Science? Cool?

President Obama launched the “Educate to Innovate” campaign, a nationwide effort to help reach the administration’s goal of moving American students from the middle to the top of the pack in science and math achievement over the next decade. The reference to the “middle of the pack” refers to test scores of 5,600 american 15 year olds against students from 29 other countries in which Americans placed 16th in science and 23rd in math.

But with teachers like Tibesti.com’s Science Education expert, Michael Lampert, science may be making a comeback!  He was awarded the 2009 AAAS Leadership in Science Education Prize for High School Teachers, with his program called Project PIPE (Partners in Physics Education), where Lampert takes his high school students to Elementary schools to teach science!  It’s a brilliant idea, wisely formulated, and doing well.

Lampert feels that one-to-one interactions are vital to learning.  “I hope parents recognize the importance of playing with your children. Toys can be a lot more if you spend the time and explain the science behind them.” His reviews, Best Science Toys and Best Science Books for both Elementary level and High School level are written with warm, enthusiastic commentary from someone who has found a way to fascinate kids with science lessons and encourage learning thru fun! I confess that those elementary science books would be educational for me – so I can’t wait to buy them for my nieces and nephews while getting cash back thru my Tibesti.com free membership!  On my list: Erector set, Deluxe Spirograph, and books: “Boy, were we wrong about Dinosaurs!” & “The New Way Things Work”. Oops, did I say “my” list?  I meant my list for the kids…wink wink.

Great Science Toys to PLAY and LEARN basic science

Kat Kekona, Tibesti Senior Content Editor

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