May 2010

What did your science teachers do right? (or wrong)

May 18, 2010

I went into physics in large part because of my (now long-retired) physics teacher Mr. Perry.  Gruff and tough, he made physics seem this fun thing that you could do if you worked hard at it.   He was funny, and had good explanations, and we loved him.  But in retrospect, I also think he [...]

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Communicating Science – AAAS workshops

May 17, 2010

As a nice follow up to the last post (from Carolyn Gale on communicating science to diverse audiences), I recently went to one of the AAAS/NSF sponsored workshops for scientists on science communication. If you get a chance to go to one of these, do!  It was fantastic, and the workshop leader was top notch.  [...]

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How to effectively communicate science (blog post from AAAS)

May 4, 2010

Today we’ve got a treat — a very detailed guest post on science communication from my colleague Carolyn Gale.  I found out she was going to the AAAS conference, which had a lot of great sessions this year, and asked her if she’d like to write up some of her experiences.  Following is her wonderfully [...]

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