COVID-19 and Novel Coronavirus Updates
NCSE answers questions about coronavirus for teachers.
September 11, 2020
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I love board games. So when my kids were little, I wanted to get them started as young as possible. Reader, this was a mistake. The problem wasn’t…
September 3, 2020
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Editor's Note: The original version of this article was published on June 25, 2020. Because herd immunity is in the news again, we have posted…
August 28, 2020
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No more than a couple of hours after the Washington Post published this article about the efficacy of various masks, an NCSE staffer…
August 21, 2020
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How much evidence is needed? That’s a question that scientists have to answer over and over again, no matter what question they’re asking. There’s…
July 31, 2020
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One of the great strengths of science is that it can save you a lot of work by giving you a predictive framework. We don’t have to shoot hundreds…
July 24, 2020
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My two sons attended a Catholic middle school where they had to wear a blazer and dress pants and button-down shirt and tie every day. Also shoes…
July 10, 2020
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Today I’m going to be talking about scale. Specifically, about the important practical difference between tiny stuff and really, really tiny stuff…