Why Science, an education technology company, welcomes the release of the first public draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) today. At Why Science, we are very excited about the NGSS, because it validates the approaches we have used to implement the STEM teaching and learning recommendations of the 1996 [...]
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We are super excited about the upcoming 2012 Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC). The final event program is being held on Saturday, April 28 and will be on the UConn Campus. Complete details can be found here.
This is a big event for us for a number of reasons.
The first being that everyone here at Why Science places a tremendous value on the role of events like this within the large “edu-ecosystem”. Science fairs, technology contests and invention conventions are wonderful opportunities for us all to celebrate the best in our field.
Continue Reading →This year, 2012, will go down in history as the year Earth Day was celebrated by more people around the globe because of technology. At Why Science we celebrated Earth Day by exploring issues pertaining to the unintended consequences of technology on the environment by publishing a series of articles on the potential and drawbacks [...]
Continue Reading →In this article, Why Science concludes its exploration of issues pertaining to the unintended consequences of human activity on the environment by focusing on the promise of future research and innovation in technology.
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Landfills, are 50 feet under anaerobic (without oxygen) environments designed to prevent decomposition of waste. It [...]
Continue Reading →In this post, Why Science explores the promise and unintended environmental consequences of bioplastics. Bioplastics differ from petroleum-based plastics in that their feedstock is from renewable biomass rather than being oil-based. Although bioplastics with functionality comparable to non-biodegradable plastics can be produced on an industrial scale; they are more expensive than [...]
Continue Reading →In this post, Why Science explores issues pertaining to the unintended consequences of human activity on the environment by focusing on plastic waste. The term “plastics” is used to describe polymers, long sequences of molecules linked together, manufactured from non-renewable resources (oil, natural gas and coal). All plastics are polymers. Plastics [...]
Continue Reading →When it comes to education, technology and resourcing the past decade has been really amazing.
In particular, technology has evolved at a massive scale and at such a rapid pace that our society has now entered a “new” era of information and communication. This massively transformative time in our lives has impacted virtually every sector [...]
Continue Reading →As long as humans have existed, our interaction with the environment continues to defy a profound truth about all living things – all life is connected. During this month of April, Why Science will be publishing stories about the environment, and one of the great ways to appreciate the environment is to study our [...]
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This year theme for the nation’s largest environmental education event is Greening STEM: The Environment as Inspiration for 21st Century Learning. National Environmental Education Week, or EE Week, will take place around the nation April 15–21, 2012.
For educators, the environment has always been a compelling context for teaching and engaging students in science, [...]
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As we’ve been saying all along – 2012 is set to be a HUGE year for STEM education as well as for the intersection of technology and education. Hopefully many of these young sprouts of knowledge, information and technology will grow into fully realized advancements in how we educate and how our students learn.
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