Tag: Science education
Kids cartoon characters that use AI to customize responses help children learn
Ying Xu, University of Michigan
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Art illuminates the beauty of science – and could inspire the...
Chris Curran, Northern Kentucky University
Scientists have often invited the public to see what they see, using everything from...
Want to teach kids about nature? Insects can help
Akito Y. Kawahara, University of Florida and Megan Ennes, University of Florida
Insects are everywhere – in backyards, balconies and the park down the street.
In...
At these colleges, students begin serious research their first year
Nancy Stamp, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Rat brains to understand Parkinson’s disease. Drones to detect plastic landmines. Social media to predict acts...
Flying colors: Researcher reveals hidden world through the eyes of butterflies
Adriana Briscoe, University of California, Irvine
An award-winning scientist and professor of evolutionary biology, Adriana Briscoe studies the evolution of vision in butterflies and how...
Lab coats help students see themselves as future scientists
Megan Ennes, North Carolina State University and M. Gail Jones, North Carolina State University
In order to encourage more of the nation’s young people to...
Science teachers sacrifice to provide lab materials for students
Emily Cayton, North Carolina State University and M. Gail Jones, North Carolina State University
Whatever salary the science teacher at your local public school makes...
30 years after Edwards v. Aguillard: Why creationism lingers in public...
John E. Taylor, West Virginia University
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Edwards v. Aguillard, a groundbreaking case...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
