News tagged with portable classroom
Hidden Risks Of Modular Classrooms
Every school day, more than 5 million students in the United States attend lessons held in modular classrooms. With new carpeting and paint, metal roofs and noisy ventilation systems, they can be a health ...
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Beyond Traditional Borders wins Science magazine's IBI Prize
Science magazine has awarded a Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction (IBI) to Rice University's hands-on engineering education program Beyond Traditional Borders (BTB) as a model for other schools. In the ...
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Low-cost instrument developed by students could aid weather research
On a recent blustery afternoon, scientists gathered on a rooftop at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) to observe two atmospheric electric field-mill devices monitor the buildup of electrical charge ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Technology, costs, lack of appeal slow e-textbook adoption
Textbooks are often a luxury for college senior Vatell Martin. The accounting major at Virginia State University got by in several courses with study groups and professors' lectures. "It's not that I didn't want to buy," ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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New report examines the use of digital technology in education
A key issue facing the UK is how to inspire the next generation of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians on which our future well-being and economy depends. A new report, published yesterday [8 Nov], examines ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 09, 2011 |
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The talking kitchen that teaches you French
An innovative kitchen that gives step-by-step cooking instructions in French could spark a revolution in language learning in the UK.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Stanford summer course yields touchscreen Braille writer
Each summer, under the red-tiled roofs and sandstone of Stanford, the Army High-Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC) invites a select group of undergraduates from across the country gather for a two-month immersion ...
Oct 10, 2011 |
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New software brings science to life for young people
The use of new technology is helping students to become real 'science investigators'. Researchers funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2011 |
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New research stems from the sun
Sometimes, you have to go back to go forward. Sounds strange, but it's what one National High Magnetic Field Laboratory physicist did when he harnessed the primal power of the sun to solve a perplexing, high-tech problem. ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Students test-drive iPads in technical writing course
Niko Kovacevic, a Penn State junior studying math and computer science, originally wasn’t thrilled about fulfilling the technical writing requirement for his major. What he didn’t know was that he ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Hunting the Neutrino-less Double Decay: Students May Not Win the Nobel, But It's an Internship to Remember
During the first summer Abdel Bachri and his physics students at Southern Arkansas University spent at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory they accomplished something that would've been impossible back home: ...
Aug 02, 2010 |
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