Independence Science

04/22/2024

Happy Earth Day!

“You can never see a plant grow, but they do”
-Carol Plum -Ucci

04/17/2024

Independence Science is having our 15th annual Inclusion in Science Learning a New Direction (ISLAND) conference! For the first time, we are going international! We will be in Tampere, Finland Aug 27-28 and in Princeton, NJ, USA
September 12 – 13!

Presentations are being requested from persons who are conducting research on disability education or educational assessments, conducting product development for access to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields of study, or representing other partnering products and/or service organizations that promote these opportunities for persons with disabilities.

03/14/2024

Happy International PI day! 3.14

02/13/2024

Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. Despite being in his 20s when he traveled around the world on the HMS Beagle, it wasn’t until 1859 that he published On the Origin of Species… which ends in this beautiful sentence.

It’s hard to choose a favorite Darwin quote, but this ranks near the top.

“There is grandeur in this view of life.” Happy Darwin Day!

02/13/2024

02/08/2024

On this day 230 years ago a German Chemist named Runge was born changing history by isolating caffeine from coffee beans. I hope you all celebrated with your favorite caffeinated beverage.

11/08/2023

10/19/2023

Thank you Independence Science for printing such wonderful t-shirts for the New Jersey Abacus Bee. We can’t wait to don them this Saturday!

The vibrant colors and tactile abacus beads are a perfect match for what promises to be an exciting day of friendly math competition and STEAM fun!

10/16/2023

Happy birthday to Dr. Abraham Nemeth, a blind mathematician and most well known for creating the Nemeth Code.

08/28/2023

Science without a sight

When Amy Bower was a graduate student in oceanography, her vision began to slip away due to macular degeneration. Despite the gradual onset of blindness, Bow...