Avani Gadani was the overall winner of our first run of SciChats, capturing students’ interest with her description of how we see. Along with SciChats co-leader Abby Buchwalter, Avani visited Del Mar Hills Academy on the evening of October 22nd to talk science with interested students and parents. Avani reprised her talk about how things see, and talked a bit more […]
Coming to the end of SciChats 1.0…
On May 20th I had the opportunity to sit in on SciChats #7 at our partner classroom at Del Mar Hills Academy. I got to meet Shane (that handsome guy up there)- the classroom’s pet bearded lizard. I also got to see how SciChats works from the other side. It was inspiring and fun to see […]
SciChats on the Salk home page
http://www.salk.edu/news/pressrelease_details.php?press_id=657
Alan Alda’s challenge to scientists: let students be the judges. (Slate article)
“Alda was about to go speak at the annual conference for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. I asked what he would be saying to all the scientists gathered there. He says it’s not about shortcuts or tricks for talking to regular people. “The thing is, scientists really want to do better at […]