Can 5th Graders Do Cutting Edge Science?
Giving students opportunities to do experiments and explore the world is important on many levels. It helps them build their science practices. It helps them understand the nature of science [...]
Linguistic Limitations
Someone in my earshot remarked, not many weeks ago, that surely some languages are better than others because they can express more advanced ideas, like those in modern science. More [...]
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, [...]
Science Practices
The new framework for science education is an important step forward in thinking about how children learn science. One of the key elements of this document is the incorporation of [...]
Project-Based Science
Recently I gave a group of teachers a presentation on Project-Based Science (PBS). In this post I want to talk about this important new movement in science education. PBS comes [...]
Scientific Argumentation for Elementary Students
The new framework for K-12 Science Education put out by the National Research Council places a lot of emphasis on scientific argumentation. This is not surprising since this is an [...]
My Year In Books
I’ve never kept good track of my yearly reading list but was inspired by @scicurious’s post about her year in books. This is the first year where I’ve had a [...]
Academy Launches Two New Women in Science Partnerships
NEW YORK, December 15, 2011- On December 10, the night the 2011 Nobel Prizes were presented in Sweden, as well as the centennial of Marie Curie’s 2nd Nobel Prize, the [...]
New York Academy of Sciences Expands Afterschool Mentoring Program
The Infosys USA Foundation expanded its challenge grant to the New York Academy of Sciences Afterschool STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Mentoring Program to include Citizen Schools in New [...]
Giving Thanks to a Great Mentor
On Saturday December 10th, the Academy hosting a dinner to celebrate Women in Science. As always, the Academy was able to pull together a top notch group of scientists, university [...]
