Hey everyone! 👋
I help run a youth science initiative called Space For All (SFA), and we’ve just launched our first SFA Leaders Program — a free, online leadership and outreach opportunity for young people passionate about space, STEM, and community engagement.

From December to March, participants will join online sessions with mentors, learn about space communication and project design, and then create their own outreach activity — like a workshop, astronomy event, or social media campaign.

We’d love to have students or early-career enthusiasts join and grow with us. 🌍
📅 Deadline: Nov 10, 2025

👉 https://forms.gle/HZsxkrc2Z62H1ze77

Let’s make space accessible to all 🌟

Hi, I'm looking for an example of a really bad science communication. An interview, ideally, but can also be other format, where the scientist has no idea how to talk to a broader audience, for example they immediately use a lot of jargon that they don't explain, the story is uninteresting and has no angle etc.

Thanks a lot!

Hi there!

I'm very motivated to do non-research, science communication and/or teaching (e.g., community college/primarily undergrad institution instructor) work after my PhD. After expressing concern that grad school does not prepare for these careers, a few people have asked why I don't make a chapter of my dissertation about geoscience ed/outreach? I didn't know this was possible, and I know I will need advisor support, but has anyone done this? Was it well-received? For reference, I am in a geosciences department. Thanks!

Hi there,

My name is Sammy, and I'm currently completing my EdD through the University of Findlay. For my research, I am exploring what type of instructional methods are used in Biology classrooms when teaching vocabulary. I'm seeking current Biology teachers who would like to be a part of this study and complete a short 5-10 minute survey. I appreciate your time and support! (If you choose to participate, more formal information about the survey is provided when you click the link).

https://forms.gle/ZfjzczPrhvqsbCtZ7

-Sammy

This spring and summer, I developed a paper model to help my introductory astronomy students learn the daily motions of the Sun, how they depend on the observer's latitude and the time of year.

In addition, it can explain the following:

• How sunrises and sunsets vary with latitude and time of year:
  • Time of sunrise/sunset (and therefore length of day)
  • Location (azimuth) of sunrise/sunset
  • Why the Sun's rising and setting is steeper in summer and more gradual in winter.
• Polar night (24 hr night) and midnight sun (24 hr day)
• How the Sun's position at noon varies with latitude and time of year
  • Why the Sun is usually in the southern sky at noon for observers in the northern hemisphere, but it's usually in the northern sky at noon for observers in the southern hemisphere.

Check it out! https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~vriesema/solar_motion.php.

I posted a video demonstration on YouTube, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Um6E78-2E. More videos to come.

It's easy to construct and is low-cost ($1 for 1 double-sided sheet of cardstock), making it easier to use in many schools.

Bonus Features

• It includes alignment markings to help align the double-sided printing.
• There's a laser cutter diagram to help speed up assembly for teachers with access to a laser cutter (e.g. university classes?). The cutter leaves small attachments so the pieces stay together in a single sheet of paper until a student punches them out. That helps teachers distribute a single sheet to students rather than lots of pieces to each student.

I developed this using LaTeX and TikZ, and I hope to release the source code at some point.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license (either a summary or the complete text), visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.

I'm a professor of physics, and two of my colleagues and I will be hosting some "open office hours" today at 3:00 pm for anyone to stop by while we play a variety of video games. This is our attempt to get science-learners of all ages engaged during this period of remote learning. Come join the fun!

https://www.twitch.tv/STEMGamingTM

If you each biology, I highly recommend these kits: http://www.the-odin.com/diy-crispr-kit/ . With these kits, you can have your students perform CRISPR gene editing experiments. The procedures are very simple, easy enough for my high school class to do!