2008 BEN Scholars Application is Now Available for Download
 
The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Biological Sciences Pathway invites undergraduate faculty in the biological sciences to apply to become BiosciEdNet (BEN) Scholars. The BEN Scholars Program is one of the grassroots outreach activities of the BEN Collaborative. The goal of the BEN Scholars Program is […]

Today in History – February 3, 1958 – Rachael Carson publishes the Silent Spring. Rachel Carson, a writer, scientist and ecologist, worked seventeen years for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, where she learned about the problems of pesticides on the environment. She is best known for her book called Silent Spring, […]

Registration for the 2008 AAAS Annual Meeting is still open.
The 2008 AAAS Annual Meeting will be held February 14 – 18, 2008 in Boston, MA. The theme for AAAS 2008 Annual Meeting is ‘Science and Technology from a Global Perspective.’ Both online and on-site registration methods are available. Please visit the AAAS Meeting site at […]

More than 1,522 peer-reviewed educational resources were recently added to the BiosciEdNet (BEN) portal, bringing the total number of items to 8,277. Educators will find a variety of new and effective teaching resources, including lessons, laboratory exercises, journals, multimedia, and online interactive pages. The twenty newest resources are posted here. Two of our most […]

Today in History – January 28, 1986 – Space Shuttle Challenger explodes after launch, killing the entire crew. American’s stared in shock at their televisions watching the Challenger accident in full motion video. The 35th Challenger’s flight had been previously scheduled for January 22, but delayed because of bad weather, high winds and […]