Physics, geometry explain low radiation risks beyond Fukushima evacuation zone – The Washington Post
More solid scientific facts, this time from the Washington Post (see below, via NewsOnJapan.com). No doubt journalists believe there’s more money to be made from fear and panic (it gets people reading and watching, true), but there is also a big market for objective fact, and over the last week in Japan, more and more [...]
The Answer Sheet
Scenes from the Battleground‘s Twitter feed points me to this Washington Post article: The Answer Sheet – teaching without gimmicks. Except for the misguided notion of targeting learning styles, none of these techniques is wrong in itself. But together they raise a barrier. Instead of bringing the subject closer to the students, this heap of [...]
