Back in the spring of 2011, I spent some time learning to teach in a local middle school. The first few weeks were spent getting used to the school, school rules, the kids and the teacher. The last couple weeks focused on how to deliver messages to the kids. My main problem is that I’m …
Author: Grace
I'm a "dirt-ologist". I love studying the interface of human and environment interaction, often asking the rather rhetorical question: "Do we change the landscape, or does the landscape change us?"
I also captain the ISS Insanitekian, a startup adventure of a lifetime.
6 in 1 solar powered robot [toy review]
Item: 6-in-1 solar kit educational robotics Manufacturer: Vibe Made in: China Cost: $3 at the Dollar Store A few weeks ago my friend Fred Chu bought and sent me this awesome looking robotics kit to see if it was something that I could not only review, but also buy a lot of and sell in …
Mistakes in the lab
Experiences in the lab tells me that a slight mistake can cost you big. For example, while I was in graduate school, my labmates all work on dating rocks with the cosmogenic nuclide of beryllium-10, while I worked on a nutrient cycle in order to understand the fate of beryllium-10 in organic materials. My samples …
The benefit of downtime
There comes a time in your life when you start to ask questions about what you want to do next. Do you want to spend the time and money going to a university when there is no guarantee of a job when you come out? Is getting into the industry and working your way up …
Characterization of an outcrop: Greedy grad student style
I am often asked by professors how a certain class went. Well, to really understand how a grad student may think about a class, you need inside insight at our brains and behavior. These things come out very well on class field trips, one of which I’m sharing here to give insight to a group …
Creative ways to improve attention spans
I have found a unique challenge that I must overcome when working with the public: their hearing. In the past, I have noticed that many of my students, which range from ages 6 to 16, have trouble hearing. It is usually little things like a word out of a sentence that they misunderstood. However, those …
Interview with Fred Chu, the Kung Fu Medical Student
Meet Frederick Chu, a man with a healthy fascination for the things that make us unhealthy. Ask him about bacterium, virii, or prions, and you're likely going to get a very animated version of a biology text book mixed with some horror stories of just how ugly it can get -- or even quite a bit about kung fu and various aspects of Asian history.
Interview with Karen Lange, a veteran of homeschooling all ages, freelance writer, author and mentor
I’ve had the pleasure of talking with Karen Lange, a veteran of the homeschooling community, about her new book Homeschool Co-ops 101. Karen is an amazing woman that, together with her family, has had 16+ years of homeschooling her own children, as well as serving as a support group coordinator and consultant for a New …
An Interview with Edward Kim, a Nanoscientist, Physicist, and Science Geek
Editor’s Note: This post contained broken link(s). We have removed the hyperlink to optimize the functionality of our site, but left the information for you. Where applicable, you can still find the link text in the citations. Please see the FAQ for our full policy on this practice. Edward Kim, or Eddie, is an undergraduate …
Financial Fridays: Advice from Jon Oringer on venture capitalists
I found this gem on LinkedIn, by Jon Oringer, the CEO of Shutterstock. In this article, Oringer tells us to struggle to make things work without venture capitalists for as long as possible. Just a note: If you don’t have an account, you really should sign up for a free one. There is a lot …