There’s been a lot of talk lately about new technologies used to advance critical areas of medicine. Namely, with infectious diseases, and specifically the Covid-19 crisis, people are discussing the potential of artificial intelligence to speed up vaccine creation and drug discovery. In recent weeks, unrelated to the novel coronavirus, […]
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As a marine scientist, work has often been synonymous with adventure, from a living undersea for two weeks to scuba diving in the Bahamas, Caribbean, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and the Galápagos Islands. I’ve taught oceanography at sea aboard tall sailing ships for six weeks at a time and ran […]
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I’m honored to be one of Tumblehome’s newest – and youngest ever – authors, at age 13. It has been such a great experience writing and promoting my book Microplastics & Me, which has been a year-long project, due to be launched on February 1st. The book follows my recent […]
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As a child, I loved reading books about paleontology. Not so much about dinosaurs themselves, but about the adventures of real scientists. I liked learning about explorers who ventured deep into the badlands – tens, if not hundreds, of miles away from civilization—to try and make groundbreaking discoveries. I recall […]
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Literacy in Science Adapted from a keynote address at the Midwest Regional Noyce Scholars Conference Penny Noyce St Louis, November 2, 2019 My theme for tonight is the idea of literacy in science, by which I mean two things. The first is scientific literacy — asking what we mean when […]
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ReVISIONS or How I Learned to Write for Kids This is the story of my journey to become a writer of children’s books. Why was it so hard? I had a long career as a scientist. I had written > 100 scholarly papers and successful grant proposals worth millions of […]
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Something Stinks!– inspired by a real event As a children’s writer, my radar is always up for topics of interest to kids. As a lifelong water baby—competitive swimmer, sailor, water skier, and water safety instructor, mostly on lakes and rivers from Michigan to three southern states—I gravitate to all things […]
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Unique Galápagos (STEM and Children’s Books) Ellen Prager, marine scientist, writer of science books for kids, author of Escape Galápagos What makes the Galápagos Islands unique? Is it the strange mix of animals that have adapted to a remote location (600 miles from mainland […]
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(Penny Noyce, co-founder of Tumblehome Books, is the author or co-author of ten science books for kids. Her most recent book, Engineering Bridges: Connecting the World, will be released November 1, 2019.) Stari Most Stari Most: in English, the name evokes a starry sky on a clear night, one […]
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Nobody Loves Mosquitoes STEM and Children’s Books “No kid wants to read about mosquitoes. Sharks, dinosaurs, even snakes, but not mosquitoes!” So spoke Barnas Monteith, who works with me to publish science books for kids. Reluctantly, I had to admit he had a point. Mosquitoes may be, as a recent […]
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