​[[{“value”:” Scientific Method projects can be fun, surprising, highly engaging, and full of learning! Let’s take a close look at 6 ideas. A few years ago I mentioned the scientific method to my STEM students and was met with blank looks. They had never heard of it! What?! Well, I started creating lessons right then to make sure we covered…

​[[{“value”:” Why is it hard to build quantum computers? Published: Quantum computers have the potential to revolutionise technology. But at the moment, they do not work very well! Dr Salini Karuvade, a theoretical quantum physicist at the University of Sydney in Australia, is investigating how to overcome the challenges associated with creating computers based on quantum systems. Talk like a…

​[[{“value”:” How do brain processes bias our decision-making? Published: Our lives are defined by the decisions that we make. Coffee or tea? English or Mathematics? University or an apprenticeship? We spend hours deliberating over some decisions, weighing up the options and worrying about the outcome. Others, we make in a heartbeat by following our noses and trusting our guts. Professor…

​[[{“value”:” “The art world is our world” Published: Having benefitted from mentoring and coaching provided by Arts Emergency in the UK, Amie Kirby is now a member of the organisation’s Youth Collective, building community relationships and coordinating cultural projects. How did you become involved with Arts Emergency? I was completing my master’s degree in art gallery and museum studies when…

​[[{“value”:” CC-BY, provided by author Science teaching in middle school is often not very effective. On the one hand, students have not yet developed the necessary ability to abstract in order to study infinitely large elements such as astronomical concepts or infinitely small ones such as atoms; on the other hand, schools do not have sufficiently equipped laboratories in order…