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Forging an education at the service of Puerto Rico

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We are launching the Educación al Servicio (Education in Service) Blog! To being, we would like to review our CienciaPR initiatives and contributions in the area of STEM Education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and how these have evolved to influence the educational environment within and outside the classroom.

From the website to the classroom

Job Opening, The Exploratorium Teacher Institute, San Francisco, CA

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The Exploratorium Teacher Institute (TI) is seeking a PhD scientist with expertise in environmental science and the ability to explain complex ideas using basic principles from multiple science disciplines.

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Ciencia Al Servicio Project

Ciencia al Servicio de Puerto Rico 

It is an educational project that seeks to democratize and transform scientific education by putting science at the service of society (Science at Service). The program brings together experts in STEM areas, educators and students to implement during the academic year, project-based learning science lessons that:

Trying out new educational tools by using primate bones

Submitted on 9 August 2017 - 12:30am

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Dialogo Digital

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Wilson González-Espada

A group of scientists and teachers at the Caribbean Primate Research Center are developing relevant and interactive educational activities for students. 

For the full article, please refer to the spanish version of this site. 

 

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RCM defends health and education in Congress

Submitted on 3 May 2017 - 5:09pm

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Diálogo Digital

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Myrna Rodriguez

Students from the University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus offered the Community Health class in front of Puerto Rico's Statehouse in order to present the results from a series of investigations.

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Puerto Rico deficient in education

Submitted on 10 December 2016 - 1:17pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Keila López Alicea

The education system in Puerto Rico, both public and private, occupies one of the last spots in world clasification based on the results from an international standarized test. These results from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) should serve as motivation for the country to improve its educational system. 

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Science communication through social media

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As part of the 10th-anniversary celebration of Ciencia Puerto Rico, we have been collecting stories from our volunteers to celebrate them and the work they do while also sharing with you the team's vision for CienciaPR’s future.  We want to remind you that the crowdfunding campaign #ConCienciaPR is still active! If you haven’t had the chance yet, please help us continue with our science education and promotion initiatives.  Please visit bit.ly/ConCienciaPR to make your donation. Thanks!

Today, we share the story of Elvin Estrada of Peñuelas, who has been a volunteer for CienciaPR for almost 3 years.

Conferencia y Hackathon sobre equidad en educación STEM

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Invitamos a estudiantes, profesores, profesionales y miembros del público a registrarse para participar de la primera conferencia de "Project Kaleidoscope" de la AACU a realizarse en PR. La misma tocará temas de equidad en las disciplinas STEM, cómo lograr mayor participación de estudiantes hispanos y féminas en las ciencias, mejores prácticas para la enseñanza de STEM, y cómo lograr un ambiente más inclusivo en los campos científicos y tecnológicos.

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Illuminating science: Promoting the field of photonics in Puerto Rico

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Dr. Jonathan Friedman

For one thousand years, we humans have been fascinated by light and by harnessing its power to develop new technologies. Light and optics are the basis of some the most important technologies of our time—from lasers, to fiber optics and telecommunications; from technologies to explore the cosmos, to applications to explore the world on a microscopic or even nanoscopic scale.  In honor of such an important area of research and knowledge, the year 2015 was proclaimed by the United Nations as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL).

Ana Helvia Quintero: A Borinqueña that has re-invented math education

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Dra. Ana Helvia Quintero

In November 2013 we launched our Borinqueña initiative to broaden the discussion about women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and promote the participation of women in these disciplines and careers where they have traditionally been underrepresented. On our second Borinqueña anniversary, we dedicate our monthly story to Dr. Ana Helvia Quintero, a math loving Borinqueña, educator by vocation and profession that has fought (as a professor, researcher and within the sphere of public policy) so that our young people have access to the world of mathematics.

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