This Week in Science at the Young Innovators Fair 1017 #3
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Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS) · 2017 · Science & Technology
The interviews go on as we cover Day 2 of the Young Innovators Fair in Philadelphia! Check out all the inspirational science and engineering brought to the fair! Click on the timecodes below for specific interviews: (10:01) the show begins! (10:54) 12-year old Jordan Collins helps us kick-off the podcasting fun! (31:51) Tyler McGuinness from the College of New Jersey discusses iSTEM and science education with us. (59:47) Ellen Langas inspires girls to dream big through books. She discussed her "Girls Know How" series, and the most recent release, which features science. - http://www.girlsknowhow.com/ (1:12:01) Destination Imagination representatives tell us how their organization teaches creativity and innovation skills. (1:27:48) Dan Borghoff, Education Coordinator for Maker Depot Academy, talks about their efforts to get "making" into schools with STEAM. - http://themakerdepot.com/ (1:43:00) Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education President, Nanda Mitra-Itle, joined TWIS to talk about gifted education and students in Pennsylvania. (1:59:40) The YMCA and Odyssey of the Mind tell us about the wonders of teamwork and problem-solving challenges for students. (2:14:33) Radioactive Rick from Mad Science entertains us with some really cool science tricks and talks about the Mad Science program. (2:25:03) Kate Hellenbach and Emily Entellencado from Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School get us to eat bugs, and talk about their virtual school. (2:38:17) Megan Kelly, co-founder of a new clothing company for girls called Four Girls on A Mission talks about her inspirational clothing. - https://www.fourgirlsonamission.com/ (2:52:49) - The wonderful young women of GLIST join us to talk about their inspirational program for girls. (3:26:49) - Virginia Vassalotti from the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary discussed the ongoing efforts of the Partnership to protect the regional resource. (3:40:56) Kevin and Jeanette from the University of Pennsylvania SACNAS talk about epigenetics and promoting Chicanos in science. - http://www.med.upenn.edu/sacnas/ (3:54:15) Current and future innovator, Brayden Coleman, tells us about his Lego invention to get kids recycling, Bricks For Earth. Watch live here on Google+ or check out our feed over at http://twis.org/live - we have a chatroom! Join us! Listen to the full episode in audio or check out the show notes at our website: http://www.twis.org ! Follow us on Twitter!@TWIScience Subscribe to us on YouTube! http://youtube.com/ThisWeekinScience Support us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/ThisWeekinScience View more videos like this: https://goo.gl/4luU1E
