by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 2, 2009 | Blog, Citizen Science, Merchandise, Science Education, Science Policy
Want to support science literacy, citizen science, and participatory science and technology policy? Have I got a deal for YOU! Buy a ScienceCheerleader.com T-shirt. (Pass the Science Cheerleader’s Brain Makeover adult science literacy quiz and get $4 bucks off...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 27, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Citizen Science, Events, In the News, Science Education
Thanks to ace reporter Nicole Brewer at CBS 3 in Philadelphia for putting this TV news feature together. In it, she talks about our efforts here on Science Cheerleader, to increase science literacy and raise the ranks of citizen scientists. GOOOOO Science!...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 25, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
Part of the Brain Makeover, adult science literacy effort. People must fancy learning about the predictability of the universe (ok, Deidre’s easy on the eyes…there’s that, too). Check it out.
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 20, 2009 | Brain Makeover, Citizen Science, Events, In the News, Interviews, OTA, Science Education, Science Policy
Now THIS radio interview was fun. And, more importantly, the fact we’ve hit FOX national news, the Toronto Star , news media in Switzerland, Argentina and the U.K., and this hard rock station (WXRX) in the mid west, tells us we are accomplishing what we set out...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 17, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Education
Subscriber John wrote: “Since my daughter is a big fan of plush toys and also likes science and math, I’m considering getting her some members of the particle zoo. [These] soft and cuddly sub-atomic particles may help make physics more friendly for the average...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 14, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
An interactive report from Sarah: This week, BBC News released findings from a poll indicating that 80% of British parents have been stumped by a science question posed by their children and 20% of those parents admitted to feeling silly when they were not able to...