Eminent, European Schoolnet's annual conference for policy makers included a presentation by Johannes Klumpers from the European Commission's Directorate General for Research...
Finland stays top of global class
Finland and South Korea remain among the superpowers of education, according to a major international study. The three-yearly Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) shows that the two countries are in the top five for reading and maths.
Chemsoft offers support in several areas of Chemistry with emphasis on educational aspects. The aim is to provide learning by hands-on experience using computer simulation of phenomena and/or theoretical principles. The older topics on Gasphysics, Chemical Kinetics, Statistical Thermostatics, and Spectroscopy comprise lecture notes and demonstration programs developed by the author during his...
The complex and abstract nature of Science makes the subject difficult to understand. But complexity is not the only barrier to our understanding Science. The subject is made much more difficult by the presence of numerous misleading "Science Myths" which circulate in the popular culture, which are handed down from parents to children, and which have become so common and widespread that they appear widely in science textbooks and are taught as facts in grade school.
"It’s no surprise to me that Colorado’s public school system is not good. I mean, I’m a product of the Boulder Valley School District and I can tell you first hand that it’s not great at preparing one for college, or anything for that matter.
So, it shouldn’t come as a big shock to me that I need to pick up the slack for what my sons are NOT learning about science in school."
Excellent article about the research at Fermilab and upcoming research at Cern. =)
A pioneering program at the University of Southern Mississippi aims to
leverage students' interest in sports to attract them to the study of
advanced science and materials technology. The school's degree
program in Sports and High Performance Materials, reportedly the first
in the country, explores the connection between human performance
and high-tech materials.
The Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) is an
organization of science centers and museums dedicated to furthering
the public understanding of science among increasingly diverse
audiences. ASTC encourages excellence and innovation in informal
science learning by serving and linking its members worldwide and
advancing their common goals.
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Finland stays top of global class Finland and South Korea remain among the superpowers of education, according to a major international study. The three-yearly Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) shows that the two countries are in the top five for reading and maths.
Lots of great online resources for teaching science.
Excellent article about the research at Fermilab and upcoming research at Cern. =)
A pioneering program at the University of Southern Mississippi aims to leverage students' interest in sports to attract them to the study of advanced science and materials technology. The school's degree program in Sports and High Performance Materials, reportedly the first in the country, explores the connection between human performance and high-tech materials.
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