Jul
18
Science education in Texas and hearing bloggers speak on creationism
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I think “the good, the bad and the ugly” would also sum up the evening. The “good” was the round of applause for Chris Comer and her upcoming lawsuit and hearing some ScienceBloggers speak, “the bad” was hearing more about the big fight that will be coming over the revision of the science standards here [...]
May
18
See girls CAN do science!
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… and do it quite well, thank you very much!
Spotted first at Skepchick: Girls Doing Science, Kicking Ass
Not only were all three top winners girls, but 47% of the entrants this year were girls. Woo-hoo! After just finishing the audiobook of Susan Jacoby’s “The Age of American Unreason”, this was just the little pick-me-up I [...]
Jan
7
The above are two of the ads from the Girl Scouts Girls Go Tech campaign, and my particular favorites (I especially like the radio version of “Twinkle”). Click on the small versions to go to the full sized images at the AdCouncil website.
I was a Girl Scout (actually, a Brownie) for about all of [...]