Also, Adam Savage of MythBusters has three suggestions on how to improve science education. I'm practicing #1 and #3 in my teaching of small kids. For #2, I don't have a lot of budget, so I concentrate on things that can be found around the house to demonstrate how nature works. (Anyone has an electron microscope lying around unused? Want to donate?)
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Showing posts with label Mythbusters. Show all posts
Friday, March 20, 2009
Links About Science Education
Ars Technica has a nice summary of a new website that should promote understanding of what science is and how it progresses.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
The Best Comic Ever!
It also has a message: "Ideas are tested by experiment." That is the core of science. Everything else is bookkeeping.
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