education
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue Space Day aims to inspire astronauts of tomorrow
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue Space Day aims to inspire astronauts of tomorrow
Every fall, hundreds of elementary and middle school students flock to West Lafayette, Ind., for a fun-filled day of launching water rockets, experimenting with mini Mars rovers and learning about what lies beyond Earth?s atmosphere. Purdue Space Day (PSD) originated in November 1996. At that event, Boilermaker alumnus astronauts Greg Harbaugh and Don Williams spoke […]
BTN LiveBIG: Rutgers grad's road to a degree paved with perseverance
BTN LiveBIG: Rutgers grad's road to a degree paved with perseverance
If at first you don?t succeed, try, try again. The phrase, first ascribed to British writer William Edward Hickson in the 19th century, is one we?re all familiar with. But few of us truly live and breathe it the way Letitia Jones has. After graduating from Rahway High School in New Jersey, Jones wanted to […]
BTN LiveBIG: Illini app gives kids something to chew over
BTN LiveBIG: Illini app gives kids something to chew over
The only thing more difficult than getting kids to make healthy dietary choices is holding their attention in a classroom. The new ?Food for Thought? app, a project developed at the University of Illinois, might help children do both. Emma Mercier, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at Illinois, designed ?Food for Thought? with a […]
BTN LiveBIG: A Minnesota professor's crusade to bring education to life
BTN LiveBIG: A Minnesota professor's crusade to bring education to life
He?s a college professor who goes on incredible adventures in far-flung places, interacting with fascinating locals as he pursues his mission to find and preserve priceless treasures. It?s fair to say that the University of Minnesota?s Aaron Doering shares more than a few qualities with Indiana Jones. Both do much of their academic work outside […]
BTN LiveBIG: Wisconsin knows how its gardens grow
BTN LiveBIG: Wisconsin knows how its gardens grow
Every parent wonders at some point: How do you get kids to eat their vegetables? The answer: You make them grow the vegetables too! ?When children have the opportunity to grow their own food, they just have a much closer relationship with that food,? said Nathan Larson, director of the Wisconsin School Garden Initiative. ?Opposed […]
BTN LiveBIG: Illini duo takes kids from classroom to cosmos
BTN LiveBIG: Illini duo takes kids from classroom to cosmos
Many of us can recall sitting in a classroom, impatiently tapping a pencil on the top of our desk, barely paying attention as a teacher droned on about something we neither understood nor expected to use outside of the school. Well, a group of researchers at the University of Illinois is working on something that […]
