One thing I like to see is kids getting their hands on doing
science. There’s something about being involved with something,
actually doing it for yourself, that gives you a sense of
ownership over the knowledge, makes you part of something
bigger. Here’s another chance to do that for students across the
world: the ERGO telescope project. ERGO stands for "Energetic
Ray Global Observatory" and the idea is to build simple cosmic-
ray detectors that can be sent to classrooms all over the world.
Here’s a short video describing the project: Cosmic rays are
energetic subatomic particles that come blasting in from space.
They’re created by the Sun, by exploding stars, but distant
galaxies… basically, by cool, interesting objects. By
distributing these detectors across the world, students can
share their data and come up with their own ways of examining
them. If you’re a teacher and you want your students to not just
learn science, but to experience it, then this sounds like a
good way to do it! They even have a simpl