by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 25, 2009 | Blog, Science Education
Stay tuned…the girls recorded each of Dr. Trefil’s 18 science concepts based on his book, Science Matters (which every adult needs to know to be considered a science literate). The videos will be posted here along with an online quiz. Pass it and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 20, 2009 | Blog, Science Education
As a follow up to Bart’s guest blog post, “Educating the Next Generation,” here’s a list of free educational resources. Cheers!
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 19, 2009 | Blog, Science Education
Obviously, with a name like “Science Cheerleader” I spend a lot of time advocating (good) science, in addition to technology, engineering and math (but “STEM Cheerleader” just doesn’t sound as cool). I’d like to take this...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 16, 2009 | Blog, Science Education
Bart shared this NASA link highlighting many wonderful student opportunities at NASA. He’s written a sharp update to his Science Cheerleader guest blog post on the state of science and math education. I’ll post that shortly. Thanks, Bart!
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 15, 2009 | Blog, Science Education, Social network science
Andrew, who just launched happier.com, thought we’d enjoy hearing about the Small Science Collective whose intention it is to get everyone thinking about and communicating science through cheap and handy one page zines, (like the one pictured on the left ). He...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 30, 2008 | Blog, Science Education
If ever there was a year to stumble upon science celebrations, 2009 is the year! Not only is it the Year of Darwin (commemorating Darwin’s 200th birthday), and the Year of Astronomy (highlighted by the 400th anniversary of the first use of an astronomical...