Comments on: A Sputnik moment for STEM education: Ainissa Ramirez at TED2012

By: Ainissa Ramirez: All Kids Have an Inner Scientist. We Must Nurture It

Ainissa Ramirez: All Kids Have an Inner Scientist. We Must Nurture It — Sun, 12 May 2013 14:12:19 +0000

[…] mentioned in the Ted blog, she proposes a new way to recast science education from being about memorizing facts, “a trivial […]

By: Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Engineering Failures in the Sinking of the Titanic

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:59:38 +0000

[...] colleague of mine from Yale, Ainissa Ramirez, has an exciting TED talk (photo above left) on material properties to get students and the public excited about engineering. [...]

By: The Best Props at TED | Krantenkoppen Tech

The Best Props at TED | Krantenkoppen Tech — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:48:37 +0000

[...] Ainissa Ramirez: A sputnik moment for STEM education At TED2012, Ainissa Ramirez straightened a piece of bent wire with a blowtorch to demonstrate atoms’ ability to rearrange. In her talk, Ramirez explained that the rare earth elements we depend on now are being quickly depleted—and argues that science education could provide the key to solving that crisis. (This talk became the TED-ed lesson, “Magical metals, how shape memory alloys work.”) [...]

By: The Permanent Vacation – New TED Book: Save Our Science

The Permanent Vacation – New TED Book: Save Our Science — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:46:34 +0000

[...] Ramirez is no stranger to TED. At TED2012, she gave a powerful plea for us to rethink STEM education. Pointing out that we are quickly running out of rare earth minerals, essential for almost all of our technology, Ramirez believes that it will take major ingenuity to create a way to recycle these precious materials. Are we as a society prepared? Could this be a Sputnik moment for education? Read all about her talk » [...]

By: New TED Book: Save Our Science | Krantenkoppen Tech

New TED Book: Save Our Science | Krantenkoppen Tech — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:49:43 +0000

By: Stephanie Carter

Stephanie Carter — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:04:16 +0000

Very inspiring. I will be sure to tell my students that when scientists fail they call it gathering data. That’s great!!

By: Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Engineering Failures in the Sinking of the Titanic

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:04:10 +0000

[...] colleague of mine from Yale, Ainissa Ramirez, has an exciting TED talk on material properties to get students and the public excited about engineering. She did a video [...]

By: In the Picture: Rare earths | The World | International affairs blog from the FT – FT.com

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:10:08 +0000

[...] what? Even if you’ve no idea what they are, you’ve probably handled a smartphone that uses them. The 17 metallic elements that are together called ‘rare earths’ (this is a bit of a misnomer, [...]

By: TED2012: Full Spectrum – Photos from a Magical Week

TED2012: Full Spectrum – Photos from a Magical Week — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:00:24 +0000

[...] different; that morning was Session 11: The Classroom, where I was speaking along with Bill Nye, Ainissa Ramirez, Angie Miller, Al Vernaccio, John Bohanon, Awele Makeba, Rafe Esquith, Chris Anderson, and Aaron [...]