Yale's famous mascot gets a science makeover.

by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 26, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Events, Science Education

Yale’s official mascot (known as Handsome Dan XV11, or Sherman, if you live with him) was in Philly for the Yale v Penn game so I thought I’d help give him a science makeover with the help of Discover Magazine. He’s definitely an Ivy Leaguer....

Science Cheerleader on CBS 3. Now we're talkin'.

by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 27, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Citizen Science, Events, In the News, Science Education

Thanks to ace reporter Nicole Brewer at CBS 3 in Philadelphia for putting this TV news feature together. In it, she talks about our efforts here on Science Cheerleader, to increase science literacy and raise the ranks of citizen scientists. GOOOOO Science!...

This video's closing in on 10,000 downloads.

by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 25, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education

Part of the Brain Makeover, adult science literacy effort. People must fancy learning about the predictability of the universe (ok, Deidre’s easy on the eyes…there’s that, too).  Check it out.

Radio interview with Rock Jocks of IL (WXRX)

by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 20, 2009 | Brain Makeover, Citizen Science, Events, In the News, Interviews, OTA, Science Education, Science Policy

Now THIS radio interview was fun. And, more importantly, the fact we’ve hit FOX national news, the Toronto Star , news media in Switzerland, Argentina and the U.K., and this hard rock station (WXRX) in the mid west, tells us we are accomplishing what we set out...

Are you "science smarter" than your kids?

by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 14, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education

An interactive report from Sarah: This week,  BBC News released findings from a poll indicating that 80% of British parents have been stumped by a science question posed by their children and 20% of those parents admitted to feeling silly when they were not able to...

To Toronto Star readers.

by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 11, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, In the News, Science Education

Greetings! Thrilled to see the entire adult science literacy quiz from our Brain Makeover printed in today’s Toronto Star (Canada’s largest daily newspaper). The accompanying article on the Science Cheerleader ain’t to shabby either! If you’re...