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Liz Heinecke—The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Physics for Kids
Balancing two intertwined forks on a toothpick resting on the edge of a glass helps kids understand Isaac Newton’s concept of gravity. Homemade slime helps illustrate Lise Meitner’s recognition of nuclear fission. In The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Physics for Kids, Liz Heinecke introduces young readers to 25 physicists & provides photo-illustrated guides to home experiments based on their work.
Desk Notes Newsletter, February 16, 2022
Inside the February 2022 edition: Help shape ScienceWriters2022, a new science reporting award, mid-career mentoring, and more.
Mentor/Editor-Mentee Matches and Table Assignments: NASW-AAAS Spring Virtual Mentoring Program 2022
Here are the mentor/editor-mentee matches and table assignments.
NASW Virtual Internship Fair 2022 Recruiters
Here are the internship providers who will be participating in the NASW Virtual Internship Fair and Editor Meet & Greet 2022
Sara Hendren—What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World
A prosthesis for a one-armed rock-climber, a ramp enabling wheelchair-dancers to reach a stage, a portable lectern for a short-statured speaker: Sara Hendren and her engineering students designed these assistive tools. Hendren’s book, What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World, tells why homes and public spaces need to be accessible to all. It earned a NASW 2021 Science and Society award.