and short on energy for them. Furthermore, I’ve been more busy trying to get specimens out of my freezers and reduced to bones, rather than getting new specimens and doing new anatomical work on them, which might otherwise be good fodder for blog...
Probyn, M. (2005).Learning Science through the medium of English: What do Grade 8 learners say? In Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 23 (4): 369-392.Probyn M. 2005. Learning science through the medium of English: what do grade 8 learners say? Southern African ...
For example, in setting the goals, pupils often made short comments: “I want to study hard.” The questions about the information-telling activity were more difficult because teachers gave them too much information. This probably explains why improvement was only observed in the information-...
In Katherine Lee's article entitled “Cyberbullying and Grade School-Age Kids,” she states, Cyberbullying is often perceived as a problem that affects only older children and teens. But the fact is that cyberbullying can happen anytime once a child beginsusing the internet to e-mail, IM ...
The decision to choose a personal trainer as part of your health routine has the potential to pay off with both short-term and long-term rewards. The decision to choose a personal trainer as part of your health routine has the potential to pay off with both short-term and long-term rewar...
The Moon is responsible for our tides.2As it orbits the planet, its gravitational tug on our home–and its oceans–causes a bulge that results in tides. Remember being taught this in grade school? Apparently Andrew Wilkow doesn’t.
To make things even easier, we’ve rated every one of these 3rd grade science experiments based on difficulty and materials: Difficulty: Easy: Low or no-prep experiments you can do pretty much any time Medium: These take a little more setup or a longer time to complete ...
Greg’s wife Jean posted this to his social media today that he has passed after a short illness. “The light has gone out in my life. At 12:36 pm this afternoon the love of my life, my best friend and soulmate passed away. Greg was 85 years young. He was the sweetest man I ev...
As a student in the fourth grade he used to write his friends’ names on grains of rice and also carve sculptures out of pieces of chalk. Art was always a way of life even while he studied engineering. Now an engineer in Brooklyn, Grandhi who is an alumni of the Birla Inst...
we report the results of implementing short, challenging, and low-cost biology courses to high school and college students in Bolivia, designed and taught in collaboration between scientists from developed nations and local science instructors. We find our approach to be effective at transmitting advan...