Science
Explicit instruction makes children less likely to engage in spontaneous exploration and discovery
Thank you Carol, one of our RTM mentors, for pointing out this interesting article on the impact of instruction styles on learning. Excerpt: “In one experiment, a child and a…
Every math class should start with one of these!
Thanks to one of our mentors, Chris T, for sending in this fantastic video doodle on You Tube about Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant:
Wolfram launches Mathematica Summer Camp
At We Teach Science, we have been using Mathematica to develop science simulations for our mentors and students for over a year now. The first annual Mathematica STEM summer camp…
Physics Simulations
We came across this open source physics simulations website. Excerpt: “The OSP Collection provides curriculum resources that engage students in physics, computation, and computer modeling. Computational physics and computer modeling…
Google Science Fair 2012
Googles annual science fair is up and running again – what’s unique about this is that the whole process is done online. Interested? Here’s what you need to know: Register…
Debunking Myths about Gender and Mathematics Performance
A new study was published in Notices of the American Mathematical Society, looking at data from 86 countries, to test the ‘greater male variability hypothesis’ as the primary reason for…
Teenagers Show Little Understanding of What Engineers Do
A new survey from Intel and Change the Equation shows that high school students do not know what it is that engineers actually do. Sixty-three percent of students surveyed have…
This Year, Give Them Brains for Christmas!
Looking for some great science activities to give as gifts this holiday season? Every year, Scientific American polls scientists and educators to find the most science-sound and fun activities and…
Why Do So Many College Science Majors Drop Out?
President Obama and industry groups have called on colleges to graduate 10,000 more engineers a year and 100,000 new teachers with majors in science, technology, engineering and math. However, studies…
Stick bomb
Imagine crossing dominos with spring-loaded popsicles – you get this 1,000 piece “stick bomb” winding through a house … I can’t wait to try this at home with the kids. A shoutout…