Inner Nature: Eye see colors
By Vidya Rajan, Columnist, The Times
Eyes harvest light reflected from objects. Optic nerves transmit that information to the brain. The brain turns that information into an image. Thus eyes are the intermediary between an object and its perception. Let’s look at them more carefully. Don’t shrink from anatomical detail or biochemistry – this is fun stuff. It’s fun because delving into biomechanical...
Inner Nature: Metamorphosis – Buggy Development
By Vidya Rajan, Columnist, The Times
The growth of a single cell from a fertilized egg, or zygote, to an adult composed of trillions of cells is amazing and magical. This process which scientists, with their knack for understatement, call “development” happens with most eukaryotic organisms – those that have cells with a nucleus and other membranous compartments. Nucleated eukaryotic cells...
KEF’s and district’s ‘Consistent Persistence’ leads to STEM program
District announces the implementation of STEM curriculum at the annual Kennett Education Foundation Dinner
By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com
Kennett Education Foundation donors celebrate raising money for the Kennett Consolidated School District — and a new math and science focused curriculum.
PENNSBURY — For the Kennett Consolidated School District educators and Kennett...
KCSD considers implementation of STEM curriculum
School board looks at adding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program to district’s curriculum
By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com
KENNETT SQUARE—In a time when the nation faces a shortage of engineers, doctors, and scientists, the STEM program may prove to be invaluable in fortifying the country’s industrial and medical sectors. Seeing the value of this,...
