RESET CEO and Classroom Volunteer Harold Sharlin: I teach science to two, three and four year olds at the NSF Child Development Center in Ballston, VA. Last Tuesday when I was working with my two year old day care children I learned something about teacher involvement. I had brought some small bar magnets for them…

ReSET Volunteer Bob Williams writes:  I’m sure that this is not new for many, but at out meeting I spoke to a couple of people who did not know the Ben Carson story, so here is a tickler. Ben Carson rose from poverty and inner city chaos to become a world-famous pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns…

Bob works with third and fourth graders at Orr Elementary in Anacostia. His report on his recent field trip to the Navy Yard in Southeast DC:  The field trip to the Navy Museum was wonderful. The program was called the Straw Rocket Program. There was a young woman who took charge of the class lecturing,…

Seminar Evaluation Form results: Things that worked well: –  Overall, I think that was a very good meeting. Having elementary school teachers at the meeting and on the ReSET Board is an excellent idea. Their remarks at the meeting were quite insightful. Keeping the meeting to a 2 hour limit is also a good idea,…

  From veteran RESET volunteer Rich Repplier: John, Today I posted RESET ads at these places in Centreville: 2 Giants (3 X 5s) 1 Shoppers (8-1/2 X 11) 1 Starbucks (8-1/2 X 11) The Goddard School (8-1/2 X 11) You can cover lots of places in a short time – you just pick a shopping…

This week Sarah Kehoe wrote to ReSET: “My father … recently retired from a phenomenal government  career as an aerospace engineer. I am nominating him for this volunteer opportunity as I know he will love it and be excellent at it. He mentored me in math/science and I now have my PhD in Molecular Cell Biology…

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…