Education Chapters

A collection of stories to support teaching and learning.

A Dutch professor, living and working in Leyden, wants to store electricity so he has it readily available for his crowd-pleasing demonstrations. Can...

Alessandro Volta (born on February 18, 1745) invents a "Voltaic Pile," which is the world's first battery. How did he make this happen?

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Luigi Galvani believes that a frog's leg twitches because of electricity inside the frog while Alessandro Volta believes the electricity comes from ou...

A description of the newest offerings from AwesomeStories.

Compendium of resources describing "White Supremacy"

AwesomeStories bridges stories to learning, as a gathering place of primary-source information. Its purpose—since the site was first launched in...

An overview of important scientists, educators and commentators on the the science of brains when reading, telling or remembering a story.

This chapter reviews brain research on the impact of writing on the brain as well as the impact of what we write on others.

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