March 15, 2013
Spotlight on UCORE projects
The National Science Foundation-funded Undergraduate Catalytic Outreach and Research Experience (UCORE) program ran from 2007 to 2012 and …
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August 17, 2012
The Syracuse University lava experiments
Pouring Lava Melting a batch of the ancient basalt takes about four hours, but we hold the lava above its melting point for much longer to ensure …
August 17, 2012
Do–it–yourself lava flows: Science, art and education in the Syracuse University Lava Project
Picture this: You’re walking across the tree-lined quad of Syracuse University, amid brick and stone buildings, when you happen upon a crowd of …
July 20, 2012
School of rock: Educating educators at sea
Many things come to mind when you hear the words “School of Rock”: a bad Jack Black flick, the middle school band you were in, the guitar school …
April 25, 2012
Voices: Defending science: The link between creationism and climate change
What do creationists and climate change deniers have in common? Over the past few years, this riddle has been on our minds a lot at the National …
January 20, 2012
Voices: What does "The Nation's Report Card" tell us about science education?
In President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech in January, he emphasized the need for more scientists, mathematicians and engineers in the …
January 20, 2012
Voices: Log off and get outside again
I began this column while meandering across the West just after Labor Day last year. We drove from Telluride, Colo., to Zion National Park in …
January 5, 2012
The Coconino's starring role in the creationist-geologist battle
Arizona’s Coconino Sandstone — a deposit seen in the Grand Canyon and elsewhere — plays a central role in the creationist argument that the upper …
January 5, 2012
Texas Board of Education votes to strike amendment questioning evolution
Blogging on EARTH Evolution will still be taught in Texas. After months of proposed amendments, statements by special interest groups and lengthy …
January 5, 2012
Surviving field school: Better than reality TV
David Harwood’s geology field course for future teachers is not a network reality show — but it should be. The three-week course has all the …
January 5, 2012
Student scientists cast a long shadow
Last December, in the enormous, fluorescent-lit hall of San Francisco’s Moscone Center South, thousands of geophysicists and geologists milled …
January 5, 2012
Science and soccer: They're both child's play
It’s late in the afternoon, and by now, 9-year-old Claire Dworsky has already answered questions like mine many times over. But, when I approach …
January 5, 2012
Highlights of 2011: Jobs, jobs everywhere, but not enough people to fill them
This has been a vintage year for the health of the geoscience workforce in the United States. Overall enrollments and degrees in geoscience …
January 5, 2012
Google searching for the world's next top scientists
The old baking soda volcano probably won't get you very close to the blue ribbon in Google's Global Science Fair 2011. The fair, a first for …
January 5, 2012
Geology 101: Reading the story in the rocks
David Harwood’s field geology course gives future teachers an introduction to several of geology’s most fundamental principles, including the …
January 5, 2012
Earth science rocks at the USA Science & Engineering Festival
A jazz-improvising robot; an Einstein impersonator; Van de Graaff generators that make your hair stand on end: These were just some of the …
January 5, 2012
Creationism creeps into mainstream geology
It was easy to miss the part where the field trip leader said the outcrop formed during Noah’s Flood. After all, “During these catastrophic flood …