by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 6, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Education, video
This is a video of Sally Ride on CNN talking about her space adventure as America’s first female astronaut. I had the honor of working closely with Sally Ride several years ago, first at Space.com, then when she hired me to create a middle school science...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 6, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Education, video
THIS week marks the 10th anniversary of World Space Week, an event designed to “celebrate each year at the international level the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition”. Teachers: Use space creatively in...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 5, 2009 | Blog, Science Education
Thanks for sharing this, Kaitlin. PestWorldForKids.org, an educational children’s Web site developed by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA), today announced a national competition for students (grades four through eight) to win $3,000 for one lucky...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 2, 2009 | Science Education
Here’s Science Cheerleader Reporter, Sarah. She interviewed the band “They Might Be Giants” about their new album “Here Comes Science!” John Linnel and John Flansburgh (often nicknamed “the two Johns”) first started writing...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 1, 2009 | Dr. John Reports, Science Education, Science Policy
Another timely report from Dr. John Ohab. Hooray! October is Energy Awareness Month, a national effort to empower citizens to reshape the energy economy and be part of the solution to climate change. This year’s theme, “A Sustainable Energy Future; Putting...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 26, 2009 | John-the-Tourist, News, Science Education, Science Policy
Heeeeere’s John! About a year ago, Google announced it’s “10 to the 100th Power” contest to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The intent of the contest was to get ideas from around that would help the most number of people. Google would invest...
