12/24/06

Israelis: how to turn a human ear into a radio speaker.

From the Jewish Standard's topflight science editor:

» Hands-on science turns on students
By Dr. Miryam Wahrman Published 12/21/2006 Community , Science & Technology

On her first trip to Israel, Ridgewood resident Michelle Kortenaar learned how to turn a human ear into a radio speaker. And when she returned to New Jersey, she brought that skill, and many other novel science teaching strategies, back to her physics and biology classes at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union in West Orange. She learned the unique approaches to hands-on science teaching at a summer institute for teachers sponsored by the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel....

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