Flores works with FIRST, a global nonprofit that advances youth STEM education, partnering with the organization on its LEGO League and Robotics Competition events. Shown is the FIRST Championship in Houston, Texas on April 22. When Jay Flores isn’t in his kitchen cooking up fun, interactive science experiments for kids or traveling internationally to deliver energizing talks about the power of science, technology engineering and math, the University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus is climbing and leaping through obstacle courses to train for NBC’s American Ninja Warrior. On Monday, June 6, Flores will fulfill a longtime dream. After 10 years of rejected applications and failed walk-on attempts in multiple cities, he finally got the call to compete on the show — and...
Photographs by Chris BuckI sometimes look at the long ribbons of texts I’ve gotten from Steve Bannon and wonder whether they couldn’t tell the whole story all on their own.There are certainly enough of them. He says he has five phones, two encrypted, and he’s forever pecking away, issuing pronunciamentos with incontinent abandon—after midnight; during commercial breaks for his show, War Room; sometimes while the broadcast is still live.You can discern much of Bannon’s mad character and contradictions in these exchanges. The chaos and the focus, the pugnacity and the enthusiasm, the transparency and the industrial-grade bullshit. Also, the mania: logomania, arithmomania, monomania (he’d likely cop to all of these, especially that last one—he’s the first to say that one...
by Susan Bowerman, M.S., RD, CSSD, CSOWM, FAND – Senior Director, Worldwide Nutrition Education and Training, Herbalife Nutrition Susan The spotlight in March is on nutrition, meal prepping and encouraging families to reduce food waste by planning ahead. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, food waste is estimated at between 30-40 percent of the food supply. Registered dietitian Susan Bowerman offers her expert advice on how parents can serve as good role models for their kids when it comes to food waste and developing healthy eating habits by meal prepping and quality time together. Teach Your Kids About Meal Prepping Teach kids about food waste. Don’t let the expiration date spook you! A sell-by date is a date...
Using The Scientific Method The scientific method, also known as the scientific process, is a method used to test out experiments and solve different hypotheses. There are several steps that help to prepare, test, and evaluate the results of your testing. It takes a question or problem that needs to be solved to begin the process. Once the question or problem is determined a hypothesis or good guess of what will happen is formed. Once the question and hypothesis are determined, it is time to prepare to do the experiment to test out the hypothesis. First the materials need to be gathered and then the steps needed to do the experiment are decided. This is the procedure. It is important to...
by Guest Author Visiting London with Kids: Make Your Trip Educational and Fun Visiting London with kids is a lot of fun because there are so many great things to do in this amazing city. If you want to make the trip educational as well as enjoyable, you also have dozens of options. The perfect formula for this is visiting museums and touring different areas of the historic behemoth of the city. There are so many great routes, notable sites, and interesting museums that you can stick to this program for days. But don’t forget that kids need to have fun, lest they resent the learning. All major London museums have specialized programs for different age groups where children can...
