by Supporting Education | Apr 4, 2019 | News, Student Issues
The toy box, it is said, is every child’s first school. The things we play with as children have a powerful influence over the direction of our lives. Building toys such as Lego blocks have long been lauded as useful tools in laying a foundation for engineering,...
by Supporting Education | Jan 23, 2019 | News, Student Issues
Hamdi Ali, 17, is a Muslim high school student from Edmonton who spent last summer in a research program aimed at helping women and other minorities in STEM subjects. In that time, she made headlines and could possibly have revolutionized a niche of the mining...
by Supporting Education | Jan 9, 2019 | News, Profiles, Student Issues
In 1994, a number of professionals in science and education were invited by Senator Diane Watson to visit South Africa and evaluate the status of education there. Among that group was Professor Hal Walker, who worked on Apollo 11, and his wife Doctor Bettye D. Walker,...
by Supporting Education | Nov 28, 2018 | News, Student Issues
Samay Godika describes himself as a Boston native who now lives in India. He is 16 and a junior in the National Public School-Koramangala in Bengaluru, India. He made a video exploring the effects of circadian rhythms on medical treatments, and it has changed his...
by Sarah Green | Jul 11, 2018 | Student Issues, Teacher Issues
There is a great deal to be learned inside a virtual lab environment. Students can access real research while trying to recreate the experiments that generated it. Teachers can model the scientific process or design custom programs for their students to theorize,...
