Helping Science Education: ScienceBloggers and You
10:40 pm
If you’re checking out this website, chances are that you have at least a passing interest in science.*
And if that’s the case, there’s a good chance that your interest was sparked by some educational opportunity that came your way as a child–a thoughtful teacher, a field-trip, or maybe just one coveted book discovered while perusing the non-fiction in your local library.**
Imagine how great it would be to help make those opportunities happen for children today.***
19 of the heaviest-hitters**** in the science blogging world have come together with a series of challenges to help fund educator-driven projects that aim to light the spark of science in today’s youth. Simply click on this link to learn more about the challenge, peruse the proposals assembled by the challengers (collected through DonorsChoose), and donate the amount of your choice to the projects and challenges of your choosing.
Tip o’ the Toupee to Challenger afarensis for alerting me to this. Check out his challenge for several good paleontology and anthropology-themed proposals.
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**I remember discovering John McLoughlin’s The Archosauria as a boy, and hunkering down under the covers late at night to pore over the pen and ink illustrations by flashlight. I am forever indebted to Mrs. Alexander, who gave me a library card of my very own long before I met the official age requirements…
***Or, if you can’t stand the kids these days, then think of how great it would be to have a science-literate populace running things when we’re old and tired of giving a crap. Figuratively and quite possibly literally.
****Not me, them. These fine folks: A Blog Around the Clock, Adventures in Ethics and Science, Aetiology, Afarensis, Cognitive Daily, Evolgen, Gene Expression, Good Math Bad Math, Island of Doubt, Mike the Mad Biologist, Neurotopia, Pharyngula, Pure Pedantry, The Questionable Authority, The Scientific Activist, Stranger Fruit, Terra Sigillata, Uncertain Principles, and The World’s Fair.
Hi Mark,
Noticed you made a donation at our DonorsChoose challenge. Thanks very much, and just wanted to let you know that we’ve put up additional info on the Haiku nonsense.
cheers
dave