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In the Spotlight: Celebrate Black History in February and Women’s History in March With the Engineering Pathway

The Engineering Pathway (EP) “In the Spotlight” feature highlights timely resources from their collections. The February focus on Engineers Week, noted the winners of the 2009 NAE Gordon Prize in Engineering Education, the Grand Challenges of Engineering, and the “Vision” campaign message that engineering requires creativity, imagination and vision.
This month and next, browse EP resources […]

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The Inauguration of Barack Obama: Science and Engineering Front and Center

Public health and safety, security, sanitation, logistics, and operations are just a few of the buzz words around Washington D.C. this week as the 44th President of the United States is sworn in on January 20, 2009 in front of crowds that have been estimated to grow to three to five million people. Among the […]

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“Science Friday” All Week Long

Every Friday NPR radio talk show host Ira Flatow brings listeners interesting and sometimes surprising science tidbits on Science Friday. The show airs at 2:00 p.m. EDT, but can also be heard online anytime. This week’s offerings include  Mystified, Solve it With Science, a look at a new book, 65 Short Mysteries You Solve With […]

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NSDL Resources Highlight Solstice Science and Math

Winter officially begins during the third week of each December in North America. This calendar event known as the solstice is marked as the sun briefly “stands still” as its position in the sky reaches the greatest distance from the earth. This celestial alignment is experienced as the shortest day of the year by people […]

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Teachers Test NSDL’s Science Literacy Maps

NSTA’s Science Scope is a peer-reviewed journal for middle level and junior high school science teachers. In the November 2008 issue authors Kerri Richardson, Catherine Matthews and Catherine Thompson offered on-the-ground insights into why proportional reasoning is particularly important for middle school teachers to understand in order to instruct their students in developing inquiry skills. […]

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WGBH Teachers’ Domain Reaches Out to Student Video Producers and Makes Media More Accessible

“Youth Voices” is an open call from WGBH Teachers’ Domain for ideas from 13-18 year olds who would like to produce video segments about climate change. “Youth Voices” will kick off in January, with a series of three informative webinars for student filmmakers. To find out more check out WGBH […]

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