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 | Jan 16, 2009 | Blog, Science Education
Bart shared this NASA link highlighting many wonderful student opportunities at NASA. He’s written a sharp update to his Science Cheerleader guest blog post on the state of science and math education. I’ll post that shortly. Thanks, Bart!
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 11, 2008 | Blog, Science Education
The answer: when it comes to science, U.S. 4th graders rank #8 of 36 participating countries; 8th graders rank #11 of 48 countries. Top FOUR nations are from East Asia. (And for all the money Saudi Arabia has, their students rank waaaay near the bottom of the list.) I...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 2, 2008 | Science Policy
Thanks, Neil, for sending in the following comment re: McCain’s VP choice. Hmmm. You make some excellent (and courageous) points. What do the rest of you think about science in this election? Darlene, John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 2, 2008 | Citizen Science, Science Policy, Social network science
Winner: Bart Leahy. Congratulations! Your Science Cheerleader T-Shirt is on its way. Bart was the first to respond to this post in which readers were challenged to read science fiction books and report back on what “real science” was learned. See here for...
