Darkest of skies

There’s lots of kayaking ahead

There’s lots of kayaking ahead

How to make homes cooler without cranking up the air conditioning

How to make homes cooler without cranking up the air conditioning

The Sky this Week, August 8-15

The Sky this Week, August 8-15

The Sky this Week, July 11-17

The Sky this Week, July 11-17

The Edge of the Wood: Taking Inventory

The Edge of the Wood: Taking Inventory

The Sky this Week, June 27-July 3

The Sky this Week, June 27-July 3

The Sky this Week, June 13-19

The Sky this Week, June 13-19

The Sky this Week, June 6-12

The Sky this Week, June 6-12

The Edge of the Wood: 540 feet

The Edge of the Wood: 540 feet

Pressure from solar developers, a toboggan ride, and a report card featured at South Mountain Partnership spring meeting

Pressure from solar developers, a toboggan ride, and a report card featured at South Mountain Partnership spring meeting

The Sky this Week, May 23-29

The Sky this Week, May 23-29

With summer coming fast, regulator issues electric reliability warning

With summer coming fast, regulator issues electric reliability warning

The Sky this Week, May 16-22

The Sky this Week, May 16-22

Bees in My Tree

Bees in My Tree

The Sky This Week, May 9-15

The Sky This Week, May 9-15

The Edge of the Wood: (Not totally) unique among critters

The Edge of the Wood: (Not totally) unique among critters

The Sky This Week

The Sky This Week

The Edge of the Wood: What a boring world this would be

The Edge of the Wood: What a boring world this would be

Physical Fitness Task Force of Healthy Adams County announces spring walk schedule

Physical Fitness Task Force of Healthy Adams County announces spring walk schedule

Springtime symphony

Springtime symphony

The Sky This Week, April 11-17

The Sky This Week, April 11-17

Sen Casey attends local ceremony announcing $200 million in federal broadband funds for PA

Sen Casey attends local ceremony announcing $200 million in federal broadband funds for PA

It lives!

It lives!

The Sky this Week, March 28-April 3

The Sky this Week, March 28-April 3

The Edge of the Wood: The paradox

The Edge of the Wood: The paradox

At Land Conservancy’s 27th annual dinner, land owners who preserved property in 2022 are honored

At Land Conservancy’s 27th annual dinner, land owners who preserved property in 2022 are honored

The Sky This Week, March 14-20

The Sky This Week, March 14-20

Kiwanis speakers series will feature Land Conservancy of Adams County on March 13

Kiwanis speakers series will feature Land Conservancy of Adams County on March 13

The Sky this Week, February 28-March 6

The Sky this Week, February 28-March 6

Biglerville High School student officially names local creek

Biglerville High School student officially names local creek

Gettysburg College’s Advancing Science Library receives NOAA grant to support local schools

Gettysburg College’s Advancing Science Library receives NOAA grant to support local schools

Hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk of automation and AI replacement in Pennsylvania

Hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk of automation and AI replacement in Pennsylvania

The Edge of the Wood

The Edge of the Wood

The sky this week, February 14-20

The sky this week, February 14-20

Adams County Planting Partnership to hold live-stake demonstration March 4

Adams County Planting Partnership to hold live-stake demonstration March 4

The Edge of the Wood

The Edge of the Wood

The Sky This Week: Feb 7-13

The Sky This Week: Feb 7-13

Request free native tree and shrub seedlings through Adams County Planting Partnership beginning Feb. 27

Request free native tree and shrub seedlings through Adams County Planting Partnership beginning Feb. 27

Only the past is pristine

Only the past is pristine

Preparing for rebirth

Preparing for rebirth

Audubon Society walks on Saturday

Audubon Society walks on Saturday

The sky this week, January 24-30

The sky this week, January 24-30

Name that tree

Name that tree

The Sky This Week, January 17-23

The Sky This Week, January 17-23

The Sky This Week: January 10-16

The Sky This Week: January 10-16

Racist weeds in a conservationist garden

Racist weeds in a conservationist garden

Happy New Year! The future is just over the horizon

Happy New Year! The future is just over the horizon

The Sky this Week, December 27-January 2

The Sky this Week, December 27-January 2

Christmas by any name

Christmas by any name

The Sky this Week, December 20-26

The Sky this Week, December 20-26

They don’t make winter like they used to

They don’t make winter like they used to

The Sky this Week, December 13-20

The Sky this Week, December 13-20

Sparkling diamond dust and summer sausage

Sparkling diamond dust and summer sausage

The Sky this Week, December 6-12

The Sky this Week, December 6-12

The Good, The Bad and The Zucky

The Good, The Bad and The Zucky

The Sky This Week, November 29-December 5

The Sky This Week, November 29-December 5

On Being Thankful

On Being Thankful

Dogs Who Have Owned Me

Dogs Who Have Owned Me

The Sky this Week, November 8-14

The Sky this Week, November 8-14

The Sky This Week, November 1-8

The Sky This Week, November 1-8

The Sky this Week, October 25-31

The Sky this Week, October 25-31

Deer Baiting and Chronic Wasting Disease

Deer Baiting and Chronic Wasting Disease

The Sky This Week

The Sky This Week

“False Social Reality” Hides Strong Support

“False Social Reality” Hides Strong Support

The Sky This Week, October 11-17

The Sky This Week, October 11-17

The Sky this Week, October 4-10, 2022

The Sky this Week, October 4-10, 2022

The Sky this Week, September 27-October 3

The Sky this Week, September 27-October 3

The Sky this Week, September 13-19

The Sky this Week, September 13-19

The Sky this Week, September 6-12

The Sky this Week, September 6-12

The Sky this Week, Aug. 30 – Sep. 5

The Sky this Week, Aug. 30 – Sep. 5

NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon sets the stage for routine space exploration beyond Earth’s orbit – here’s what to expect and why it’s important

NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon sets the stage for routine space exploration beyond Earth’s orbit – here’s what to expect and why it’s important

The Sky this Week, August 23-30

The Sky this Week, August 23-30

The Sky this Week, August 15-22

The Sky this Week, August 15-22

The Sky this Week, August 8-14, 2022

The Sky this Week, August 8-14, 2022

NASA Reveals Webb Telescope’s First Images of Unseen Universe

NASA Reveals Webb Telescope’s First Images of Unseen Universe

Gettysburg Garden Club Annual Spring Perennial Sale

Gettysburg Garden Club Annual Spring Perennial Sale

Oldest national parks in America

Oldest national parks in America

Quarantine and permitting fight invasive spotted lanternfly, now found in Adams

Quarantine and permitting fight invasive spotted lanternfly, now found in Adams

LASD students learn practical skills through agriculture courses

LASD students learn practical skills through agriculture courses

Watching science unfold

Watching science unfold

Community Forum – dialogue with medical experts on COVID and Children and Adolescents

Community Forum – dialogue with medical experts on COVID and Children and Adolescents

Organization Spotlight: Gettysburg Nature Alliance connects habitat with heritage

Local air quality is unhealthy as upper atmospheric smoke passes by

Mysterious disease prompts PA Game Commission to ask public to stop feeding birds

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