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Lately, I have been tallying our numbers to see what we did over the year and it has been exciting to see the graphs.It has also been awe-inspiring. A...
Read MoreAnd we had a little faith – and we worked on.
I think one, perhaps, is to present science as it is, as something dazzling, as something tremendously exciting, as something eliciting feelings of re...
Read MoreAn army of one
I am constantly amazed by how much one person can achieve in a super short amount of a time. All because of the huge leaps technology makes everyday. ...
Read MoreFamily Science – what works!
I read about a really interesting school called the Open Classroom in Salt Lake City, Utah where parents are required to volunteer 3 hours per child p...
Read MoreAre we making a difference??
Results from summer courses in the bay area Analysis of pre and post tests We conducted five-session courses with different groups of 10-12 year old b...
Read Morea win-win-win situation
Thinking about pitching our program to some new branches of the University we partner with. And I can’t get out of my head why this program is s...
Read MoreTeaching concepts through analogies
I taught convection the other day in a 6th grade (urban classroom) . The inquiry activity was to design a house with passive ventilation. If the windo...
Read MoreThank you SolidWorks and Volunteers!
There have been a few momentous events in Iridescent’s history. June 6th was one of these. Thanks to one dedicated volunteer, Srikant, we got togeth...
Read MoreEngineers as Teachers
How many of us have pursued a career because of a passionate mentor or teacher? I personally chose engineering mainly because my father shared his lov...
Read MoreNext Steps
Here is the plan for the Summer and Fall based on advice from ‘Growing Pains’ (an awesome book on management by Eric Flamholtz). Spend a week plan...
Read MoreOther exciting happenings
I went to the NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) conference in Boston and it was by far the most exciting and inspiring conference I’ve ev...
Read MoreSpring 2008
We started the second semester of “Engineers as Teachers” and had a team of 14 engineers (some undergraduate students, some volunteering graduate ...
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