Science is for everyone, kids included

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TED Talks What do science and play have in common?

Neuroscientist Beau Lotto thinks all people (kids included) should participate in science and, through the process of discovery, change perceptions. He’s seconded by 12-year-old Amy O’Toole, who, along with 25 of her classmates, published the first peer-reviewed article by schoolchildren, about the Blackawton bees project. It starts: “Once upon a time … “

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Engaging Girls in STEM Learning

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Not surprisingly, today’s girls are overwhelmingly interested in STEM. They are intrigued by solving puzzles and problems and understanding how things work. These girls are ready for new and innovative STEM careers. They’re ready to tackle 21st century challenges and make a difference in the world. Read what today’s girls say about STEM.

Here’s the rub. A new study by the Girl Scout Research Institute points out that girls start losing interest in math and science during middle school …

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Flipping Lab Science with Remote Labs | Digital Learning Environments

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“There’s a growing interest in “flipping the classroom” to support differentiated instruction, allowing students to explore and learn at their own pace, and for buying time to do more project-based learning in class. It’s a simple idea that I first heard from a Virginia Tech engineering professor about 8 years ago when he called it “turning the classroom right side up”. Whatever you call it, the principle is the same – save class time for the most important “live interaction” activities, and assign everything else as homework.” …

“Now the same idea can be applied to lab science…”

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Studying the Brain Can Help Us Understand Our Unscientific Beliefs

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“Last week, Gallup announced the results of their latest survey on Americans and evolution. The numbers were a stark blow to high-school science teachers everywhere: forty-six per cent of adults said they believed that “God created humans in their present form within the last 10,000 years.”

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EcoMOBILE: Blended learning across virtual and natural ecosystems

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EcoMOBILE (Ecosystems Mobile Outdoor Blended Immersive Learning Environment) is an extension of the EcoMUVE curriculum, developed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education with funding from the Institute of Education Sciences. In EcoMUVE, students explore a virtual representation of a pond ecosystem. In EcoMobile, funded by the National Science Foundation and Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach initiative, students will use the EcoMUVE software and also extend their learning with mobile technologies through one or more field trips to a local pond environment. Two forms of technology for science education will enhance their experience in the real world.

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Forensic Science Degree Programs

Getting a Forensic Science Degree can be the start to becoming a crime scene investigator. The job has developed to a high degree in conjunction with new methods of detecting clues related to various crimes.
The page has more details of suitable programs, the schools where they can be taken, what the prospects are after completion, and more ...

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Enhance Your Career With A Bioinformatics Degree

What is bioinformatics? The term refers to information processes in living systems.  Bioinformatics experts research these processes and build computer models of the structures so as help understand them.  This facilitates the creation of new medical knowledge, for example, for the production of new pharmaceuticals, or a deeper understanding of DNA.
To follow this career path, you need to take a bioinformatics degree, which usually comprises biology, computer science and chemistry.
You can get more details about this exciting field at the web page Bioinformatics Degree Programs, which also lists the schools where you can take these programs.