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Tag: Science
Science is Messy, Wild, and Weird, Just Like Kids Themselves, a guest post by Christina Couch
Science makes you think, but like art or literature, it can also make you laugh, dream, see and appreciate the world, or even just your own brain, in new, exciting ways.
How Will We Get Back to the Moon and How Will We Get Along There? A guest post by Cynthia Levinson and Jennifer Swanson
Humans haven’t stepped onto the Moon since 1972. Now, more than 50 years later, American astronauts are planning to head back, this time to stay.
Making Science Fun and Accessible for Teens and Kids, a guest post by Jorge Cham
There is a joy to asking questions and learning new things. It’s fun to explore, and to find the answer to a question. It’s exciting to learn that the world works in ways we did or did not expect.
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Science and Fiction: The Lab as a Portal to Other Worlds, a guest post by Karen Bao, Ph.D.
Pangu’s Shadow is about the power of science to reveal the truth and who should hold that power (hint: anyone and everyone). Science needs diverse perspectives to investigate the truth from every angle.
The Forest in the Sea, a guest post by Anita Sanchez
The more I researched the bewildering problems facing our planet, the more I kept bumping into an unlikely hero—seaweed.
Reforging Creativity, a guest post by Jay Hosler
Santiago Ramon y Cajal is my hero. He took art and science and he reforged them into a single creative endeavor. He helped unlock some of the fundamental mysteries of our dragon-imagining brains with inventive ingenuity and artist flair.
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When Truth Beats Fiction, a guest post by Alex Perry
I thought I was setting the story just barely beyond our current technology to hook my readers with cutting-edge science. I didn’t expect for science to surpass my book before it came out, but I’ve never been happier to be wrong.
Fun Fiction can Sell STEM, a guest post by Susan McCormick
Young people are interested in science. Children’s authors and books with engrossing STEM stories can encourage this interest.
Book Review: The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman
Publisher’s description Bugs, of all kinds, were considered to be “born of mud” and to be “beasts of the devil.” Why would anyone, let alone a girl, want to study and observe them? One of the first naturalists to observe live insects directly, Maria Sibylla Merian was also one of the first to document the […]
Breaking Barriers: Wonder Woman and the Bold Women of Medicine, a guest post by Susan M. Latta
Wonder Woman is a strong female comic book character but there is more to her than muscle. She boldly and intelligently outsmarted her enemies. When Warner Bros./DC Comics blockbuster movie Wonder Woman came out earlier this summer I began to think about the characteristics shared between Wonder Woman and the women in my YA nonfiction […]
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