Exciting Science in Middle Schools

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-7
Author(s):  
Charles Lyman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Middle Schools ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Elementary School Teacher ◽  
Interest In Science ◽  
Math And Science ◽  
Steve Jobs ◽  
Average School

In his biography Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson describes how a single elementary school teacher could inspire a kid to study math and science. During those same formative years, Jobs's neighborhood was filled with engineers who could discuss nifty science topics with young Steve. While today's average school kid may not have such influences, the fact remains that Steve Jobs turned toward math and science before high school. Interest in science should be kindled during middle school so that students will take appropriate courses in high school in preparation to study science in college.

scholarly journals Roger John Tayler, O. B. E.. 25 October 1929–23 January 1997

1998 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 405-416
Author(s):  
L. Mestel ◽  
B. E. J. Pagel
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Applied Mathematics ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Elementary School Teacher ◽  
Circuit Court ◽  
Interest In Science ◽  
Astronomical Society ◽  
Royal Astronomical Society ◽  
Court Judge ◽  
Amateur Astronomer

Roger John Tayler was born in Birmingham on 25 October 1929, the elder son of Richard Henry Tayler and his wife Frances Florence Bessie (nee Redup). His father was a commercial traveller, his mother an elementary school teacher. Both he and his brother Clive (now a circuit court judge) received strong encouragement from their parents to develop their respective academic talents. At Solihull School Roger's interest in science was stimulated by the mathematical staff, especially by B.M. Peek, a well-known amateur astronomer who served as President of the British Astronomical Association and on the Council of The Royal Astronomical Society. In 1946, Roger won a state scholarship, and then a major open scholarship in mathematics to Clare College, Cambridge. In 1949, he became a wrangler, and in 1950 passed part III of the mathematical tripos with distinction, sharing the Mayhew Prize awarded for the best performance in applied mathematics. Clare College awarded him the Robins Prize and the Owst Prize.

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