"No, the human brain does not have more neurons than the much larger elephant brain—but the human cerebral cortex has nearly three times as many neurons as the over twice as large cerebral cortex of the elephant."
Does the mass of neurons in the cerebellum give the ele' any greater capability? Longer memory for revenge, perhaps?
Love it! There are some great web resources now for young coders in case you weren't already aware. Check out codeacademy, mykidcancode, and of course - scratch. In fact, I think Google has their own block programming initiative that they were showing at the maker faire.
I am inspired to return more of the wonder of learning to my science classes. Coincidentally for me, this is happening with blended learning. More time is liberated for experiments and student operated demonstrations when I let Sal Khan do some of the teaching for me.
Thanks for the link, edutechdev. I am speaking on a panel for edtech entrepreneurs and educators in SF in October on exactly this thread topic, experimentation. I will reference your design-based research guide. It is very important that those of us who know something about social science experimentation weigh in on this national conversation.