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STEM resources
New NASA iPad Magazine App “Space Place Prime” is a new NASA magazine only for the iPad. This brand new app gathers some of the best and most recent Web offerings from NASA. It taps engrossing articles from The Space Place website, … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, classroom, lesson plans, reports, research, STEM
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Announcing the Wolfram Education Portal
From the press release: Wolfram Offers Next Innovation in Education Technology with Wolfram Education Portal Champaign, Illinois-January 18, 2012-Wolfram today announced the launch of the Wolfram Education Portal, providing teachers and students alike with a new way to integrate technology … Continue reading
Creative Commons Cartoon
Trying to explain the concept of “Creative Commons”? Try this cartoon! Created by Brazilian blogger Karlisson Bezerra who blogs under the name of Nerdson, the text has been translated from the original Portugese to English. For those interested, the original … Continue reading
New! Join the ‘Connect All Schools’ movement
Generation YES is proud to be one of over 80 educational organizations taking part in a new Connect All Schools Initiative, which aims to connect EVERY school in the United States with the world by 2016. Through the Connect All … Continue reading
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Tagged connect, education, Generation YES, global, iEARN, schools, students
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What’s your broadband speed? Find out and contribute to the crowdsourced map
This is from Bonnie Bracey Sutton, director of the PowerofUS Foundation. The power of crowdsourcing is put to good use in the National Broadband Map. The map has a built-in tool to find out your broadband speed and add your data … Continue reading
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Tagged bandwidth, Bonnie Bracey Sutton, broadband, crowdsourcing, internet, M-Lab, National Broadband Map, PowerofUs, speed
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Stand for Tomorrow - free resources for eco-awareness
We are partnering with a new organization called Stand for Tomorrow that combines student leadership and ec0-awareness. Please take a look, pass along, and send to colleagues and friends so they can Stand for Tomorrow, today! Sylvia Do you want … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, green, leadership, literacy, Science, STEM, student
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Free Online MIT Course Materials for High School
Here’s a great resource for K-12 STEM classes - free open courses from MIT specially selected for high school. Free Online MIT Course Materials for High School | MIT OpenCourseWare. Highlights for High School features MIT OpenCourseWare materials that are … Continue reading
Shipwrecks, sunken treasure, lost civilizations - nearly free stuff for classrooms
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology (MUA) is pleased to offer several resources for classroom teachers. This page provides information on our “Holding History in Your Hand” kit which includes a written curriculum presenting the six steps of the archaeological process, … Continue reading
This Wednesday: Science of the Winter Olympics Webinar
Sounds cool! From the Learning Games Network: As part of our Learning Games webinar series, we invite you to join us this Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010 for Olympics Science: Online Resources for the Classroom from NBC Learn. Description: On February … Continue reading
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Tagged chemistry, Learning Games Network, lesson plans, lessons, NBC Learn, NSF, Olympics, physics, Science, sports, video
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Happy New Year!
“I can UNDERSTAND pessimism, but I don’t BELIEVE in it. It’s not simply a matter of faith, but of historical EVIDENCE. Not overwhelming evidence, just enough to give HOPE, because for hope we don’t need certainty, only POSSIBILITY.” - Howard … Continue reading