Tag Archives: STEM Education
Technion-Trained Students Win 4 Medals at the International Chemistry Olympiad
Congratulations to the Israeli Chemistry Olympic team, which came back from the IChO (International Chemistry) Olympiad in Zurich, Switzerland with four medals! 356 students from 90 countries took part in the competition. The Israeli team was trained at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology by Prof. Zeev Gross from the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry.… Read More
Highschool Student Targeting Lung Cancer
Peleg Zeiff, a 12th-grader from Maccabim-Reut High School took first place in the annual Biotechnology Olympics competition, the finals of which were held at the Technion – Israeli Institute of Technology earlier this month. Peleg explored the potential of using the αvβ3 integrin, a protein uniquely presented on lung cancer cells, as a target for… Read More
Responsibility in Innovation and Research
Dr. Areej Mawasi of the Technion’s Faculty of Education in Science and Technology studies the science of learning and designs innovative learning environments. Dr. Mawasi graduated from the Orthodox Arab High School in Haifa. She was first exposed to teaching in an educational village that introduced children to environmental education through activities in nature, contact… Read More
Wiki-Students
Technion students will soon create Hebrew Wikipedia entries as part of their coursework. The Technion’s Social Hub and the Center for the Promotion of Learning and Teaching have teamed up with the NGO Wikimedia to encourage students to write Hebrew Wikipedia articles, with the aim of sharing knowledge with the public and expanding the free… Read More
Genetic Counseling in the Digital Era
Genetic counseling is a complex medical process that includes an explanation of genetic principles and hereditary diseases, risk calculations, and relevant tests. The knowledge revolution in the field of medical genetics makes these conversations increasingly challenging, both for consultants and patients, who need to digest new, complex, and medically complicated information, and translate it into… Read More
Language Matters
There is a saying that all the world's knowledge is available at our fingertips – just a quick Google search away. But what happens when users search for information in their own language? For example, when searching for a scientific term, do search engines provide English-, Hebrew- and Arabic-speaking students with the same level of… Read More
Do We All Understand Coronavirus News?
Being afraid of math prevents people from engaging with it when they need it – even if they learned it at school, a new study claims. Since COVID-19 emerged as a global crisis, the news has been dominated by graphs and terms like “R numbers" and "exponential growth," referring to the rate of spread of… Read More