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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.

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Kids and science:

Friday Sprog Blogging: checking in on last week's experiments.

Category: Kids and science

A bit of follow-up on the two experiments we described last week: First off, the water cycle model....

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Friday Sprog Blogging: getting information you can trust.

Category: Kids and science

When someone tells you something about science, how can you tell if that person knows what they're talking about?

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Responding to crises versus preventing them: what else can we do for the public schools?

Category: Governing

In which I repeat what I said two years ago, because it seems even more relevant now (when state budgets have throttled school budgets and the current U.S. President has identified education as a national priority):...

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DonorsChoose 2009 Social Media Challenge: How we did.

Category: Kids and science

Hey ScienceBlogs readers: you rock! In a year where lots of folks are waiting for the signs of economic recovery to be manifest in their daily lives, and where public school budgets have been even more hard hit than they...

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DonorsChoose 2009 Social Media Challenge: Last day of the drive!

Category: Kids and science

Happy Hallowe'en and welcome to the last day of the 2009 Social Media Challenge. With your help, ScienceBlogs bloggers have raised more than $56,000 to help public school teachers pay for classroom supplies, fund field trips, and support activities to...

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Friday Sprog Blogging: experiments currently underway.

Category: Chemistry

The environment in a bottle and an experiment with eggs.

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DonorsChoose 2009 Social Media Challenge: help to increase my share of the HP funds and I'll sing for you.

Category: Philanthropy

As I noted earlier this week, Hewlett-Packard is going to be distributing another $200,000 in the DonorsChoose 2009 Social Media Challenge. They're dividing up that pool of money according to how much each challenge has raised as a proportion of...

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Friday Sprog Blogging: Mole Day.

Category: Chemistry

Dr. Free-Ride: So, you know this Friday is Mole Day. Elder offspring: It is? What does that mean exactly?...

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Helping you get ready to celebrate tomorrow.

Category: Chemistry

Because, of course, tomorrow is Mole Day. According to the National Mole Day Foundation:...

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DonorsChoose 2009 Social Media Challenge: HP wants to help us even more.

Category: Kids and science

It's day 20 of the 2009 Social Media Challenge in which generous ScienceBlogs readers (among others) help raise funds through DonorsChoose for books, supplies, field trips, and other classroom projects in cash-strapped U.S. public schools. So far, we've made impressive...

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