Illinois recently adopted new education standards for math and science–the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards, respectively. These programs have been met with opposition and confusion, and misinformation has been spread about them. What do these new standards really say, and what do they mean for our students, communities and educators? Continue reading “Decoding the New Science and Math Standards I”
Chicago Council on Science and Technology is pleased to co-present
The Birth and Death of the Cell Phone,
Part of Illinois Institute of Technology’s Presidential Lecture Series
How Technology Will Change the Way We Work
Technology has dramatically changed the way we work: it automates processes, collects and organizes our information, and offers new lines for global communication. It both opens new industries and shutters traditional strongholds at an accelerating pace, and it continually redefines what it means to “work” in the world today. Continue reading “The Future of Work”
From sci-fi to computer simulated graphics to mind-expanding documentaries, science and film have always gravitated toward one another.
Community Cinema, presented by WTTW and ITVS in partnership with Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, is excited to offer an advance screening of MAKERS: Women In Space, tracing the history of women pioneers in the space program and featuring the next generation of women engineers, scientists, mathematicians and astronauts.
Continue reading “Community Cinema Showcases ‘Makers: Women In Space’”
Is Gravity a realistic view of the hazards of intergalactic travel, or just a reboot of old movie serials with weightlessness thrown in? Is it an examination of solitude and the human need to connect with others, or a soporific woman’s weepie about the pains of unfulfilled motherhood? Gravitas or grasping for meaning?
Continue reading “Cinema Slapdown Round 53: Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity”
