I am writing this hours before we know the result of today’s election for President. Some thoughts about science and science education and how they might be affected by the election of John McCain or Barack Obama. Over the...
Read MoreI know that this topic seems a bit out of place, but I wanted to follow up comments made by David Calladine, one of the readers of this weblog. David teaches science in the UK, and specializes in teaching environmental science....
Read MoreThere was a very interesting article in the New York Times entitled High Schools to Cultivate Interest. The article focused in on a school district that is experimenting with “redefining traditional notions of a...
Read MoreLast week, ScienceDebate 2008 held a conference at the University of Minnesota. The conference was the result of a grass roots campaign hoping to engage Barack Obama and John McCain in a real debate on science and technology....
Read MoreThe focus of the November issue of The Science Teacher is Project-Based Science (PBS), and it includes several articles written by science teachers and researchers. In addition to articles on the theory underlying PBS, there...
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