Questioning the hypothesis
This is cross-posted on Sciencefare. In my recent NSTA talk, I advocated a view of the scientific method that did not include the hypothesis. What bla...
Read MoreEngineering a High School Engineering Program in LA
When I first came across a job posting for Iridescent I thought ‘how cool is that?’ It was exactly what I was and have been looking for most of my...
Read MoreLearning pains while developing science education apps
An engineering design problemWe are a science education nonprofit and work with engineers and scientists to convey complex physics-based concepts to c...
Read MoreWomen in Leadership Videos
Did you miss the Technovation Challenge’s Women in Leadership panel at Andreessen Horowitz last month? Never fear, as we have posted short videos fr...
Read MoreExplainers as Designers
Of the eight high schoolers in the class, just the hands of the two boys shot up. They had experience hacking at home. One had hacked his Nintendo vid...
Read MoreIridescent Five Up! – video series following our family science participants
After three years of applying for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Informal Science Education grant, we finally were awarded the grant to work wi...
Read MoreIridescent – the name
Everyone asks me why did I choose the name Iridescent! So here is the answer 🙂 Iridescent means something rainbow colored, lustrous, beautiful! I b...
Read MoreIridescent is hosting a new “science of cooking” blog
Have you ever wondered why bananas are green when they are unripe and yellow when they are ripe? Have you ever made a batch of muffins that fell flat ...
Read MoreLaunching the first Iridescent Science Studio, Los Angeles
It all started with a bus in May 2009! Paul Yarin and I were talking about having a mobile science bus that would go to parks, open up from the side, ...
Read MoreWorking mothers – how do they do it all?
I have now been a mother for almost 8 months and have voraciously consumed all advice on“doing it all”. Here are some pieces of advice tha...
Read MoreHow do you get lucky?
I read a book called the Luck Factor a while ago and some of the principles have stuck in my head. The book tries to identify what are some difference...
Read MoreTechnovation Challenge Pitch Night: “Fixing Silicon Valley’s Gender Gap One Pitch at a Time”
The Technovation Challenge Pitch Night was a smashing success! The girls stepped up with incredible pitches, battled tough questions from the all-star...
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