Overview of NIGMS and Computing Life: Computing Life - National Institute of General Medical Sciences Computing Life From text messaging friends to navigating city streets with GPS technology, we're all living the computing life. But as we've upgraded from snail mail and compasses, so too have scientists. Computer advances now let researchers quickly search through DNA sequences to find gene variations that could lead to disease, simulate how flu might spread through your school and design three-dimensional animations of molecules that rival any video game. By teaming computers and biology, scientists can answer new and old questions that could offer insights into the fundamental processes that keep us alive and make us sick. This booklet introduces you to just some of the ways that physicists, biologists and even artists are computing life. What Is NIGMS? The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) supports basic research on genes, proteins and cells.
Article: Inviting Global Perspectives into the Classroom Article Produced in Partnership with Cisco Education. As our schools and universities prepare students to make a contribution to the world, it is important to benchmark the emerging critical skills they will need to solve increasingly complex problems. As we accelerate the speed of moving data and communications around the world, one strategic skill emerges that we traditionally have not taught: global empathy. My own introduction to how valued this skill is came from an interview I had with the CEO of one of the largest banks in the world. The executive continued: “It’s not hard to find employees who have high test scores. The boundaries of relationships prescribed by our traditional classrooms typically limit students to conversations with peers sitting next to them. Fortunately, technology makes it extremely easy for today’s students to become globally aware. Here are some of the key aspects of global empathy: Listening. Understanding Different Points of View Not Just for Older Students
Grand Challenges - 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering With input from people around the world an international group of leading technological thinkers were asked to identify the Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st Century. From urban centers to remote corners of Earth, the depths of the oceans to space, humanity has always sought to transcend barriers, overcome challenges, and create opportunities that improve life in our part of the universe. In the last century alone, many great engineering achievements became so commonplace that we now take them mostly for granted. Technology allows an abundant supply of food and safe drinking water for much of the world.
The Wonderment iPad Graphic Calculator Apps April 12, 2016 Below are some very good graphing calculators for math teachers and students. Learners can use these apps on their iPads to perform complex mathematical equations, plot graphs, and visualize math notations. For those of you looking for graphing calculators to use on Chrome, check out this page. 1- Desmos Graphing Calculator This is one of the most popular graphic calculator out there. 2- Quick Graph ‘It is a powerful, high quality, graphic calculator that takes full advantage of the multitouch display and the powerful graphic capabilities of the iPad and iPhone, both in 2D and 3D. 3- Good Grapher This is another excellent scientific graphing calculator. 4- Scientific Graphing Calculator 2 This is an upgraded version of Scientific Graphing Calculator.
Gapminder: statistics for a fact based world view Video Resources for Teaching Math With Pi Day coming up, we wanted to shout out to all the amazing YouTube creators who are making math videos! (Of course, if it's Pi Day videos you want, check out our "Hooray for Pi Day" post.) Math may not seem like a natural fit for the visually-driven medium of video -- but you'd be amazed by the creativity of some of these creators who bring the complexities of all levels of math to life on the small screen. Math teachers, this one's for you! Video Playlist: Best YouTube Channels for Math Teachers Watch the first video below, or watch the whole playlist on YouTube. video The Infinite Hotel Paradox - Jeff Dekofsky (05:59)Want to show your students the math behind online dating? More Resources for Engaging Kids in Math I hope this playlist has inspired you to find some creative ways to get your students excited about math, or at the very least provided some great resources for homework help.
Facing the Future | Big Ideas All students need opportunities to explore sustainability big ideas in a variety of contexts and disciplines. High quality education for sustainability helps students investigate the meaning and implications of these ideas and to incorporate these ideas into their own thinking, problem solving, and decision-making. Big ideas come in many shapes and sizes, including broad topics or themes difficult problems, or ongoing debates or issues. Sustainability big ideas often involve perspectives and information from multiple ways of knowing, multiple disciplines and multiple cultures. [Note: The following discussion of Big Ideas was adapted from Nolet (2016) Education for Sustainability: Principles and Practices for Teachers.]
ActionBioscience - promoting bioscience literacy Fundamental Biosciences Life sciences include disciplines of science that are concerned with the scientific study of life – including microbes, plants, and animals, including humans. Biology is an umbrella term for the natural sciences that study life, with the other life sciences serving as subfields. Also, in the area of Life sciences, we aim to promote the understanding of biodiversity of life and improve bioscience literacy to increase global ecological consciousness and promote bioscience education. Goals and Features of Bioscience on ICWB.com To achieve the beforementioned aims, this section features articles written by scientists, scientific educators and science students on a variety of bioscience-related subjects. The record shows time and again that one person or a small group can awaken the public to the importance of an issue and bring about a startling change in the direction of a society.Hal Mooney. Inspired by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)
Global Issues issues that affect us all Using Labs | NOVA Labs When you join NOVA Labs, you'll be actively participating in science. The data are real. The questions are real. The challenges you'll encounter are the same challenges that scientists and engineers are grappling with today. Getting Started The best way to start is to jump right into one of the Labs. If you're new to these topics or want to learn more about the science behind them, each Lab provides a number of short, informative videos that cover the basics—key concepts, explanations of the technologies involved, and an overview of some of the most important questions and challenges in each field. Join NOVA Labs Creating an account will enhance your NOVA Labs experience. Sign up now to get the most out of NOVA Labs. Our Experts As a member of the NOVA Labs community, you’ll have the opportunity to ask experts questions, propose your own ideas, and share your discoveries. Learn about careers on our Meet the Experts page Follow the conversation on our Social Feed
Welcome to Virtual Labs Equation Tools for Math June 29, 2015 Here are four excellent Chrome apps specifically curated for Math teachers and students. These apps are ideal for writing, editing and viewing math formula whether they are simple or complex. One of these tools, TeX equation editor, is integrated with Google Drive so you can easily paste TeX equations right into your Google Docs. 1- Daum Equation Edior 'Edit the formula in this program is designed to quickly and easily. In the editor that provides many types of formulas with just the click of a button you can create a formula. 'This is a fast equation editor/viewer that allows you to type equations quickly using helpful shortcuts and see them as you do. 3- TeX Equation Editor ‘You can generate an image of a mathematical formula using the TeX(or LaTeX) language.This is useful for displaying complex formulas on your web page. 4- MathX Equation Builder for Google Docs ‘MATHX is the next generation equation editor that makes typing equations fast and easy for everyone.
Interactive Excel Spreadsheets Developer's Guide to Excelets: Dynamic and Interactive Visualization with "Javaless" Applets or Interactive Excel Spreadsheets Excelets are interactive Excel spreadsheets or simulations of mathematical models. Some of the new interactive spreadsheets are done in Google Sheets (very Excel-like), which has great data pooling capabilities, see Data Pool in the Cloud for more information and activities or read Oh Sheets! Here are some examples of Excelets in chemistry and mathematics (For best results - right click and then select Save Target As... to download, then open directly in Excel) : For more Excelets in general chemistry, see the Chemical Excelets page and for materials science, see the MatSci Excelets page. How do I get started developing Excelets? The basics of developing interactive computational Excel spreadsheets are described in An Interactive Higher-Order Thinking Tool, which includes an Excel tutorial to get you started. Scott A.