International Teacher-Scientist Partnership Conference
You know when something comes along and it’s exactly what you’re looking for? Well, we found it and we’re presenting at it! Wednesday, February 13- 14, 2013: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM [...]
Presenting at AAAS in Boston
It’s almost conference season and we have a bunch of upcoming conference presentations and sessions. I’ll be participating as a mini-presenter at this great session at AAAS in Boston next [...]
The Art and Science of Robots on Mars
In this podcast, Dustyn Roberts discusses her work on the cutting edge of engineering. Her Sample Manipulation System, part of the Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory, is now helping to analyze [...]
Why Afterschool STEM Matters
A few weeks ago, I provided testimony to the NY City Council on the topic of STEM education in Afterschool Settings. I was so nervous I took the unusual step [...]
Empire State of Mind: NSF Grant Update
In August 2012, the Academy and the State University of New York received a $2.95M grant to scale up the Academy’s Afterschool STEM Mentoring Program across New York State from [...]
Beyond Career Day: Integrating STEM Professionals into the Science Classroom
The National Science Teachers Association has chosen the Academy’s K-12 Education Team to present at this year’s annual conference in San Antonio, TX. The conference, titled “Next Generation Science: Learning, [...]
Iceland in August
I hope you had a wonderful summer filled with adventure! I recently got back from circumnavigating Iceland. It was a science-y vacation filled with a history and culture shaped strongly [...]
Science Beach Reading
Despite the weird weather over the winter we’re in full on summer mode here at the Academy which means we’re picking our summer reading material. Whether you have a grand [...]
Waste Less, Learn More
As you can probably tell from some of my other posts, I teach a lot about climate change and environmental science. In an effort to practice what I teach, I’ve [...]
Icarus at the Edge of Science
An exciting evening with physicist Brian Greene! The performance of “Icarus at the Edge of Time”, involving a full orchestra, music by Philip Glass, narrator Levar Burton, story by Greene, [...]
