Hi RESET’ers: If you’re interested in working with students on the experiment Wayne describes (below)let me know (johnmeagher@cox.net). I have some mineral sets in the RESET supply stock. John Hi John, This is just a brief note to bring you up to date on my 2010 RESET classroom activities. This afternoon I finished the fourth…

From RESET Volunteer Marty Stein: Washington Latin is doing what they call water world.  I plan to discuss the dangers of unclean water, a major problem, and some of the diseases that are transmitted in contaminated water.  I ordered a complete distillation kit for Carolina Biological.  They have  assembled everything I will need and it is very sexy and…

RESET’s November 2010 newsletter included a quote from Mary Lord, DC Ward 2 State Board of Education member, a long-time STEM education advocate.  This week Ms. Lord was  elected to the Board of the National Association of State Boards of Education (see press release below).  A step forward for science and math education. Press release below…  …

From a 10/26/10 New York Times Editorial: “According to a follow-up report published last month, the academies found that the United States ranks 27th out of 29 wealthy countries in the proportion of college students with degrees in science or engineering, while the World Economic Forum ranked this country 48th out of 133 developed and…

RESET was one of over 500 organizations that participated in the USA Science and Engineering Festival on the National Mall this past weekend (10/23-10/24/10).   Hundreds of children visited the ReSET booth to try science experiments, as did many former-children. A number of the scientists and engineers who visited expressed interest in learning more about…

From RESET Volunteer Ji Chen: The hands-on experience can bring great promise to students in early science education. As a robot inspector for FIRST regional competition in Philadelphia, I was astonished by the hands-on skills teenage participants demonstrated during the competition.  They knew how to use tools and software properly, and how to solve problems on…

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…

Check out the link to the July 2010 article here: https://resetonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Article_ScienceEvajuly10.pdf For a permanent link, click here and search for “Eva Jacobs”: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/329/5989/news-summaries

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

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