by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 11, 2009 | Blog, Science Education
2009 is the Year of Science (and the Year of Astronomy, the Year of Darwin…) and there’s no shortage of activities to keep your curious mind engaged and entertained this year. Check out the exhaustive calendar of events here. We witnessed incredible...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 6, 2009 | Blog, Science Education
My brother-in-law sent this to me. He lives with my sister and niece in England, very close to Darwin’s birth place: Darwin was born in Shrewsbury the county town of Shropshire (the county where we live) about 20 miles from Bridgnorth. Here’s a great site...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 3, 2009 | Biology, Chemistry, General - Science, Health and Medicine, Science Education, STEM Field, Tennessee Titans, The Science Cheerleaders
Watch as the Tennessee Titans Cheerleaders describe what Titan is and why it’s so cool. (Note: the girls speaking are current or soon-to-be scientists.) Thanks, girls! I appreciate your assistance in Making Science Cool! Next up: the 76ers Cheerleaders play a...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 2, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Education
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A study of college freshmen in the United States and in China found that Chinese students know more science facts than their American counterparts — but both groups are nearly identical when it comes to their ability to do scientific...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 1, 2009 | Blog, Events, News, Science Education
Wow. Quite a panel discussion at Caltech on Friday! And the gorgeous weather didn’t hurt. The National Science Foundation, Discover Magazine, CalTech and the Thirty Meter Telescope partnered to host a very public discussion on the Mysteries of the Cosmos....
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 29, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Education
(Thanks to subscriber Bart for this news from the UK Times Online.) India set to follow cheap car with £7 laptop. The government-developed computer prototype will assist in bridging the ‘digital divide’ between rich and poor. Related story: Why Microsoft...
