It’s February, the month of LOOOOOOVE, and as nerdy science chicks to the core, it’s hard to de-Nye our love for the science icon, Bill Nye. It’s hard to sum up a guy like Bill Nye. He’s a scientist, inventor, science advocate and educator, comedian,...
Ah, the month of love. February is a fantastic month for so many reasons – Valentine’s Day, Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays , groundhog day, and the birth of Steve Jobs to name a few. So snuggle up with your significant other, and learn all...
Start your year off by teaching your students about the scientists, inventions, and discoveries of the world. The scientists, inventions and discoveries highlighted in each monthly installment are great starting points for interactions with your kiddos, such as...
It was the fall of 2008, and we had just started our first year of teaching together. Mel had just cut off her long locks for a shorter, “cute new teacher” bob. Gerdy’s hair was like a lion’s mane, fierce to match her teaching style...
It’s a holly, jolly season, and what better way to celebrate the holidays than with a fond look back at some of our favorite gadgets and gizmos and their creators. Here’s our list of great scientist’s birthdays, awesome inventions and amazing...
Patricia Era Bath was born in 1942 in New York City to Rupert and Gladys Bath. Her father was an educated man with wide-ranging work experiences. He was the first African-American motorman on the New York City subway system, a newspaper writer, and a merchant seaman...
To say that neurobiologist and Nobel Laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini faced some speed bumps along the road to attaining her goals would be a wild understatement. It’s far more accurate to say that, for Rita, there was no path blazed by scientists and women before her,...
For those of you just heading back to school, welcome back! If you’ve already gotten a few weeks under your belt, then kick your feet up and take a few minutes to breathe! Wherever you are in your semester, it’s time to check out our September Thinkers...
We are women scientists – hear us ROAR! Or, at least watch us discover some stuff! That’s right, we’re embracing our roots and taking a new turn with our blog to feature women in science. Ladies of the lab coat often times don’t get the credit...
Welcome back, Scientists! We’re so excited to be kicking off the 2016-2017 school year with you and to be able to bring you some awesome August Thinkers and Tinkerers in the coming year. We hope that our monthly posts about the world’s best and brightest...
To give you a little break from the summer heat, we’ve got some COOL inventors and discoveries for you to check out this July – from the first old school car that began our love for automobiles to a couple of guys walking on the moon! Read all about them...
Schoooool’s out for SUMMER! Well, maybe – if you don’t teach in a year round school. Either way, scientists were still discovering things and getting born in the summer months of June and July, so we’re still going to celebrate their lives and...
It’s May. The flowers are in bloom, Summer is peeking out from around the corner, and the discoveries and inventions are “springing up” from everywhere, with two familiar names this month, our pals Ben Franklin and Thomas Huxley, mental giants of the...
April is the month of showers that bring May flowers, so we’ll shower you with some awesome inventors and inventions. Enjoy! Birthdays April 1, 1776: Sophie Germain, French mathematician, known for work in numbers theory and contributions to the applied...
March roars in like a lion, and boy do we have some BEASTS of invention, design and discovery Check out the madness of science going on in this month’s Thinkers and Tinkerers. Birthdays March 1, 1864: Rebecca Lee Crumpler, M.D., first African-American woman to become...
