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Ugly bug contest: It’s time to vote!

Don’t forget to vote for your favorite ugly bug, from the folks at Ask-a-Biologist. Right now, the Snakefly has a resounding lead. Will it last? Vote and see!
Watch the video to learn more….

Posted in Topics: Elementary Resources, General, High School Resources

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Nanotechnology featured in next NSDL Web Seminar

Join us for this free, online web seminar from the NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar Series for the 2009-2010 school year!

Title: Knowing Nano: New Video, Web, and Print
Date: Nov 11, 2009
Time: 6:30p.m.-8:00p.m. Eastern Time
Presenter: Lisa Regalla, DragonflyTV
Registration is free!
Spark your students’ curiosity and hone their inquiry skills with free DragonflyTV Nano educational resources. Six half-hour episodes […]

Posted in Topics: General, High School Resources, NSDL/NSTA Web Seminars, Prof Dev: NSDL Network and News, Teacher professional development

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A Short List of Activities for Earth Science Week

Here’s a short list of activities you can do to celebrate National Earth Science Week (Oct 11-17) with your students:
http://www.earthsciweek.org/forteachers/classroomactivities.html
Activities are listed by grade level and content standards. This list is provided by the American Geological Institute, AGI.
Want more? Try the NSDL Science Literacy Maps to find NSDL resources using science benchmarks around […]

Posted in Topics: Earth Science, High School Resources

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A “catchy” interactive on the spread of disease

If you’ve ever used interactives or simulations in your teaching, you know that these kind of materials can help illustrate complex concepts or ideas more visually and with more opportunities for student interaction.
With so much in the news about swine flu, using Shodor’s Disease Model, can teach your students about the spread […]

Posted in Topics: General, High School Resources, Life science

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