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NOW AVAILABLE: NSDL EduPak 1.0: An Open Source Digital Library Services Platform for Education
NSDL EduPak is an all-in-one, open source, education digital repository solution bundle that provides a general platform for building digital libraries united by a common data model and interoperable applications.Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_00 
Related Link: http://ncore.nsdl.org/index.php?menu=services&submenu=services!EduPak

Submitting a grant to NSF?
Start your information search by going to the NSDL.org homepage and follow the banner link titled “Submitting a grant to NSF?”. You’ll find all the information you need about the RC and TNS, tools and services available, and who to contact for additional information. Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_01 
Related Link: http://nsdl.org/contribute/?pager=proposers

Statistical and Thermal Physics (STP) Collection from ComPADRE
The resources in this Collection include curricular materials, theory, problems, and simulations on topics ranging from thermal equilibrium to the Ising model? Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_02 
Related Link: http://www.compadre.org/stp/

Integrating Social Networking into Middle School
When you hear the words “social network” what comes to mind? We all have social networks–our friends, family, work colleagues–but what about your online social networks? Now the Middle School Portal Math and science Pathways project has an online social network. Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_03 
Related Link: http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/middle-school-math-science/2009/02/21/integrating-technology-social-networking/

Education Week
NSDL is highlighted as a place where topical resources suitable for a particular grade levels can be found in Education Week’s Technology Counts Report. Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_04 
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TeraGrid and Shodor “turn on” HPC Training and Education Resources Through High Performance Computing (HPC) University
Teragrid and Shodor have combined forces and resources to bring the HPC University portal to life. HPCU provides the global high performance computing (HPC) community with a clearinghouse of HPC resources including training and education materials and events. Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_05 
Related link: http://hpcuniv.org/

Teachers’ Domain Pathway Presents: Inspiring Middle School Literacy: Reading & Writing in Science & History
While there is much Teachers’ Domain is pleased to announce the new Adolescent Literacy Special Collection: Inspiring Middle School Literacy: Reading and Writing in Science and History, funded by the Leon Lowenstein Foundation. Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_06 
Related link: http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/adlit/

NSDL Materials Science Pathway (MatDL) Presenter at The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Annual Meeting
While there is The MatDL Pathway and The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS) held presentations and roundtables on Computational Materials Research and Education on February 18 and February 19 as part of the 2009 TMS Annual Meeting. Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_07 
Related link: http://www.tms.org/TMSHome.aspx

E V E N T S

NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar: Arctic and Antarctic Birds
On Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 6:30 pm ET, join Jessica Fries-Gaithe and staff from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for free digital resources, lesson plans, and children’s literature from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears ezine. Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_18
Related link: http://nsdl.org/?homepage_ad=1&resource_id=824

(MSP)2 Webinar Series
(MSP)2 Webinars will have a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) focus and are presented by experts in their fields. Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_19
Related link: http://nsdl.org/?homepage_ad=1&resource_id=822

B O O K M A R K S

“Sciencegeekgirl” Now Featured in the NSDL Blogosphere
Sciencegeekgirl, Dr. Stephanie Chasteen, modestly describes herself as a “geek of many flavors” whose endeavors include science education and communications with a particular flair for podcasts and radio.Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_210 
Related link: http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/sciencegeekgirl/

Activities for afterschool play with video demonstrations 
Simple activities for afterschool play with video demonstrations and “how-to’s” from the Exploratorium on NSDL and iTunesU. Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_211 
Related link: http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/ucar.edu.1984134241

 I N S P I R A T I O N

The Practice of Education at the Speed of Thought
Connexions seeks to change the way information is delivered to students and teachers around the world. Over 8,000 content modules, 450 collections, are used by over 1 million monthly visitors. Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_312 
Related link: http://cnx.org/