Teaching Truth. That’s the problem when we discuss and debate the scientific topic of global warming. As Tim Flannery points out, science is about hypotheses (and I would add theories), not truth. One of the long term...
Read MoreYesterday I wrote about a new column that will appear in the New York Times, Across the Universe, and the anticipation of some very interesting discoveries by astrophysics about stars and galaxies, and what’s out there....
Read MoreThe New York Times has launched a new column, Across the Universe featuring Sir Patrick Moore, Brian May and Chris Lintott. This will be an outstanding resource for teachers, grades 3 – 12. Moore has been the host of...
Read MoreThis issue (March, 2007) of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching had two articles that investigated the effects of science education reform in the United States. The first of the two studies, Can professional development...
Read MoreThis issue (March, 2007) of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching had two articles that investigated the effects of science education reform in the United States. The first of the two studies, Can professional development...
Read MoreI recently became acquainted with a relatively “young” journal of research devoted to helping us understand science teaching: The Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (EJSMT). EJSMTE has...
Read MoreNow this is a stretch isn’t it! Pancakes and global warming. You don’t have to worry, pancakes will be around, even with the Earth heating up. But, what about maple syrup? Is global warming effecting maple trees in...
Read MoreI was reading a report today on the BBC website entitled Winter ‘second warmest on record’. It was referring to winter in the UK. In fact, the five warmest winters in UK history were in the last five years. What...
Read MoreYesterday’s blog featured California, Al Gore, and scientific researchers as teachers of green. Today, I want to expand this and include one of the earliest of environmentalists, Stuart Brand. Brand authored a popular and...
Read MoreThere was a very interesting article by PAUL KRUGMAN entitled Colorless Green Ideas in the New York Times. In it he debunked the claim that that curbing greenhouse gases would detrimental to our way of life and our economy....
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