Science at Home

An overview of the Yorktown Heights Sewage Treatment Plant.

Dr. Minnis wonders what would happen if some toilet bowl cleaner, which usually containes hydrochloric acid, dripped onto her marble bathroom floor.

Jim Eyring, Naturalist at Pace University in Pleasantville, New York, leads a nature work for the Environmental Assessment class with Dr. Minnis, the instructor.

Dr. Minnis explains an animated, lighted schematic of the process of converting garbage to electricity at the Wheelabrator Westchester waste-to-energy facility.

The following section contains a number of fun and entertaining lab demonstrations courtesy of Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Professor Mary Margaret Minnis, PhD.

The following section contains a number of fun and entertaining lab demonstrations courtesy of Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Professor Mary Margaret Minnis, PhD.

The following section contains a number of fun and entertaining lab demonstrations courtesy of Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Professor Mary Margaret Minnis, PhD.

The following section contains a number of fun and entertaining lab demonstrations courtesy of Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Professor Mary Margaret Minnis, PhD.

The following section contains a number of fun and entertaining lab demonstrations courtesy of Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Professor Mary Margaret Minnis, PhD.

The following section contains a number of fun and entertaining lab demonstrations courtesy of Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Professor Mary Margaret Minnis, PhD.

The following section contains a number of fun and entertaining lab demonstrations courtesy of Dyson College of Arts and Sciences Professor Mary Margaret Minnis, PhD.