Scale of the Universe
One of my former students (who is still a Twitter user) pointed me to this fantastic animation of...
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eLearning Tools for STEM
For anyone who has ever had trouble convincing your administration to give you the proper tools to teach online, I give you this little gift: eLearning Tools for STEM, published today in eLearning Magazine. The tools for STEM...
Read MoreInteractive Simulations from PhET
PhET (Physics Education Technology) consists of a group of scientists, software engineers, and science educators from the University of Colorado at Boulder, who are striving to create effective, interactive learning tools. ...
Read MoreSixty Symbols
Do you ever come across a Greek symbol in your reading and think, “now what does that stand for again?” Professors and other experts at the University of Nottingham have made a series of YouTube videos that will...
Read MoreChemistry and CAS
So, perhaps we’re struggling a bit with the possibility of our course curriculum shifting a bit in math with the introduction of Wolfram|Alpha. If you’re not struggling a bit, perhaps you haven’t played with...
Read MoreWhere’s the Math in Computer Science?
Today’s guest blogger is Kenrick Mock, Associate Professor of Computer Science from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Kenrick writes a blog called Teaching, Technology, and Learning.As a computer science instructor...
Read MoreScience Commons
On the subject of copyleft for science research: Possibly Related Posts: Taking STEM Online Workshops Grammar Correction Hotkeys for Faster Grading Spicing up those Introduction Posts in Online Courses Battle of the (free)...
Read MoreChemistry: Periodic Table of Videos
As I was watching videos on YouTube about the Large Hadron Collider, this series of videos called The Periodic Table of Videos caught my attention. I am sharing the video of Antimony with you (Antimony is the name of my avatar...
Read MoreLarge Hadron Rap
Today I want to be a Physicist … just to use this video on the first day of class! Video: Large Hadron Rap Possibly Related Posts: Where’s the Math in Computer Science? New SIAM Brochure on Careers in Math Technology...
Read MoreTED Talks for STEM
In Academe, we tend to think of scholarly journal publications as “the gold standard.” I’m here to argue that in the Digital Age, there is a new gold standard for disseminating findings, and it is way more than...
Read MoreLewis Dot Diagrams in MathType
I was discussing MathType with my officemate (who is primarily a chemistry instructor), and we got on the topic of Lewis Dot diagrams. She complained that its always been difficult to insert Lewis Dot diagrams into text, and I...
Read MoreMath Provides Beauty and Truth in Physics
Murray Gell-Mann gives a TED Talk entitled Beauty and Truth in Physics.The second part of his presentation is subtitled “Math Matters” (you can forward to this one)Quote from Math Matters: “We express these...
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