by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 1, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
Lesson #12 of 18 in the Brain Makeover collaboration with Professor James Trefil/GMU, the 76ers Cheerleaders and the Science Cheerleader. See Brain Makeover Series. Every observer sees the same laws of nature. This is the main tenet of the theory of relativity,...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 27, 2009 | Astronomy & Space Projects, Citizen Science, Science Education
NASA has been in the news a lot lately – President Obama just named Charles Bolden as its new administrator a few days ago, the Hubble Telescope was repaired successfully, and soon NASA will prepare to launch the space shuttle Endeavour for a jouney to the...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 25, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Education
Guest post from Stephen Zachary. The past few weeks have seen a number of entertaining and interesting animal behavior articles published in academic journals. Entertaining because, well, who doesn’t get a kick out of the video above? Interesting because the...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 19, 2009 | Citizen Science, OTA, Projects & Activities, Science Education
Though our continued support for citizen scientist programs across the country is vital to the success of directed scientific research about specific topics, we also need make sure we remain broadly educated about the general scientific issues we face everyday. The...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 12, 2009 | Blog, Citizen Science, Science Education, Social network science
Science Cheerleader contributor Stephen Zachary explains, among other things, why citizen scientists are so damn cool (and “creative” when it comes to our uncommon use of certain words). He manages to fit me, Franklin, Stalin, Steve Jobs and Jane Goodall...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 5, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
All matter is made from quarks and leptons The primary parts of the nucleus of the atom are the positively charged proton and the electrically neutral neutron. During the twentieth century it was discovered that there are literally hundreds of other particles—all...
