Published 3:26 pm, Friday, October 17, 2014
Regan McMahon, a former Chronicle editor who is now senior editor, books, at Common Sense Media, hails from Pasadena. She grew up in the shadow of the California Institute of Technology and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, but she was always intimidated by science.
'My dad was an aerospace engineer who took me to see recovered space capsules, but still I dreaded the science fair every year,' she says. 'And when my kids worked on their science fair projects, I was little help.
'Too bad there wasn't a fantastic event like the Bay Area Science Festival to show me science is fun.'
McMahon is the author of the this week's cover story about the fourth annual Bay Area Science Festival, a 10-day event at various sites.
'One of the coolest parts of the festival,' says McMahon, 'is having UC Berkeley scientists visit East Bay farmers' markets to show kids the science of what they eat and do things like extract DNA from a strawberry and explain how worms produce compost. That kind of hands-on learning really sticks with you.'
McMahon's story begins on Page 16.
Next week: One family's fantastic Halloween costumes.
- Leba Hertz, arts and entertainment editor
Regan McMahon, a former Chronicle editor who is now senior editor, books, at Common Sense Media, grew up in Pasadena in the shadow of the California Institute of Technology ( Cal Tech) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), but was always intimidated by science.
'My dad was an aerospace engineer who took me to see recovered space capsules, but still I dreaded the science fair every year,' she says. 'And when my kids worked on their science fair projects, I was little help. Too bad there wasn't a fantastic event like the Bay Area Science Festival to show me science is fun.'
McMahon is the author of the this week's cover story about the fourth annual Bay Area Science Festival, a 10-day event at various sites.
'One of the coolest parts of the festival,' says McMahon, 'is having UC Berkeley scientists visit East Bay farmers' markets to show kids the science of what they eat and do things like extract DNA from a strawberry and explain how worms produce compost. That kind of hands-on learning really sticks with you.'
McMahon's story begings on Page 16.
Next week: One family's fantastic Halloween costumes.
- Leba Hertz, arts and entertainment editor
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