Classrooms across the country were ready for the first science class taught from space.
And wizards are a lot more interesting that the traditional example used in science class: peas.
In a domestic-science class, three boys are making a presentation for a new washing-powder advertisement.
"I was in my political science class, and they didn't even know there was a primary, " she said.
"By the time I took a computer science class in high school, I already knew everything, " he says.
Meanwhile, plenty of popular movies flunk the scientific literacy test. (See: 10 Films That Would Flunk Science Class).
Mr. Cannon's introduction to computer science class has surged to about 300 students this semester, compared to 200 last year.
So if they can make that link, then they get a slam dunk and intelligent design will not be taught in science class.
Sankar was one of three women in her computer science class in college in India and had few close friends to ask for help.
The reason they want to do that is because in 1987, the US Supreme Court ruled that creationism could not be taught in science class.
With the boom in global demand for alternative-fueled vehicles, now may be a good time to break out your Periodic Table of Elements from science class.
Or Al Gore about the stories he told in the first presidential debate in 2000, including the one about student who had no space to sit in her science class.
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After sitting in on the Introduction to Computer Science class taught by Evan Korth, an associate NYU professor, Mr. Patel saw his peers building products and was motivated to study the topic.
He was assisted by a former marine drill sergeant who became a gym teacher because it gave him an outlet to visit revenge on the type of kids that once made him feel inadequate in math and science class.
That continuing spirit of innovation should provide some cause for optimism that we can find ways of turning world-class science into world-beating businesses.
But what always impresses me about Cambridge is the sense that all kinds of bridges are now being built between world-class science in the university and the commercial world.
Her name was (and is) Anne Marie, and I met her in our senior seminar in packaging science, the class where you finally stake your claim and choose your path, et cetera.
Wrapped in a smart carry case, the students carry their iPads with them into math class, science, and art and the teachers download the appropriate apps that allow the kids to draw on the touch screen, look at graphs, or go online.
There, she was one of three girls in a class of 50 computer science majors.
"We have some way to go to match the public and private investment levels in research and development of some of our competitor economies but we have the advantage of already being truly world class in many areas of science, " he said.
Jonathon Mann's teacher, Dr. Behel, posts new science and technology competitions on a bulletin board in class.
According to the Royal Society, research that has been assessed as world class attracts around 90% of university science funding.
The models cover in this class provide a foundation for future social science classes, whether they be in economics, political science, business, or sociology.
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In my freshman phys ed class at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, we were required to learn to shoot a rifle for target shooting purposes (although I think planting the seed of arming future inner-city pharmacists was an ulterior motive).
Massive deficits that have made it much harder to pay for the investments that built this country and provided the basic security that helped millions of Americans reach and stay in the middle class -- things like education and infrastructure, science and technology, Medicare and Social Security.
We're not going to stop building first-class schools and making sure that they've got science labs in them.
" "This is a fight about whether we're going to make the investments in middle class families in this country, in education, in science and technology, in food inspection, and those kinds of things.
It will be widely used in a variety of computational science fields where it is expected to contribute to the generation of world-class research results.
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Lest you think this is science fiction and that no one would ever fund this from a business standpoint, consider the Class M asteroid pictured below.
What it lacks is strong links with a world-class university, and a powerful network of people with a track record in both science and business, willing to pass on lessons to new companies.
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