5 brilliant mathematicians and their impact on the modern world We owe a great debt to scores of mathematicians who helped lay the foundation for our modern society with their discoveries. Here are some of the most important. Shea Gunther May 22, 2013, 6:20 p.m. Photo: Tim Geers/flickr Math. It’s one of those things that […]

NASA Space Robotics Challenge Prepares Robots for the Journey to Mars The Space Robotics Challenge offers a $1 million prize purse for teams that successfully program a virtual Robonaut 5 robot through a series of complex tasks in a simulated Mars habitat. Credits: NASA NASA, in partnership with Space Center Houston, the Official Visitor Center […]

Kids Talk Radio Science:  Bob Barboza will be presenting a session on the Occupy Mars Learning Adventures and participating on the educational panel.   The Mars Society event starts on September 22, 2016. http://www.KidsTalkRadioScience.com . NASA’s Controversial ARM Mission to be Debated at 2016 Mars Society Convention Despite NASA’s recent decision to move forward with its proposed Asteroid […]

At Hawthorne-based SpaceX, high school students learn to reach for the stars By Sandy Mazza, Daily Breeze POSTED: 08/20/16, 5:01 PM PDT | UPDATED: 9 HRS AGO 0 COMMENTS Hundreds of standout college engineering students launch their careers each year as SpaceX interns, working long hours beside some of the country’s best rocket engineers at the trailblazing Hawthorne commercial […]

At Hawthorne-based SpaceX, high school students learn to reach for the stars By Sandy Mazza, Daily Breeze POSTED: 08/20/16, 5:01 PM PDT | UPDATED: 2 HRS AGO 0 COMMENTS Hundreds of standout college engineering students launch their careers each year as SpaceX interns, working long hours beside some of the country’s best rocket engineers at the trailblazing Hawthorne commercial […]

Bob Barboza is scheduled to present at the upcoming Mars Society Convention.  He will be talking about “The Occupy Mars Learning Adventures” STEAM++ programs and his special STEM Martian habitat projects with the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, California. Lockheed Martin will discuss Mars Base Camp. Lockheed Martin to Discuss Mars Base Camp & […]

The Next Generation Science Standards: what do they mean for afterschool? By Robert Abare The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer a powerful new vision for American science education for the 21st century. NGSS brings long-needed reforms to national and state K-12 science education standards, incorporating decades of new research on how students best learn science—by actively investigating […]

Professor Emeritus Seymour Papert, pioneer of constructionist learning, dies at 88 World-renowned mathematician, learning theorist, and educational-technology visionary was a founding faculty member of the MIT Media Lab. Watch Video MIT Media Lab August 1, 2016 Press Inquiries SHARE COMMENT Seymour Papert, whose ideas and inventions transformed how millions of children around the world create and […]

The Occupy Mars Learning Adventures Team Needs Your Help.  The Barboza Space Center is collaborating with Antarctic explorer Doug Stoup. We want to conduct a student science experiment at the South Pole. Our team is leaving for Antarctica this December, 2016. We are looking for a science experiment that we can conduct on Earth that […]