National Science Foundation

enjoyed studying Physics and Chemistry and the laboratory experiments that we had. More than just facing my examinations, I was given the chance to participate in the Mighty Minds National Challenge. Moreover, I was once certified to achieve distinction for foundation level and merit for advanced level in the Malaysian National Chemistry Quiz 2012 and 2014 which organized by Institution of Chemistry Malaysia with the cooperation of Ministry of Education Malaysia. Recently, I was also…

Having been recently appointed as director of research within my department, myself and my team attend the National Institute of Helath Office of Extramural Research online training course on the basics of human subject research protection issues. After completing the program, I take back to my team and constituents what protocols will be in place to protect the key ethical issues of human subject research. We will examine the following areas regarding human subject research: research fraud,…

The ethnic barriers in the world of science have always been blurry and hard to determine. Depending on the time, and the popular social ideologies of that time, scientific practices may switch to and fro on the scales of ethicality. Because of these obscure complications, scientists often have a hard time picking their sides on the age-long debate between practically and morality. Some experimental procedures may have deemed acceptable in the past, but are now frowned upon. Although amazing…

in government funding toward the sciences to develop solutions to several problems the U.S. faces. Bush does this by focusing on three problems. The first is to fund basic research in medicine. Bush points out that currently seven million people are suffering from mental illnesses of which there is no cure and additional funding should aid the basic research in medicine so that progress can be made toward a solution (pg. 51). The second issue is that of national security. Bush warns against…

“Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.” A quote from Stephan Jay Gould. Gould was an American paleontologist, a biologist, and a historian of science. A paleontologist is a scientist who studies the fossil remains of life. A biologists is a scientist who studies living organisms. A historian of science is the study of the development of science and scientific knowledge. Gould…

in Science Bowl, a competition hosted by the US Department of Energy. This national competition brings teams of students together to test their knowledge on a variety of topics, including physics, math and energy. Students have to work as a team to represent their school and move on in the double elimination bracket. More information can be found on the official website: http://science.energy.gov/wdts/nsb As a middle school student, this competition provided the opportunity to learn science…

the language used to define the, “waters of the United States” has been challenged due to the need for clarification of the CWA’s jurisdictional scope resulting in numerous lawsuits. (3) The Wetlands journal report Isolated Wetlands: State-of-the-Science and Future Directions was written is in response to the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court case, Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (2001) (SWANCC). The court case addressed the constitution…

• 634 K-5th grade children received quality 4-H science program through 4-H Outdoor Classroom Days and through partnership with elementary schools’ outdoor classrooms. • 200 youth participated in 4-H science activity at the Clay Center for the Arts and Science Engineering Day. • 132 second, fifth and sixth grade students received in-school STEM training. • 143 participated in STEM Afterschool programs. • 40 K-5th graders received a week-long science or Cloverbud day camp • 486 youth…

Motivation to Pursue Science: From the time that I was in the fourth grade, I knew the career path that I wanted to pursue. At a young age, I was inspired by roller coasters, so much in fact that I was often get scolded for doodling them in my notebooks during class time. I think that a lot of my inspiration had to do with my mother because I will never forget the morning that she woke me up to go to Hershey Park. My whole family was “playing hooky” that day and she had such excitement in her…

key force for change in a theory is, of course, the scientific method. A scientific law, said Karl Popper, the famous 20th century philosopher, is one that can be proved wrong, like “the sun always rises in the east.” According to Popper, a law of science can never be proved; it can only be used to make a prediction that can be tested, with the possibility of being proved wrong. For example, as the renowned biologist J.B.S. Haldane replied when asked what might disprove evolution, “Fossil rabbits…