The goal of the Exploratorium Digital Library Afterschool Project is to bring more science and math enrichment into out-of-school time using resources from the Exploratorium’s Digital Library. Exploratorium Afterschool is one of the many Exploratorium collections for educators who will learn about different types of afterschool activities through digital videos, concept maps, links to other […]

The 2008 NSDL Annual Meeting will be held from September 30 to October 2, 2008 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The theme for this year’s meeting is “STEM Research and Education in Action.” Details, including the call for proposals, deadlines, meeting registration and travel support information, are available on the annual meeting […]

NSDL Education and Outreach Specialist Robert Payo recently attended the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Annual Conference in New Orleans and blogged about it in NSDL Road Reports where NSDL colleagues often share their experiences and impressions of various scientific and education events, meetings and conferences. Payo specifically highlighted a talk given by […]

Content Clips is a free, interactive web environment that features compelling online resources for K-12 teachers, including images, sounds, and video clips to help build student understanding of science concepts and the natural world. It offers easy-to-use tools (no programming required), a growing multimedia collection, an “add-your-own-clip” feature, and a simple way to […]

The following articles from the new “Learning From the Past” issue of Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears Magazine were of particular interest to teachers in attendance at the National Science Teachers Association meeting in Boston last month. Editor Jessica Fries-Gaither was there to find out more about what types of polar information, materials and […]

NSDL now provides access to audio, video, and other multimedia resources for science and math education through Apple’s iTunes Store. The Beyond Campus section of iTunes U provides free access to material from museums, public radio and television stations, and other non-profit educational providers. NSDL’s first offerings include content from several Pathways partners as well […]

The website for Sesame Street now offers hundreds of video clips from the show’s early years. Grownups all over the world are getting back in touch with their inner six-year-olds by watching Bert rave about his bottle cap collection or Cookie Monster go on a rampage. But the main goal of the project is […]

Columbus, Ohio-March 3, 2008 Blockbuster movies and even soft drink commercials have made our planet’s polar regions and their inhabitants popular culture superstars. At the same time many people have either been confronted with what they believe to be climate change weather events, or find themselves wondering about how melting polar ice sheets and rising […]

The 2007-2008 NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar Series begins on Sept. 20 with a presentation aimed at motivating your students to consider careers in math and science. The FunWorks is a digital resource library designed to encourage middle school students to explore math and science careers by showing that while some subjects are perceived as “geeky,” they […]

“I made it from scratch” is a phrase that conjures up images of homemade baked goods and cozy kitchens. The idea of “Coding a computer program from scratch,” on the other hand, entered the technology lexicon to describe a job usually cooked up on-the-fly. While the MIT Media Lab is not exactly a warm kitchen, […]