NEWS

NSTA-CBC Reviews of Outstanding Science Trade Books for K-12 Students
The NSDL Resource Center has made the 2009 list of “Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12″ available with links to NSTA-CBC reviews and alignments to relevant National Science Content Standards.Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17146
Related Link: http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/imprint/nsta-outstanding-trade-books-2009/

Shodor to Help Lead the Way For the World’s Largest Supercomputer
The world’s largest and most powerful supercomputer is coming online in 2011, and a Shodor is helping to lead the way. Shodor, developer of NSDL’s Computational Science Education Resources Pathway, will manage a $1.3 million education program to bring supercomputer brain power to college classrooms nationwide.Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17136
Related Link: http://www.shodor.org/about/

“Vrroooom-vroom” Goes Green
Two springtime events–the Indiana Super Mileage Challenge and the 2009 Green Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, NY promise to highlight advances in green auto engineering that will make automobiles run better, faster and farther on less.Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146
Related Link: http://www.imstea.org/

Introducing “NSF Special Reports” Collection in NSDL
National Science Foundation (NSF) Special Reports online feature topics that highlight scientific discoveries accomplished with NSF support. This collection has recently been added to NSDL.Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17145
Related Link: http://nsf.gov/news/special_reports/

NEW PODCAST: Deep Sea Thinking: Exploring the World’s Ocean
In episode six earn how scientists are exploring the ocean’s depths in this new podcast from Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, and discover a fun song to share with students.Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17165
Related Link: https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/BrowsePrivately/ucar.edu.1852494894.01852494896.2060336421?i=1637933525

PRISMS Records Now Updated with Strand Map Service (SMS) Identifiers
Take advantage of the graphical concept browsing interface of Science Literacy Maps which show the progression of students’ understanding of science concepts in viewing the PRISMS collection of reviewed phenomena and representations resources.Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17163
Related Link: http://prisms.mmsa.org/

EVENTS

Blogging & Tweeting Academia
Academics blog and tweet for many different reasons…Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17163
Related Link: http://www.7iber.com/blog/

NSDL Brown Bag: Community Report
NSDL community members and friends are invited to join NSDL principal investigators Kaye Howe and Tamara Sumner for this update on NSDL’s April 2009 site visit to the National Science Foundation, and the emerging vision of NSDL as a cyberlearning platform for STEM education.Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17149
Related Link: http://nsdl.org/pd/?pager=brownbag

2009 Sixth Annual Games for Change Festival in NYC
This event is dedicated to a new movement that aims to use video games for social change–poverty, global conflict, climate change. Games for Change is called “the Sundance of video games” for “socially-responsible game-makers.”Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#17151
Related Link: http://www.gamesforchange.org/fest20

Call for Submissions - 2009 Premier Award
Have you developed courseware - interactive websites, simulations, tutorials, case studies, software environments or tools - designed to enhance engineering education?Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#17159
Related Link: http://www.engineeringpathway.org/premier/

NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar: APS: Studying the Human Physiological Limits of Exploring Mars
Discussion on the question of whether or not human biology will limit our ability to travel through the solar system.Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#17162
Related Link: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NSDL3/Webseminar8.aspx

BOOKMARKS

Repository-on-an iPhone
ArXiview is a new iPhone application billed as a very easy way to surf the last few weeks of arXiv postings.Click here to view full article: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NSDL3/Webseminar8.aspx
Related Link: http://dabacon.org/arxiview/

President Obama at the National Academy of Sciences 146th Annual Meeting
President Barack Obama addressed members of the National Academy of Sciences gathered at its annual meeting on April 27, 2009.Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#17153
Related Link: http://edg1.vcall.com/video/nas/launch.asp

MERLOT Africa Network mailing list
The MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching) Africa Network mailing list. Click here to view full article: http://edg1.vcall.com/video/nas/launch.asp
Related Link: http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

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#17142
Related Link: http://wiki.nsdl.org/index.php/Community:EduPak

Engineering Pathway Themes for April and May
Sustainable Engineering, Asian Pacific Heritage Month, and Blog updates, including: ecotourism, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, NSDL’s trip to the NSF and Cow eye Tacos.Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#17157
Related Link: http://www.engineeringpathway.com/ep/hEd/search/search_link.jhtml?keyword=origami

INSPIRATION

In Celebration of Teaching and Learning
A notable “World’s Fair of Education,” or Celebration of Teaching and Learning 2009 was organized by public television Thirteen/WNET, WLIW21 in NYC Mar. 6-7, 2009.Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#1715
Related Link: http://thirteencelebration.org/blog/category/edblog/