In the previous post I talked about the announcement from the National Research Council (NRC) that they will spearhead an effort to develop a new generation of science standards. One of the major influences on the new effort by...
Read MoreThe National Research Council has received funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to develop a framework for a new generation of science standards (K-12) based on the idea of disciplinary and cross-disciplinary core...
Read MoreNASA, created by Congress and President Eisenhower on October 1, 1958, has played an important role in the hearts and minds teachers and their students. Although originally created as a national defense strategy, NASA’s...
Read MoreNASA, created by Congress and President Eisenhower on October 1, 1958, has played an important role in the hearts and minds teachers and their students. Although originally created as a national defense strategy, NASA’s...
Read MoreOn Michael Barton’s blog, The Dispersal of Darwin, there is a post informing us of a movement by the American Humanist Association to get the President to officially name February 12 as Darwin Day. You can link here to...
Read MoreIt doesn’t matter whether you are high school student or teacher in Madrid, Manila, Marietta, Manchester, Moscow, Mumbai, or Montevideo, the chances are that you will study or teach the same concepts in the high school...
Read MoreAccording to reports from Haiti, the relief effort is in full swing, and although search and rescue efforts were officially stopped, in truth, they are still happening, and of course this is a hopeful event for the people in...
Read MoreThe United Nations initiated a “flash appeal” for assistance after the devastation earthquake in Haiti. As the map below shows, the earthquake intensity, based on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (a measure of...
Read MoreThe aftershocks that have rocked the region near the 7.0 earthquake of January 12 in Haiti will continue for months, if not years, according to a report by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). It is important to...
Read MoreThe Haiti relief effort is in full operation, with the United Nations, individual relief organizations, the U.S. government including the U.S. military and eight additional departments and agencies within the government, and...
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