future – Lab Out Loud

Creating Next Generation Scientists with ExploraVision

November 23, 2015

Do your students have a vision for the future? Then they might be motivated to enter the 23rd Annual Toshiba/NSTA annual ExploraVision competition. Through problem solving, critical thinking and communication skills, this K-12 science competition encourages students to imagine and explore a vision of a technology 20 years into the future. To help explain what ExploraVision is and how to participate, we welcome Arthur Eisenkraft (Professor of […]

Episodes, Season 9 competition, future, STEM

Crowded Orbits: Understanding Satellites with Author Clay Moltz

December 8, 2014

As science educators, we are likely to recognize Sputnik as the first satellite in space. But what has happened with satellites since Sputnik? How many satellites are even out there, and how do we rely upon them? To help answer some of these questions, we welcome Dr. James Clay Moltz to the show. As author of Crowded Orbits, Dr. Moltz […]

Episodes, Season 8 book, future, history, Navy, orbits, rockets, satellites, space