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STEM songster interview #19: Professor Lesser

Posted on February 18, 2016 by crowther

November 2015: Larry Lesser prepares to play “The Gambler,” one of his winning entries in the 2015 Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) song contest. One of the only people in this world who devotes as much time as me, or more, … Continue reading →

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New science music projects from Master Tom and Doctor Eva

Posted on September 9, 2015 by crowther

Eva Amsen, a prominent science communicator/outreach person, has launched a quarterly science-music newsletter. You can sign up for it at her website, EasternBlot.net, and/or follow her music-science Twitter account, @musisci. Tom McFadden, whom SingAboutScience has interviewed, has just launched a … Continue reading →

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Links: math song contest and more

Posted on August 7, 2015 by crowther

• MoMath Song Contest 2015. “The only rules are that the lyrics must be original and must be about math or a mathematical concept.” Deadline: October 9. • Andover [MN] math assignment turns numbers into music [from StarTribune.com]. “Last school … Continue reading →

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STEM songs: not just child’s play

Posted on June 24, 2015 by crowther

When I got the opportunity to fill a UW-Bothell display case with materials relating to educational music, I knew I would need some artistic help … so I enlisted my 8-year-old son. We were both pleased with the end product, … Continue reading →

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Shell #makethefuture music contest

Posted on March 29, 2015 by crowther

From the Shell oil company comes the following STEM music contest…. Can you write a song that inspires others to #makethefuture better? If so, you could win $15,000! Shell challenges musicians to write an original song using creativity, talent and … Continue reading →

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JME Special Issue: Music in Math Education

Posted on March 19, 2015 by crowther

Just received this from Larry Lesser, the Mathemusician of UTEP…. JME Special Issue Call for Papers: Music as a Theme for Contextualized Mathematics Education Guest Editors: Song An, Daniel Tillman, Larry Lesser, & Andrea Shaheen The University of Texas at … Continue reading →

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YouTube’s auto-transcription needs work

Posted on September 17, 2014 by crowther

Many science songs posted to YouTube (and other sites) don’t come with lyrics in text format, which renders these songs all but invisible to users of our database. Unless someone searches for a keyword that is in the song’s title, … Continue reading →

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Singing about science: father-son edition

Posted on August 7, 2014 by crowther

On Tuesday evening my son Phil and I headed to the University branch of the Seattle Public Library for “Sing a Song of Science” with veteran children’s musician Nancy Stewart. Most of the kids there were very young — at … Continue reading →

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Spring-to-summer link roundup (Updated)

Posted on August 1, 2014 by crowther

• From moths to music: Life for PhD biologists isn’t all science (Montana Kaimin) [Keaton Wilson] is a member of The Whizpops, a children’s band that focuses on elementary education and science curriculum as the basis of their lyrics. One … Continue reading →

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Quick media roundup

Posted on June 27, 2014 by crowther

I was pleased to be profiled by my local Fox News affiliate recently, and also by German radio station WDR. But Tom McFadden topped me by getting onto the national ABC News! “We know that the students like technology, they … Continue reading →

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