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Fields and fungicides: mixing microbiology and social science

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Fields and fungicides: mixing microbiology and social science. THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE. We have to consider farmers’ motivators from a social science perspective,” says human geographer Dr Ray Chan. THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE. Published: May 25, 2022. NEXT STEPS. “We Pinterest.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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The ability to travel to reach educational or employment opportunities is essential for ensuring social equality. Language barriers were also a challenge as communication was translated from English to Spanish to Quechua, an Indigenous language spoken throughout the Andes. ABOUT ENGINEERING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.

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What Image Comes to Your Mind When You Think of a “Doctor”?

National Science Foundation

The message to teachers is that if we engage in implicit bias in teaching – knowingly or unconsciously – it communicates to students they may not belong in certain professions, or they may not be able to succeed in fields of study and professions if they do not fit the image or stereotype. Instructional Science 45, 157–175.

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The power of geographic information systems: bringing data to life with maps

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The application has since been taken up by lots of agencies, including the Council for Environmental Equality at the White House. When I was younger, I always loved math and science. One of the things I love most about science, and GIS and ecology in particular, is that it’s a creative process.

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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

And indeed particularly in chemistry and engineering it’s often been in the background, justifying all the computations routinely done using entropy. Later he describes what he calls the “Principle of the Communication of Heat”. There was also a sense that regardless of its foundations, the Second Law was successfully used in practice.

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Classroom resources for the new school year

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Chemistry Atmospheric chemistry – When we invent new chemicals, Dr Tran Nguyen studies how they react in the atmosphere and what this might mean for air pollution, acid rain and climate change. Students are encouraged to analyse data from the US General Social Survey to explore how public opinions on different topics have changed.