November 28, 2016 Dear Potential Donors, On behalf of the students and staff of Camelot Elementary School, I want to thank our RESET scientists for volunteering generously during the past school year in the classroom of our 4th and 5th grade scientists and engineers. The contributions the program has made have helped create and foster a…

Now That’s Using Your Cerebral Cortex! ReSET volunteers are passionate about science, and they’ll go to great lengths to communicate that passion to their students. These scientists-in-the-classroom employ some unique and truly innovative methods of engaging children in their STEM field of expertise: Philip Posner, who has a Ph.D. in Medical Physiology, shows his students…

From Vox: New Horizons’ Pluto flyby is tomorrow at 7:49 am ET. Here’s what you can expect: https://www.vox.com/2015/7/13/8949499/new-horizons-pluto-schedule-nasa

I am meeting with four and five year olds in Head Start, every other Tuesday, starting at 2:30, for a little over a half hour.  So far, we’ve met twice.  The first time, we did fossils and playdoh impressions.  The activity captured their attention and they enjoyed making the impressions.  The second time, we did…

Rich Repplier says (in response to post below): August 10, 2015 at 8:44 pm I read Marjee Chmiel’s post “When Science Isn’t Fun.” My response is that what she’s talking about is fine for a dedicated college student. But in RESET, we aren’t dealing with dedicated college students. We’re dealing with 10-year-olds who are fairly…

Cell bodies or synapses? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/memories-may-not-live-in-neurons-synapses/?WT.mc_id=SA_Twitter#science