5/16/23 IFL Recommends
This week’s recommendation is a free, beginners’ OpenCourseWare computer science class from Harvard University.
IFL Recommends 5/9/23
This week’s recommendation is a Radiolab podcast about the history of the Golden Goose Awards as well as some award winners. These awards are the “Grammys” of government-funded research which recognize seemingly obscure scientific research that led to major breakthroughs and resulted in substantial societal impact.
IFL Recommends 5/2/23
This week’s recommendation is about Muppets: Mayhem, the Disney+ upcoming faux musical documentary series, which follows the Electric Mayhem, the band from The Muppet Show, as they attempt to make their first album.
IFL Recommends 4/25/23
This week’s recommendation is an article about speed booking, a quick-paced, interactive activity to get students to share books they are reading while helping them to practice their summarizing skills.
IFL Recommends 4/18/23
This week’s recommendation is an article about Black Girls S.O.A.R. (Scholarship, Organizing, Arts, and Resistance). This program uses art and education and allows Black girls and TGNC (transgender, non-conforming) young people to become researchers in order to learn about the important stories that don’t end up in textbooks.
IFL Recommends for 4/11/23
Ahead of the Boston Marathon on April 17, this week’s recommendation is a series of articles about the upcoming race, including a couple of inspirational stories about a few runners and some numerical ways to analyze the race.
IFL Recommends 4/4/23
This week’s recommendation is Threadneedle, a young adult fantasy novel by Cari Thomas.
IFL Recommends 3/28/23
This week’s recommendation is a podcast from Making Math Moments, during which Dr. Peg Smith, coauthor of 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematical Discussions, is interviewed.
IFL Recommends 3/21/23
This week’s recommendation is young adult contemporary fantasy novel with a modern-day twist on the classic King Arthur legend.
IFL Recommends 3/14/23
This week’s recommendation is an article about the odds, illustrated with some visual representations and a multitude of statistics, of filling out a perfect bracket for the NCAA’s March Madness. Spoiler alert–the odds are not good.