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
http://cserd.nsdl.org
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 […]

Zero in on Comprehension Using the NSDL Concept Map Tool
Teachers work to connect broad learning concepts, standards and educational resources in K12 classrooms to ensure that their students’ progress is both developmentally sound and measurable. Until now there has not been an easy way to find and present students with the right online information at […]

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 […]

Classroom Multimedia: WGBH Teachers’ Domain

WGBH Teachers’ Domain and Thinkronize, developer of netTrekker educational search products, have partnered to provide netTrekker subscribers with access to high quality, multimedia content for teachers and students. Teachers’ Domain is a digital library of nearly 1,000 multimedia resources for classroom use and independent study, and offers teachers media-rich tools to […]

The Chemical Education Pathway to NSDL
http://acswebcontent.acs.org/home.html
http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEDLib/index.html
The newest NSDL Pathway to chemical education is the Chemical Education Digital Library (ChemEd DLib) that joins The American Chemical Society and the Journal of Chemical Education to provide a rich information layer over collections of the Journal of Chemical Education Digital Library (JCE DLib) and the ACS Education Division. […]

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 […]

Streaks and flashes of lightening intermittently lit the sky in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as JCDL conference-goers picked their way through puddles to attend the 2006 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)–Opening Information Horizons, held June 11-15.

Highlights of the conference included a plenary, workshops, tutorials, informal meetings, and a North Carolina “Pig Pull” where the […]

May 18, Issue 96–The current issue of NSDL Insights is targeted for teachers, students and families interested in finding out what the Library has to offer that is both entertaining and educational for the classroom and home. Visitors are invited to push buttons, explore, and let themselves be fascinated by this rich sample of NSDL […]