Science Education & Policy

First, I have to apologize for my extended absence from both this site and my blog... I've not only been experiencing some career path type crises, but also studying for, taking, and hopefully passing comps. Comps, or comprehensive exams or qualifyin ...

Article - Me W - May 15 2012 - 10:02pm

Future Science World Champion In The Making

Eighteen year-old James Popper, from Marlborough College, Wiltshire, has scooped major prizes at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, in San Jose, California from 9-14 May. ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2010 - 10:14am

A Naturalist's Take On Nature Deficit Disorder

I complain every time we have a family dinner at my sister’s house. Don’t get me wrong, I like my family and everything, but she moved with her daughter and son way out to the remotest parts of central Ohio and it takes forever to get there. But certain b ...

Article - Mark Berman - May 27 2010 - 8:14pm

Academics- Nature Publishing Hates You (But Science 2.0 Can Fix That)

Let's pretend the US is in a bit of an economic crunch and, due to that, universities which up to now have had carte blanche to raise costs any time they like (average- double the rate of inflation but for quality schools, much higher), as much as the ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 11 2010 - 12:43pm

H+ Summit Livestream online!

Today kicked off the 2010 H+ Summit, "The Rise of the Citizen Scientist". You can watch the livestream here. I'll blog about it tomorrow, after I get some sleep! No one wants to read what I have to say on 6 hours sleep over the last two days ...

Blog Post - Andrea Kuszewski - Jun 12 2010 - 4:52pm

Scientific Literacy Applied To Everyday Life – You Can Do It Too!

Please indulge me a charming aside from A.A. Milne in order to set the stage for my essay…. (don’t worry, it’s charming) The House at Pooh Corner (pg 93-94) In Which Pooh Invents a New Game and Eeyore Joins In ...

Article - Mark Berman - Jun 15 2010 - 9:56pm

What is metahypothesis?

To give a link in another topic, I shortly cover the meaning of not so common, but very important term- metahypothesis. Metahypothesis is formed by a number of other hypothesis- when you take some hypotheses and put them together, you get metahypothesis. L ...

Blog Post - Helium Väli - Jun 17 2010 - 8:50pm

Real or Virtual?

A physics professor was telling me yesterday that her daughter was having trouble understanding real and virtual images formed by lenses. That was until she showed her a real image being formed on a sheet of paper by a (spectacle?) lens.[1] The curriculu ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jun 18 2010 - 12:48pm

Print Your Own Universe

Print Your Own Universe There is a great educational resource available on the web: card models. I remember first 1 making such models as a small child. I can say from memory that folding paper and card in three dimensions is a great way to get an intuit ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 21 2010 - 4:21am

Home Computers Have Led To Lower Test Scores In Younger Children- Study

Politicians and education activists believe computer access is creating a generation of "have not" students that will be unable to compete in a digital world. Their very expensive solution is to guarantee subsidize home computers and even high-s ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2010 - 7:43pm