Discovery Education and Siemens Foundation kicked off the fifth annual Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge yesterday, asking students K-12 to evaluate environmental problems in communities around the world and develop sustainable solutions. More than $300,000 will be awarded in scholarships, savings bonds, school grants and more to the students who are best able to find real-world solutions to these environmental problems. If you’re an educator or school employee,…
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The Discovery Channel Telescope’s Eight-Year Journey Captured in Sunday’s ‘Scanning the Skies’
It’s always an unexpected pleasure when I am reminded that I work for a company who knows how important it is to answer the essential questions of life and explore the world around us. When you work at Discovery Communications, you have many such reminders (see: my life-changing trip to NASA’s final shuttle launch, song transmissions from Mars, etc.), but I had another today when viewing a special eight-years in the…
Discovery Communicatons Takes On Comic-Con 2012
As a Comic-Con newbie, I was unsure of what to expect when I packed my bags last week. If you’ve never been to San Diego Comic-Con, it’s some parts magic, some parts mayhem, and all parts awesome. The magnitude of the event cannot be overstated, as 130,000 people pack the San Diego Convention Center dressed in costume, waiting in line for hours to see their favorite panels. It’s definitely a…
Science & John Noble Return with a New Season of ‘Dark Matters’ Tonight
What if humans had the ability to make an object simply vanish in thin air? Is it right to experiment with a living organ donor if it advances scientific knowledge? What happens when science is pushed to the limit? Science‘s Dark Matters: Twisted But True explores some of the most bizarre, shocking and strange experiments ever conducted in history with host and science fiction favorite John Noble as your guide.…
Discovery Communications Prepares for Comic-Con
Comic-Con. The event conjures up different images and feelings depending on where your fandom lies. At Discovery Communications, teams are prepping to bring a variety of panels and events to the annual San Diego event this year — from the MythBusters (Comic-Con royalty) to a slew of Science goodness, including a special 10th anniversary Firefly reunion. While I’ve helped from afar, this year will mark my first year attending and…
Discovery Education and 3M Name Young Scientist Challenge Finalists
Science rocks! Student scientists across the country challenged themselves to think outside the box when they entered the 14th annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge in January, and today Discovery Education and 3M have announced the 10 finalists. Discovery Education teamed up with 3M to get students in grades 5-8 to create a new innovative object that facilitates a problem in everyday life, and they are offering a $25,000 prize to…
‘Oddities’ Invades the West Coast Saturdays on Science
It’s one of the oldest sayings in the book: one man’s trash is another man’s two-headed stuffed pigeon. When it comes to the wares sold at Loved to Death, the setting of Science’s Oddities: San Francisco, “unusual antiques” might be a mild descriptor. But, as we know from the original Oddities, there’s certainly a market for mummified cats and pickled hearts among the eccentric. Loved to Death has been open…
Science’s ‘Through the Wormhole’ Returns Tonight, Adds Co-Viewing Experience
The return of “Wormhole Wednesday” is upon us, with the Season three premiere of Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman tonight at 10pm ET/PT. One of my favorite Science shows, Through the Wormhole uses science to tackle those “big questions” that have stumped humankind for generations with Morgan Freeman as your guide. (I was lucky enough to work on the show last year and got to sit in on an interview…
Siemens & Discovery Education Announce ‘We Can Change the World Challenge’ Winners
Discovery Education is a proud supporter of the Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge, a sustainability challenge for students across the nation, encouraging them to tackle environmental issues with solutions that will positively impact the environment. Today, the Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), and the College Board announced today the grand prize winners of the fourth annual Challenge. I am always completely blown away…
Discovery Education’s Science Techbook Earns Top Honors
In 2010, Discovery Education announced the creation of a new Science Techbook for students in grades K-8, continuing to lead the way as the digital classroom evolves. Since the Techbook’s launch in August 2011, it has been adopted by several states and Techbooks spanning middle school social studies and high school science will be available for the 2012-13 school year. The team’s hard work has not gone unnoticed, as the…