To set the stage for what we hope to achieve with these presentations, I wanted to include a few excerpts from the mission statement for the ‘I’m A Scientist, Get Me Out of Here!’ program that SciChats is modeled on. “….there has been a growing enthusiasm for “the public understanding of science”. This was originally […]
Nuts and Bolts Part II: Scientist Profiles
In this post we are going to introduce the scientist profile format. The profiles will eventually be posted on the blog where the students and teacher can access them. I will send out instructions by email for logging in and posting your profile. The purpose of the scientist profile is to give the students a […]
Nuts and Bolts part I: The Overview
This will be the first of a few posts detailing how SciChats @ Salk is going to work. Let’s start with an overview of the concept for our inaugural run, starting in February 2014! First of all, we must thank Nancy Swanberg, who teaches science, math, and orchestra at Del Mar Hills Elementary. She contacted […]