by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 22, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
Lesson #15 of 18 in the Brain Makeover collaboration with Professor James Trefil/George Mason University, the 76ers Cheerleaders and the Science Cheerleader. See Brain Makeover Series. All living things are made from cells, the chemical factories of life. One of the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 20, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
Lesson #14 of 18 in the Brain Makeover collaboration with Professor James Trefil/George Mason University, the 76ers Cheerleaders and the Science Cheerleader. See Brain Makeover Series. #14: The Earth operates in many cycles. You can think of the Earth as a giant...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 16, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, In the News, Science Education
Another caricature. Earlier this week, someone forwarded to me a Switzerland newspaper article about the Science Cheerleader. Today’s news clip comes from Argentina. Check it out! Argentinians will be giving themselves Brain Makeovers in the coming weeks. Care...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 8, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
Lesson #13 of 18 in the Brain Makeover collaboration with Professor James Trefil/GMU, the 76ers Cheerleaders and the Science Cheerleader. See Brain Makeover Series. The surface of the earth is constantly changing. The Earth can be thought of as being separated into...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 1, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Science Education
Lesson #12 of 18 in the Brain Makeover collaboration with Professor James Trefil/GMU, the 76ers Cheerleaders and the Science Cheerleader. See Brain Makeover Series. Every observer sees the same laws of nature. This is the main tenet of the theory of relativity,...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 25, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover
The universe was born at a specific time in the past, and it has been expanding ever since. The American astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered two important facts about the universe. First, he showed that matter is clumped together into large collections of stars called...
