Surrounded by Science
This winter has brought many reasons to feel inconvenienced, frustrated, cold and irritable- but- it also has been wonderful for helping our students observe the natural world. As we said [...]
Genomes to Galaxies: What’s Hot in Science in 2011
On March 16th, join the Academy and Editor-in-Chief of Scientific American, Mariette DiChristina, as she unveils her picks for the biggest science stories for 2011. DiChristina will share her insights [...]
Do you SciDo?
The SciDo Collaborative is an international affiliation of teachers of the sciences. At its core, SciDo is a resource sharing site. Through the use of collections in Google docs, teachers [...]
Cosmic Real Estate
Go, Kepler Space Telescope, Go! With a namesake like Johannes Kepler, who realized that all orbits are elliptical and developed the currently accepted laws of planetary motion, this NASA rig [...]
Beep Beep BioBus
I am a mobile science laboratory. The students I visit explore the world around them with research-grade microscopes, and make their own discoveries under the guidance of professional scientists. I [...]
New York City’s Great Outdoors
Hello Teachers and Nature Lovers! It’s almost spring (although this winter certainly doesn’t seem like it’s ever going to end) and it’s time to think about fun, educational field trips [...]
My Favorite Things: Science & the City
It seems somehow wrong to promote our own events but I can assure you I was a fan before joining the Academy’s staff. In addition to our scientific events, the [...]
A Thing About Museums
I always had a thing about museums. Growing up there were countless field trips, “for fun” trips, and volunteering throughout high school, etc. But I never wanted to work in [...]
My favorite things: TED Talks
Think of TED talks (www.ted.com) as interesting people talking about interesting things. They are a great resource for teachers and students but are often so interdisciplinary in nature that it [...]
Experiments? Don’t Bother
I am often struck by how historical accounts of science say so little about experiment. Think of Arthur Eddington’s famous measurement, for example. Paragraphs about Einstein and friends weave a [...]
