A group calling itself 'Teachers in Space' is offering a cool looking workshop for those who teach science, technology, engineering, or math at the high-school level.
Participating teachers will fly in a glider and learn to pilot a flight simulator for the Lynx suborbital spacecraft now under development by XCOR Aerospace.
See [here] for more info and a link to the application. Encourage your favorite HS teacher to apply to participate!
Nice thoughtful and short essay on the value of studying (and doing) science to the scientist student.
You become a different person with scientific training, and we do science because we value that kind of person. Science is not only bridge-building (usefulness and technology driven) and knowledge-building (adding to the pile of facts we know about reality) it is also people, character, and citizen-building.
Surf over to “So, what’s science good for?”on the Rationally Speaking blog and judge for yourself.
It’s that time of year. You or your kid is thinking about going to college or whether to stay in college next year.
This is a Good Thing. A college education can be a boost to long-term earning potential and, if you do it right, job security. President Obama insists that many of the jobs in the 21st century will require some college education (though maybe not a degree). A hiring manager at Pfizer liked to tell me that a college degree is like a driver’s license. It allows its holder a greater degree of responsibility. This is an old fashioned notion, but it’s prevalent.
Another nice idea in Making a Big Change: a Case Study [How I Retired]":
Almost all of us fear change, and we look for excuse after excuse to put it off. Very often this works against us. So, if you are thinking about making a big change, you owe it to yourself to go ahead and start turning your thoughts into projects. Evaluate the feasibility, get some independent advice, and test what you can. [Author's emphasis]
The short piece shares a novel way of using the GTD methodology to work through complicated problems.
