Saturday, July 12, 2014
Monday, July 7, 2014
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the
world's largest international pre-college science competition, provides
an annual forum for approximately 1,700 high school students from more
than 70 countries, regions, and territories to showcase their
independent research as they compete for more than $5 million annually.
The Intel ISEF is the premier global science competition for students in
grades 9–12.
In 2014, Nathan Han, 16, of Boston, MA was awarded the Gordon E. Moore Award of $75,000 for developing a machine learning software tool to study mutations of a gene linked to breast cancer. Lennart Kleinwort, 15, of Germany and Shannon Lee, 17, of Singapore both won Young Scientist Awards of $50,000 for their work on developing a new mathematical tool for smartphones and developing a novel electrocatalyst, respectively.
Intel ISEF 2015 will be held in Pittsburgh, Intel ISEF 2016 will be held in Phoenix, and Intel ISEF 2017 will be held in Los Angeles.
Intel ISEF is a program of Society for Science & the Public, sponsored through 2019 by Intel.
In 2014, Nathan Han, 16, of Boston, MA was awarded the Gordon E. Moore Award of $75,000 for developing a machine learning software tool to study mutations of a gene linked to breast cancer. Lennart Kleinwort, 15, of Germany and Shannon Lee, 17, of Singapore both won Young Scientist Awards of $50,000 for their work on developing a new mathematical tool for smartphones and developing a novel electrocatalyst, respectively.
Intel ISEF 2015 will be held in Pittsburgh, Intel ISEF 2016 will be held in Phoenix, and Intel ISEF 2017 will be held in Los Angeles.
Intel ISEF is a program of Society for Science & the Public, sponsored through 2019 by Intel.
Digital Badging
In 2012, Intel and Society for Science & the Public (SSP)
earned a grant from the fourth Digital Media and Learning Competition,
held in conjunction with the Mozilla Foundation and supported by the
MacArthur Foundation, to develop a joint digital badging initiative.
In
the first year of this program, students who participated in the
Society's premier high school science competitions -- the Intel
International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) and the Intel
Science Talent Search (Intel STS) -- were able to claim, display, share
and promote the badges they've earned.
SSP is
continuing to award digital badges to participants in the Intel ISEF and
Intel STS, as well as educators, mentors, judges and volunteers who
take part in these competitions.
Broadcom MASTERS
Broadcom
MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering for Rising
Stars) is a national competition for 6th- 8th grade students designed to
inspire and encourage the nation's young scientists, engineers and
innovators.
To qualify for the Broadcom MASTERS,
students must place within the top 10% in a SSP-affiliated science fair.
Nominees then enter the competition by completing an application
explaining their science project and demonstrating their use of STEM
principles.
Finalists have the opportunity to
spend a week in Washington, DC showcasing their research projects and
competing as teams in hands-on STEM activities.
Semifinalists will be announced on September 3 and finalists will be announced on September 17, 2014.
In
2013, River Grace, 14, of West Melbourne, Florida won the $25,000
Samueli Foundation Prize for overall STEM excellence, mastery of STEM
principles during the weeklong competition, and his project on the rain
dance of radiated tortoises.
Broadcom MASTERS is a program of Society for Science & the Public, sponsored through 2016 by Broadcom.
Tablet devices help kids with autism speak up
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children with autism become surprisingly talkative after using chatty
iPads as part of an experimental treatment program focused on play and
language skills.
Tablet devices featuring icons that can be tapped to produce vocal comments and requests help bring largely silent kids with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, at least partly out of their shells, say education professor Connie Kasari of UCLA and her colleagues.
For six months, 5- to 8-year-olds with ASD used handheld, speech-generating tablet computers, including iPads adapted for that purpose. Up to three months after completing the treatment program, those children spoke to others more often and with a wider vocabulary than did kids given tablets halfway through the six months or not at all. The scientists report the findings in the June Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Tablet devices featuring icons that can be tapped to produce vocal comments and requests help bring largely silent kids with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, at least partly out of their shells, say education professor Connie Kasari of UCLA and her colleagues.
For six months, 5- to 8-year-olds with ASD used handheld, speech-generating tablet computers, including iPads adapted for that purpose. Up to three months after completing the treatment program, those children spoke to others more often and with a wider vocabulary than did kids given tablets halfway through the six months or not at all. The scientists report the findings in the June Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
The Best New Brunch Restaurants in Toronto, 2013
The best brunch restaurants that opened in Toronto during 2013 have
little in common this year. Some are devoted to executing bacon and
egg-centric staples with great finesse while others are breaking loose
from tradition and introducing Persian, Cuban, and atypically dinner-ish
fare (think burgers or steak tartare). If there is a commonality that
brings these spots together, however, it's that Toronto's appetite for
brunch (in its various forms) is as ravenous as ever.
Here are the best new brunch restaurants in Toronto for 2013.
Here are the best new brunch restaurants in Toronto for 2013.
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