Tag: science
Is media multitasking melting our brains?
By Tyler on May 22nd, 2013
Kids today are master multitaskers. You’ve probably heard about this phenomenon or observed it in your students or the children in your life (or with yourself!). The Kaiser Family Foundation uses the term “media multitasking” to describe childrenmore… full post
Science Fair spectacular!
By Michael on April 4th, 2013
My favorite subject in school was always Science so each year, when the Science Fair rolled around, I was always ready with a question and hypothesis. My enthusiasm was sometimes matched by fantastic results, sometimes not. One year, I famouslymore… full post
ROAR! We’re just wild about animals and science
By Guest Blogger on February 12th, 2013
Did you know pandas spend upwards of 16 hours each day eating? Or that a narwhal’s tusk is actually a tooth?! Science is so cool, and there’s always something new to learn. In fact, scientists estimate there are upwards of 8 million species ofmore… full post
Thinking like a detective in math, science and history class
By Tyler on January 24th, 2013
Maybe it’s just me… But how can anyone NOT be fascinated by history? What I love about it are those times when I’m walking through my neighborhood and I see those little glimmers of history peeking through a cobblestone street, a decayingmore… full post
Mission: Environmental. Meet the Lexus Eco Challenge Winners!
By Megan on March 27th, 2012
The winners of the 2012 Lexus Eco Challenge have been chosen! Now in its fourth year, the Lexus Eco Challenge (in partnership with Scholastic) tasks middle and high-school students to go head-to-head in the ultimate green grudge match: they are tomore… full post
On the need for STEM and Art
By Scholastic on July 21st, 2008
David Warlick posted this morning about the need for a marriage between STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) and the Arts today and, while I think hope that we’d be hard pressed to find someone who disagreed with his point that, STEMmore… full post
The "gender gap." Who’s being left behind?
By Tyler on May 30th, 2008
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the “boys crisis” in education. And also the “girls crisis.”The so-called “gender gap” has been getting a lot of ink. So, who’s getting the short end of the stick in schools today? Boys or girls? Turns outmore… full post
Why Kids are Smarter than the Rest of Us…
By Scholastic on May 24th, 2008
A rare weekend post to OOM…but I saw this over at the Wired blog and I couldn’t help myself.A 16-year-old Canadian, Daniel Burd, won his science fair and the envy of the entire international science community by isolating a bacteria thatmore… full post
In Our Feeds
By Scholastic on May 6th, 2008
It’s been a while since we’ve shared some of the goodies we’re finding around the web…but in honor of Tuesday afternoon…reflections of our minds (and feeds): Via tilzy.tv, the awesome weekly science videos from Robert Krampf, “themore… full post
Looking for natural moments
By Scholastic on April 23rd, 2008
We talked about libraries a lot last week– we love ‘em, but we love the Earth too. So, in the interest of Earth Day every day, check out this mangrove exploration by New York Times Science writer Andrew Revkin and his intrepid videographer (and 10more… full post
