by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 15, 2009 | Blog, In the News, OTA, Science Education, Science Policy
My podcast interview with Sean from ScienceChat (Ireland). In this piece we talk about science literacy and citizen involvement in science policy. That was fun, Sean! Although, for some reason, I sound a little like Hillary Clinton when. she. was. on. the. campaign....
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 14, 2009 | Blog, In the News
The My Hero Project celebrates the “best of humanity”. Surprised and honored to find myself included in their Hero Gallery. Thank you, Wendy Jewell, for writing this touching tribute. I’m humbled, psyched and all-the-more motivated to shake up the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 4, 2009 | Blog, In the News
I set off for an isolated, lazy summer vacation with my family and ended up in Newsweek.com, The Scientist, Fox News, CBS 3, Toronto Star, Tech Philly, Metro, Chronicle of Higher Ed and more. Go figure! Next up: creating a 21st century approach to science and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 1, 2009 | In the News, OTA
Today, readers of The Scientist magazine found something new in their journal: a picture of Penn and Teller and cheerleaders! Hot off the press, here’s an article The Scientist ran about the Science Cheerleader’s push to restore federal science policy to...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 29, 2009 | Blog, In the News
Anyone involved with the Public Understanding of Science movement will tell you that: 1) P.U.S. is complicated and has problems defining things like: what should be taught? how should it be taught? who should learn it? who should teach it? All of this is labeled by...
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!...
