…was designed to be a Maker Shed, with some workbenches on the sides and open plans online? Any high school kid (or younger) could download the plans, chug them into…
…realm of nanotechnology. Sciences are rapidly converging, blending, and unifying in this fertile field, which may well be the main locomotive for the next Industrial Revolution. Today’s high school and…
The concept of energy runs through all topics in science. From the struggles of the tiniest insect to the explosion of the most distant supernova, energy connects the most disparate…
…digital resources will transform education. Those calling for digital texts today describe a similar vision. But current programs and prescriptions often don’t do justice to the true promise of digital…
…Texts are part of a top-down authoritarian model of education, where a few experts dictate what the masses must learn. Electronic media development can take place within an online community…
…There are definitely themes running through the Maker movement, and many involve technology in a variety of ways. Many of the more surprising examples are those that are simply low-tech….
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…to biology’s recent transformations. Entire new fields within genetics and DNA science have appeared in the period since existing national science curriculum standards were published, and Mendel’s rules from the…
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…leadership.” To help U.S. students compete in a flat world, American schools must reform their curricula and pedagogies to ensure students acquire higher-level skills than their counterparts in lower-cost countries….