(40) results in Blog
July 19, 2012
Video of the Week: E.O. Wilson’s Advice to Young Scientists about Facing Math and Excelling in Your Field
For many students, even those majoring in science, math is a four-letter word. But renowned evolutionary biologist E.O. Wilson has a message for aspiring scientists: “If you are a bit short in mathematical skills, don’t worry.”...
June 29, 2012
Earthquake Module that Engages Students with Real-Time Data Receives Award
We’re proud to announce that Visionlearning’s own Dr. Anne Egger has been awarded the prestigious Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction for her learning module “Seismicity and Relative Risk.” Dr. Egger, assistant professor of geological sciences and...
June 11, 2012
Beach Reads of the Science Variety
Temperatures are on their way up and the swimming suits are coming out of hiding, which can only mean one thing: summer break. Before you buy the latest “beach lit” paperback to while away those sunny...
May 30, 2012
Video of the Week: Science (and Math) on Ice
Tonight the Los Angeles Kings and the New Jersey Devils will suit up and hit the ice for the first game of the National Hockey League (NHL) Stanley Cup Finals. The players probably won’t be thinking...
May 11, 2012
Next Generation Science Standards Open for Public Comment through June 1
Today, a draft of the Next Generation Science Standards was released for a three-week public comment period. The new Standards are based on the National Research Councils (NRC) Framework for K12 Science Education and are the...
April 27, 2012
We’re Back!
It’s been a few months since we last posted, but we’re excited to announce that we’re back! And we have tons of new things in store. Behind the scenes, we’ve been working away on plans for...
September 22, 2011
Data Interpretation in the News: BPA
Here at Visionlearning, we are always looking for ways to provide our teachers and students real-life opportunities to put their knowledge to action. In scanning the news, this morning, we came across this interesting commentary on...
July 18, 2011
The Google Effect?
In an interesting article published online in Friday’s Science, Dr. Betsy Sparrow talks about her study assessing the effects of the Internet on people’s memory. Do we, as modern people, rely on the Internet as a...
June 8, 2011
What’s the value of higher education?
There have been a number of articles recently discussing the “value” of a college education (such as this one in the New Yorker) . In other words, given the cost in time and money, is it...
May 12, 2011
Inspiring Would-be Scientists
Let’s face it: we’ve all had a crisis of faith (or three) during the course of our career development. Whether we’re students still working through the long list of required courses, academics trying to build our...
Post
Tweet
Send