Science Education

Maybe this is not news to anybody http://infoproc.blogspot.com/#112101839736725138 it's about an economist's study of outsourcing hightech work especially to parts of asia. and an apparent decline of interest in science and engineering (he abbreviates S&E) careers among US highschool and college students. surprising conclusion, for me, was that the decline of interest in S&E among US students (I don't know if it really exists, but assume for argument's sake) can be argued to be economically rational because of increasing job competition from overseas. Not sure what I think of this. Could be flawed.

I'm attempting to think of good ideas for my physics project. I was thinking along the lines of measuring the speed of light using lasers or the optimum volume of water in a water rocket to provide the greatest height. I'm not too sure about the laser experiment as to how to carry it out but it's something i'm definately interested in exploring. Any comments or serious problems which i may run into? Any ideas? Thanks alot guys!!

STRESS I have participated in a talk show whose topic is stress. PLease tell me the questions I can ask or suitable things to speak on stress there. I only have 2 days left.

UC-Berkely UC-Davis Stanford MIT (not made in Taiwan) UCLA Those are some universities that catch my interest. So what is each school's majority which is well-known and well-taught? Tell me briefly.

I have the AP Bio Test tommorrow, any advice??

Ok, I come from a crappy school. I don't have much knowledge in lots of stuff. Where do I start? Highschool GPA 2.7 College GPA 4.0 I go to a community college. It's 90 minutes from chicago on I-90.

Has anyone attended it? What did you think?

I just finished BC calc and I want know what would be the next math to take. If it helps I want to go into Physics. I gotta say I am pretty ignorant about higher level maths and there are so many to choose from. I was wondering what classes you guys would suggest. Thanks beforehand.

I am a student who is studying at one of US community colleges who wants to go to UC-Berkely. I heard you got to pass certain levels or math to do that, right? I only passed Trigonometry, but I am thinking about using other courses to make up my superiority, is that working? i mean I hate math, but I am good at other aspects--biology, and English. Can I get into Berkely with only Trigonometry passed as C and other courses with A++?

Theres a test in Australia called the STAT. Its a test of expierence for the elderly. Why do we here in America have this for our elderly? They could not pass a SAT,AT or any other kind of test because they have been away from education for quite a spell. Paul/pljames

Has Professor Gadner put a new twist on the I.Q,S.A.T, tests by comming up with his multiple intelligence (theory, speculation, hypothosis and a new way to give I.Q.tests? Not every one can understand any kind of test. I am not avocating dumb down tests for the minorities but maybe their is another way to bring out different intelligences but one? I need your thoughts. pljames

Where can I get the past paper of CCEA? I want to get the solution or answer too.

I was supposed to attend the AP Chem one but I didn't go and it covers the first 4 chapters, the teacher's giving me the notes for independent study. Do you think it's too tough to "self-teach"?

Does anyone study this course?

I am just curious if anyone could translate into latin...

Are highschool summer school courses credited same as regular school (in canada)? What I mean by that is summerschool courses looks worse in resumes? And, if summerschool run different than regular school, does it have different reading list?...Or does it even have one? You see, I'm taking an extra english course in summer school. Sorry, I'm asking these because my school teachers couldn't answer my questions and google doesn't have it either.

What do u think of home schooling or or home tuition? is it really better than mainstream setting such as public or private school?What do u think?? ((supporting or upposing??)) I definetly aginst this idea. My major reason is that the pupils will teeribly isolated from their peers and society

I know this is more of a sociological question, but has fear of knowledge or of the knowledgable been a constant in the world or is it getting worse? As we collectively accumulate more and more knowledge it becomes increasingly apparent that in order to 'survive' and prosper in the economically geared western world, one needs to specialise, to a level that to me, seems illogical and unnatural. The good old days of being a 'Jack of all trades' seems to hold little value in todays world and people who are knowledgable in more than one field are often greeted with skepticism rather than heralded as an asset. Is this seemingly increasing trend going to impact on our abil…

High school can be slow. Completely, utterly, dreadfully, mind-numbingly slow - and as a freshman, I've got firsthand experience in this matter. Some teachers are better than others, but even then the quality of the class depends on funding, time, the brilliance/idiocy of fellow students, and a whole slew of other issues. So: what are some of the better online resources for learning the basics (and/or more) outside of school? Uber Spiffy experiment sites, eTexts, organizations - any good resources are welcome.

This thread is here to vent teacher frustration, to make complaints about teachers, or against school in general. If you think the topic is large enough and has enough appeal, you might make another thread. My Frustration- Being forcefed liberal crap. I am sick and tired of teachers trying to force their values(and political ideologies) on students. I find it disgusting and a gross misuse of public resources. I don't think I should get points deducted because I don't agree with the teacher's philosophy. If teaching people a political ideology and a particular person's values is something supported by the American people, and thus public resources should be…

BSC Finance Part Time Course at Business & Management University in Geneva, Switzerland. I am doing BSC. Finance-Part time from Business & Management University in Switzerland. This program is a part-time program for 4 years. It is conceived to distribute to the students an understanding of the concepts and practices in finance and in management, as well as forces leading recent economic changes. The University leans on teachers who have a great professional experience and a very high level of theoretical knowledge and can communicate their know how. The program is of particular relevance to those working in, or planning to work in: Orientations: Corporate …

Over the last 3 months I have been applying to various companies for a chemistry internship; however, due the fact I am only a sophmore, no one wants to hire me. I really want some lab experience. Where should I look?

I'm just wondering, when it comes to memorizing, most of us (or just me) lose concentration. How do you keep yourself from losing will-power

Wow. One of my drunk neighbors just came down, knocked on my door, decided to hang out for awhile, then proceeded to tell me I wasn't "smart enough" to help out with the biomedical side of computing. Needless to say, I ripped him a new one, and told him to stop telling people that they are not "smart enough" to attempt to advance the state of the human condition. What the? Has anyone else here been attacked by people that claim to know the inner workings of everyone else's mind? I couldn't believe it. After knowing me for 5 minutes, he seemed to know how far I could possibly go with my interest in science. Mind boggling. I promptly kicked him out. …

About what % of right answers do you need for each section get a 13+?