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Using scientific discourse to purposefully cultivate thoughtful citizens. This book describes my belief in the importance of individuality, the habit of truth, personal responsibility and respectful dissent. What does this scientific method have to do with democratic citizenship? Are science and democracy two separate endeavors? From the dawn of humanity, the natural state of man has been to live under tyranny of one form or another. Even toda...

Light reading about interesting stuff. Earth is a machine. This is a collection of essays that weave slivers of knowledge into big images of what we know and how we know about the Earth. Students explore interesting topics. They connect ideas. A few well chosen stories help. Students love it. And thrive. And learn. And become interesting conversationalists. It is about nurturing and raising interesting people. Classrooms organized to grab thei...

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Children differ. Some are shy, others outgoing. Some have high verbal ability. Some few, have strong spatial ability. What can we know about spatial ability? Are there different categories of spatial ability? Do certain types of individuals show the ability to analyze one category of spatial thinking more than other categories? Much of our interest in spatial ability stems from our concern over how children understand mathematics and science. ...

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