An adventure science blog for families is the best way I have of describing, The Rocket Scientists; Science, Engineering and Mathematics for Curious Minds of All Ages, a new (to me) Canadian science blog from people based in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada).

The Rocket Scientists’  July 13, 2012 posting features a bike=geocaching adventure in Edmonton’s River Valley. First, here’s a bit about the park, from the River Valley webpage on the City of Edmonton’s website,

At 7,400 hectares, Edmonton’s North Saskatchewan River valley is the largest stretch of urban parkland in North America. There are 22 major parks and over 150 kilometres of trails on which you can enjoy walks, bike rides, picnics, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and more.

From the July 13, 2012 posting, here’s the proposed bike-geocaching adventure,

The Rocket Scientists are looking for a few brave explorers to join us on a bike-geocaching palooza in the River Valley. The key mission for the geocaching fellowship will be to locate at least 10 geocaches before sun set, thus breaking our previous record. As always, should any member of the team be bitten by moquitoes or OD on chocolate bars, The Rocket Scientists will disavow all knowledge of the mosquito and the chocolate bars.

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All participants are required to bring their own bike, helmet, bug spray, sun block, water, lunch, snacks and small non-edible trinkets to trade (if they wish to trade) and a parent. Long pants are advisable as we will likely be doing a fair bit of bushwhacking and crawling around in the underbrush. The Rocket Scientists will provide the GPS and the geocache coordinates.

Sadly the event scheduled for Sat., July 14, 2012, and Sunday, July 15, 2012, had to be cancelled due to rain. (In Edmonton? squeaks a Vancouverite) On a cheerier note, this means that you can join the adventure when they reschedule, assuming you are in Edmonton when it takes place.

Here’s a little more about the bloggers, from the About us webpage,

The Rocket Scientists is a group of kids and adults in the Edmonton area dedicated to the experiential exploration of science, mathematics, and engineering. Our aim is to nurture science literacy by inspiring curious minds of all ages to explore the amazing world of basic and applied science.

Do we only do rocket science?
We conduct experiential research in a wide range of fields, from kitchen counter chemistry, kitchen table dissections, sidewalk astronomy, inventing and engineering contraptions, basement biology involving experiments with animals and, yes, we also build, launch and crash the occasional rocket. We also do more outdoorsy explorations, e.g. geocaching, hiking, birding, fossil and meteorite hunting, entomology, and mountaineering.

About this blog
The aim of this site is to document our experiments and adventures and in doing so (hopefully) inspire others to explore the amazing world of science as well. Our motto is: Science will blow your socks off. Resistance is futile.

Do we use animals in our research?
Some of our research involves the use of animals. Typically this means that our cat, Princess, will stand in as our model organism. Research involving living animals never harm our subjects, on the contrary they usually involve yummy treats, fun animal friendly activities, and lots of belly rubs. Research involving non-living animals always use the remains of organisms that already left the world of the living by the time we encountered them.

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Really, who are we?

A mom, a dad, a cat, and a 6/7-year-old  + friend and family.