Share innovative K-12 science instructional resources or educational programs with science teachers, principals, and district administrators on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, at the 2nd annual statewide K-12 Science Education Summit at the Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center. Continue reading…
Families with young children are invited to Full STEAM Ahead, Oct. 29, 1-4 p.m. at the East Campus Union Arbor Suite. The free event features interactive activities in science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics using nature and the outdoors. Continue reading…
An article on the fall equinox in the Washington Post features graphics that were adapted from Kevin Lee's interactive teaching tools on the Nebraska astronomy site, the Daylight Hours Explorer. Continue reading…
Elizabeth Lewis, associate professor of teaching, learning and teacher education, and Jia Lu, graduate student, recently published an article in the Journal of Geoscience Education that examines the importance of earth and space science education and how to improve it in Nebraska. Continue reading…
University of Nebraska-Lincoln biomedical engineer and former Women in Science Conference keynote speaker Angela Pannier has received a 2017 National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award to develop novel methods that improve use of adult stem cells in gene therapy. Continue reading…
Students and faculty from the departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Biochemistry and Mathematics received the ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (NanoCom 2017) Best Paper Award. Continue reading…
In Spring of 2016 John Lang published a book, "Small Teaching: Everyday lessons from the Science of Learning," that outlines a small set of principles that can be used to create incremental, but powerful, changes in how we help students learn. Continue reading…
Husker arachnologists Alissa Anderson and Eileen Hebets have conducted a second study showing that sexual restraints help male spiders produce more offspring. Anderson and Hebets are also the creators of an NMSSI course on arachnids for teachers. Continue reading…
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have several resources for learning about and implementing the Next Generation Science Standards. Take a look through these titles. Continue reading…