Our Discovery and Usage of the Chemical Elements
It has been some time since I have written a blog post for this site. My work continues at Clark Planetarium, where I don t get many opportunities these days to pursue the history, mineral sources, origins, properties, uses, extraction, refining, and hazards of the chemical elements. That is, after all, the main purpose of this [ ]
This site, elementsunearthed.com, has been down for a few months. I apologize for this; it came about due to unfortunate timing and a bad site certificate. My wife s credit card, which was being used for the auto payment on this site, was hacked and she needed to get a new card. Unfortunately, this happened just [ ]
The purpose of this post is to invite you, as a STEM classroom teacher or informal educator, to participate in my doctoral dissertation research study. I need teachers to look over the new website I ve been putting together at https://science-creativity.com (everything on it is free – I made it with WordPress which is why it [ ]
Over the past year as my doctoral coursework has concluded, I have been working toward the dissertation research. Before I tell you more about where my research is heading, it is time for a progress report. Please read through this to the end, as I have a request to make of you that could be [ ]
Since my last post nine months ago I have made considerable progress toward my doctoral dissertation proposal, although not as much as I had planned. I made it through my written and oral comprehensive exams with flying colors, although I ran into a snag during the written exam time frame. I had my right knee [ ]
It is now December 2021 and I have completed another semester of classes at the University of Northern Colorado toward my Doctor of Education (EdD) degree. I haven t posted very often on this blog site over the past six months because I have been so very busy completing assigned readings, writing papers, and preparing my [ ]
This blog is the script for a final video project for my Educational Technology class as a doctoral candidate at the University of Northern Colorado. The final video can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/jimJqjsetNM. Introduction 3D modeling and printing are taking the Do-it-Yourself world by storm as makerspaces spring up in many schools. Considered to be [ ]
What I am about to say will be considered as educational blasphemy. I have to say it anyway. Here goes: Education standards do more harm than good. There, I ve said it. Now I need to defend my claim logically. When state boards of education and national committees get together to write new standards, they are [ ]
Over the course of the last six months I have been exploring makerspaces as part of my continuing doctoral program at the University of Northern Colorado. Makerspaces are becoming more common in schools, libraries, businesses, and even individual homes and can be anything from a corner of a room dedicated to creative projects, a mobile [ ]
Any human characteristic must be complex, given the many differences between people including their opinions, experiences, and mental abilities. Creativity is one such concept; an idea that everyone understands but that no one can agree on. We know that it exists and is widely distributed, but we cannt agree on what it actually is. I [ ]