The Journal of Chemical Education’s Software video collection, Chemistry Comes Alive! from the NSDL Chemistry Pathway has won the Pirelli Internetional Award in Chemistry.
The Pirelli Internetional Award is “The first international multimedia competition for the communication of Science and Technology, entirely carried out on the Internet (since 1996).” Prizes in physics, chemistry, mathematics and life […]

Double International Web Honors for Shodor
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The Webby Awards, the leading international honor for the Web, has recognized Shodor, a Durham based non profit organization that helps improve math and science education for students locally and nationally. Shodor was recognized in two categories as an Official Honoree, a distinction that recognizes work exhibiting remarkable achievement.
In the […]

NEW NSDL 2006 Annual Report

The National Science Digital Library’s 2006 Annual Report was released at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting earlier this month. The report highlights the multiple roles that NSDL plays in support of STEM education that include providing a resource repository, services, tools and activities for teacher professional […]

ComPADRE Offers Physicists for “Adoption” by High School Classes
Why did you become a physicist?
Do you enjoy mac and cheese?
How does particle physics contribute to advances in the United States?
This is a small sample of questions that high school students asked physicists in the new Adopt-a-Physicist program, hosted by NSDL Physics and Astronomy Pathway comPADRE, and […]

High Attendance at NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar on Plate Tectonics
On Nov. 30, 2006, 88 teachers participated in a web seminar with presenters Dr. Anthony Koppers and Dr. Chris Symons from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, making it one of the most highly attended seminars of the NSTA Web Seminar series this year. These interactive, small-group […]

“From NSTA Reports: “Using the National Science Digital Library”
Emphasizing the importance of, “Let(ting) teachers know what you are and how you can facilitate their research to improve STEM teaching,” the National Science Teachers Association highlighted current NSDL efforts to do just that in a November 4, 2006 article. From the NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar Series, designed […]

Nuggets from the NSDL Annual Meeting at AAAS in D.C.
Opening Session: Kaye Howe, Boots Cassell, Lee Zia, and Daniel Atkins
“What NSDL does is to pull together the tools we all create so that someone teaching the third grade in North Dakota can do a good job for his students. And this year, we are at […]

NSDL Online Science: Bringing the Field to the Classroom–Birds
http://institute.nsta.org/NSDL/webseminar2.asp
Start the school year by reinvigorating curricula on the scientific method with a focus on the study of birds. NSDLs monthly series of free Web Seminars with the National Science Teachers Association begins again on Tuesday September 26 with featured experts and resources from the Cornell Lab […]

One Hundred And Counting . . .
INTRODUCTION
Since December 2000 NSDL Whiteboard Report has circulated news about community events, achievements, initiatives and priorities that emerged on the way to creating a national education library focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. . . .
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The Glory of the Single Mind is Limited
TACKLING EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS/KAYE […]

In May 2000 all of the world’s science academies created the InterAcademy Council (IAC) to mobilize the best scientists and engineers worldwide to provide high quality advice to influential international bodies–such as the United Nations and the World Bank–as well as to other institutions. Since then the IAC has produced reports on scientific, technological, and […]