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Digital Resource Package for Teaching Energy

The National Science Digital Library has a wealth of high quality digital resources to teach almost any topic in K-12 math and science.  Following is a sample of 22 exemplar NSDL links specific to teaching energy at the K-12 level from the more than 7,000 energy-related resources available at the National Science Digital Library.   These resources […]

Posted in Topics: Chemistry, Climate change, Earth Science, General, Life science, biology

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Digital Resource Package for Teaching Evolution

The National Science Digital Library has a wealth of high quality digital resources to teach almost any topic in K-12 math and science.  Following is a sample of the more than 9000 resources specific to teaching evolution that you can find by conducting a simple search on nsdl.org.  You can also browse for resources in our interactive Living Environment AAAS […]

Posted in Topics: Earth Science, Education, Elementary Resources, General, High School Resources, Life science

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A Short List of Activities for Earth Science Week

Here’s a short list of activities you can do to celebrate National Earth Science Week (Oct 11-17) with your students:
http://www.earthsciweek.org/forteachers/classroomactivities.html
Activities are listed by grade level and content standards. This list is provided by the American Geological Institute, AGI.
Want more? Try the NSDL Science Literacy Maps to find NSDL resources using science benchmarks around […]

Posted in Topics: Earth Science, High School Resources

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Fossils: Suggested links and sequence

Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears is an online professional development magazine–or rather cyberzine–that serves as a great resource with lots of ideas for teaching. You can find tips on teaching a unit on fossils (a student favorite). In the Science and Literacy Department of the April 2008 issue, author Jessica Fries-Gaither provides […]

Posted in Topics: Earth Science, Elementary Resources, General

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Earth Science Week, October 12-18, 2008

No Child Left Inside…
We are in the midst of Earth Science Week 2008 (October 12-18)! Take the opportunity before the week is over (as well as beyond it) to access the valuable materials for teachers and students at the American Geological Institute’s (AGI) Earth Science Week site. With the theme of “No Child Left Inside,” […]

Posted in Topics: Careers in Science, Earth Science, General, Science

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