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taiwan and english

They want to make it an official language..

 

 

mechanical gifs

Theo Gray was a co-creator of Mathematica.  He has developed some transparent machine kits to explain the functioning of mechanical objects.

chinese university offers a tree climbing class

Leisure sports being taught in Chinese universities..  approximately unimaginable a couple of decades ago.

a tip of the hat to Betsy

 

 

this makes me happy

There are very few in Congress with a STEM degree (and some counts include doctors and nurses), let alone one of the sciences or math.  But seeing that one of the new stars had enough interest to make it to an Intel ISEF final makes me happy.  It shows signs she can think.

a tip of the hat to six readers!

 

 

 

 

emily's space book list

Emily Lakdawalla has been recommending space science books for kids for a few years and tends to find the good ones.  

Here's her 2018 list.

We've already given My Heart is a Compass to a 4.5 yr old.

 

it's great when

Science students reach out to younger kids to show them the wonders and weirdness of nature

 

when science books for kids were good..

I remember seeing a copy of this one in a used bookstore, but didn't buy it.  Interesting and timely are high bars.  Unfortunately they take a huge amount of work and monetary rewards are likely too small. 

education .. finland v the us

Finland values people .. 

 

the voter response to the republican war on education

 

 

                                                                

                                                                                                                    (via 538)

 

more fun from physics girl