Education Week – Liana Heitin
“”School is out, but science is everywhere.” That’s the tagline for a new, savvy feature on the New York Times website called “Summer of Science.” The microsite has bite-size, ADHD-friendly explanations of, well, cool science stuff. For instance, last week there was a post on the rare six-inch pocket shark, which has narrow slits (“pockets”) above its fins that have befuddled scientists…”We’re trying to make sure we present complicated science in a way that is understandable to anyone,” Heather Murphy, the deputy digital director for the Times science desk, told NiemanLab, “regardless of their science background.””(more)