Archive for September, 2009
Science of Sex Appeal – Shapely Figures
Political leaders, tech executives, and academics often claim that the U.S. is falling behind in math and science education. They cite poor test results, declining international rankings, and decreasing enrollment in the hard sciences. They urge us to improve our education system and to graduate more engineers and scientists to keep pace with countries such as India and China.
Yet a new report by the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan Read the rest of this entry »
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System Of A Down – Science
Every school in America is required to teach science. This is because science and scientific learning is a fundamental part of our existence. Most everything that we encounter on a day-to-day basis is, in some way, related to science. Even when we are sleeping, science is there to explain why we need to sleep and what takes place while we are sleeping. Because of this, science education is essential to life as we know it. Of course there will be Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Ali-G, science, techmology, technology, toiletRelated posts
IT’S YOUR TURN
Science is a way of figuring out things about the world we’re in. Its big advantage is that it has a way of detecting and fixing errors, so you’re more likely to arrive at something close to the truth.
The way science works is like this:
- You come up with a hypothesis (idea) of how something works.
- You then devise an experiment to test the hypothesis. If the experiment turns out one way, then the evidence supports the hypo Read the rest of this entry »
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Time Warp – Discovery Channel – Soap Bubbles Science with Keith Johnson of BubbleArtist.com
One need not make any extensive surveys of different media to provide evidence for this failure. It is enough to see how sports has managed to gain more coverage in various media over the last few decades vis-a-vis science. One may argue that this is so because there are always some sports events occurring all over the world which naturally draw the attention of media. But contention here is that scientific activity, scientific community and labo Read the rest of this entry »
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Kite Basics – Build a Kite
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Institute of TechnologyFounded in 1958, Florida Tech is the only independent technology university in the Southeast. For a half-century, Florida Tech has trained and educated NASA Scientists, generals and other tech-based professionals. U.S. News and World Report listed F Read the rest of this entry »
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