News tagged with public outreach

Scientists face barriers to engaging with public, but still participate in outreach

Although scientists face a number of significant barriers to public outreach, some still engage in these activities, especially women and those with children, according to work published May 9 in the open access journal PLoS ON ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dancing droplets rock out on space station

Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA has taught more than half a million internet viewers how microgravity affects scientific principles by using everyday objects on the International Space Station. In the latest ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Leading education publisher uses SpaceMath@NASA to help students master mathematics

NASA today announced that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), Boston, has incorporated math problems developed by the SpaceMath@NASA program into some of its latest curriculum and educational products. SpaceMath ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

MSU spacecraft activity now available online for teachers

A NASA activity developed by Montana State University science educators for teachers is now available free online.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Addressing environmental challenges and controversies through science communication

What can we do for the environment? What can individual scientists, agencies and institutions do to improve the quality of environmental decision-making? These are among the questions explored by scientists and communications ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0