Science Education & Policy
- Directive For New E.U. Science Advisor Anne Glover: Make Europeans Less Anti-Science
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Americans of a particular cultural and political persuasion like to regard Europeans as 'more' scientific because surveys reveal that they say 'yes' to the appropriate buzzwords. Not so, even to European scientists. Europeans are inste ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 23 2012 - 11:45pm
- My Local School Is Up For A $100K STEM Grant From Samsung: Here Is How You Can Help
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Samsung wants to give away a lot of money for STEM projects in local schools and we all probably agree that is a good thing. But there is no such thing as a free lunch so they want to give it away to people who can mobilize the most people that care about ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 15 2012 - 11:46am
- To Diss or not to Diss?
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There recently appeared on Scientific American Blogs an article by Jennifer Ouellette ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Feb 15 2012 - 3:27pm
- What's More Important; Sex, Money Or...Pet Education?
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LONDON, March 22, 2012- Two new surveys conducted among 2,500 adults and 400 teachers show what is really on the minds of those concerned about education; the need to teach about pets in schools. 89% of adults, 78% of primary teachers and 70% of secondary ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 23 2012 - 4:25pm
- Teaching Skepticism In Science Classes Instead Of Facts
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Every few years, an international test is given and American students finish in the middle of the pack. They went up during the 2000s but American kids have never been at the top- international students learn facts and American kids learn 'how to thi ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2012 - 11:00pm
- Pseudoscience In The Wall Street Journal Or In Economics?
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Evolution has various mechanisms and one of them is natural selection. While most religious people have no disagreement with science overall, Biblical literalists contend man cannot have changed or evolved. Some confusion about evolution is understandable ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 16 2012 - 2:30am
- Aristotle Vs Galileo: A Battle Over Free Fall
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I have been invited to give a 30 minute presentation to high-school kids next week about Free Fall. The physics teacher who is organizing this event also has some nice plans to include a theatrical play, a couple presentations on Galileo's story by th ...
Blog Post - Theo Mertzimekis - Apr 29 2012 - 11:21am
- Should You Read Science Press Releases Or Science Papers?
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We carry some press releases on Science 2.0 and of course that is what Science Codex in our sidebar is. It's been an intentional effort since the communications arm of Science 2.0 began in 2006. The first, and most important reason, for that is becaus ...
Article - Hank Campbell - May 3 2012 - 11:18am
- Teaching Climate In The Classroom
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The National Academies Press will roll out some new national science standards for K-12 educators and for the first time, those standards will include guidelines on teaching climate change. Good luck with that. As No Child Left Behind showed, positive res ...
Article - Hank Campbell - May 3 2012 - 9:53am
- Red Brains, Blue Brains: Republicans Are Stupid- The Stupid Premise Of A Stupid Book
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“Let’s play “Jeopardy.” Round One: Science Literacy. Category: Evolution. For $500: Which is the largest demographic group to reject Darwin’s theory of evolution?” ...
Article - Jon Entine - Jul 11 2012 - 10:07am
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