by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 12, 2009 | Blog, News, Science Education
During a recent trip to the zoo, this silverback gorilla walked up to an observation window, leaned forward, stared into my son’s eyes and struck a pose remarkably similar to that of my son’s. They were frozen in this state for a good 5-10 seconds. Long...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 19, 2009 | Blog, Science Education
Obviously, with a name like “Science Cheerleader” I spend a lot of time advocating (good) science, in addition to technology, engineering and math (but “STEM Cheerleader” just doesn’t sound as cool). I’d like to take this...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 30, 2008 | Blog, Citizen Science
I met many fascinating people in Minneapolis at Innovation 2008. One of them is Lynn Fellman, an artist who creates personalized portraits–and I do mean personalized. Her portraits are based on DNA sequences and mutation markers. I’m ordering...
