"We are going to need a new paradigm for education...discovery learning-- individuals finding their way by looking for common threads. It will encourage thinking in an associative manner and it will require learning environments that are adaptive and responsive to idiosyncratic learning styles." - science author Vicki Cobb

Vicki Cobb is the well-known author of more than eighty highly entertaining nonfiction books for children and writes a weekly column, Show-Biz Science, for EducationalWorld.com. Ever since 1972, when HarperCollins first published Science Experiments You Can Eat, Cobb's lighthearted approach to hands-on science has become her trademark for getting kids involved in experiences that create real learning. Currently, she is becoming increasingly popular as a speaker to children and adults as educators search out sources for materials and activities that promote learning. Today's popular buzz words in education--"whole language," "hands-on-science," "experimental learning," "outcome-based," "multi-disciplinary" and critical thinking" are embodied in Vicki Cobb's work.

If you'd like to schedule an interview with Vicki Cobb, please email or call Susan Salzman Raab, Raab Associates, Inc. at (914) 241-2117. Here's a link to an interview Vicki did on NPR's "Parent's Journal with Bobbi Conner" (in streaming RealAudio format.)