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Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Thursday, 11 November 2010
The Woman Thing
A collection of films featuring women who defied stereotypes and limitations, whether those limitations regarded politics, education, occupation, social order, etc. I always love finding these films because so often stereotypes are supported, not fought or deconstructed. It is more common for women to be weak-willed, whiny and always needing to be saved, more often seen as a love interest rather than a protagonist. It's nice to see main stream culture embrace alternative and stronger pictures of femininity every so often.
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Science Book for Girls, The: and Other Intelligent Beings by Valerie Wyatt
This book is directed towards girls aged... maybe 6-10 and is a good book to introduce an interest in and passion for science. The first part is arranged like a story as the reader follows a girl through a normal day and this fairy-like science woman named Nora tells us the science behind that part of the day. there are experiments the reader can try for each part of the day Nora describes that allows the reader to interact with the information and better understand it.
The second part introduces different kinds of sciences, with more fun experiments of course. One of my favourite experiments was the 'invisible glue' experiment, which was helping to describe physics and a person's centre of gravity, so you would get a friend to get into a certain position against the wall and watch as they try to move but can't, or you can hold down a friend with a finger, same concept.
And the third part is basically just more experiments.
So as I say, great introduction to science, a fun way to get into the subject. And this book is by no means just for girls. Both of my brothers enjoyed trying out the experiments just as much as I did. I found that this book got me more interested in science than school did because it made it fun and connected it to every day life. It is by no means in depth or lengthy, which I now have some issues with, but as intro books go, this one isn't that bad.
The second part introduces different kinds of sciences, with more fun experiments of course. One of my favourite experiments was the 'invisible glue' experiment, which was helping to describe physics and a person's centre of gravity, so you would get a friend to get into a certain position against the wall and watch as they try to move but can't, or you can hold down a friend with a finger, same concept.
And the third part is basically just more experiments.
So as I say, great introduction to science, a fun way to get into the subject. And this book is by no means just for girls. Both of my brothers enjoyed trying out the experiments just as much as I did. I found that this book got me more interested in science than school did because it made it fun and connected it to every day life. It is by no means in depth or lengthy, which I now have some issues with, but as intro books go, this one isn't that bad.
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