Learn about scientific discoveries or inventions that were not the original goal or expected outcome of the scientific effort at the time. As students learn about how science works, they can be engaged by examples of how science can take researchers down a completely different path than originally intended.
During the past several years of holding this essay contest, we have witnessed how educators have leveraged the contest to meet some of these goals. So, as a new school year begins, we wanted to share what we have seen and heard from teachers like you.
There are people who love science, and others who struggle with it – perhaps they don’t enjoy memorizing facts or doing lab work. But, for some, the struggles are different. Sometimes the struggle is related to individual disabilities.
On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are familiar with the concept that a new drug or vaccine undergoes clinical trials, and some may even have a sense that there are different phases of testing, but the details may be less certain. So, we thought we would take a closer look at what happens, when, and why.
