In STEM Courses, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports a Gender Gap in Online class discussions: http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/in-stem-courses-a-gender-gap-in-online-class-discussions/55399 RESET thinks it’s important to reach young children with hands-on STEM learning, before girls are affected by gender-based stereotypes.  

Education of children serves a number of purposes, one of which is to prepare them for jobs in the economy they will experience as they grow older.  That economy is always in flux, and today is changing in a way that reminds me of the way acceleration compares to speed.  It’s not a constant figure like…

From RESET Volunteer Beverly Yett: This is a very cool catalog–great for those doing engineering and physics experiments, Most of the items are not too expensive either. take a look at the catalog and pass it along to all Beverly https://www.arborsci.com/

This article lost me at: “This is consistent with Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, which remains the best means of describing gravity’s behavior. According to this theory, gravity is not a force, but a consequence of the curvature of spacetime caused by the uneven distribution of mass/energy.”  If not a force, what is gravity?  Can…

Dr. Harold Sharlin’s thoughts on science and math as a new school year begins:  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/back-to-school-time-to-re_b_683486

John Meagher reports: I explained to my 4th graders that it was my first day in the classroom as a science volunteer and asked them how they thought I felt.  After I received the answers “nervous” and “afraid,” to which I truthfully responded “a little bit,” a young student raised his hand and asked “Are…