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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 Water Quality

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 25 exemplar NSDL links specific to teaching water quality at the K-12 level.
FIELD TRIPS AND LABS
Water Quality Testing in your Local Water Cycle  Students analyze local water chemistry by identifying […]

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Digital Resource Package for Teaching Mathematics

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 eleven NSDL links to more than 10,000 resources specific to teaching math at the K-12 level.
To browse resources by standards or domains
1. The NSDL Math Common Core collection has math interactives and […]

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Digital Resource Package for Teaching Invertebrates and Plants

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 300 resources specific to teaching invertebrates and 4400 resources specific to teaching plants at the K-12 level that you can find by conducting a simple search […]

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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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Using NSDL - Teachers and Librarians Promoting STEM Education

Two recent publications are featuring National Science Digital Library (NSDL) resources and services:
Check out Daniel Toomey’s article in the November School Library Monthly: The National Science Digital Library: STEM Resources for the 21st Century Learner.  Dan is a 7th and 8th grade teacher at Edgewood Campus School in Madison, WI. He also co-teaches a secondary science […]

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A Nation Without School Libraries….

See (or listen to) the Saturday, October 23, 2010 article/podcast from Bob Edwards Weekend show (distributed to public radio stations by Public Radio International (PRI)). Edwards talks with Keith Curry Lance, who focuses his research on the connections between student achievement and school libraries: “He’s found that students perform better in schools with well-stocked, well-funded libraries, as […]

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NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar, Feb 17th: Biotechnology

Sign up today for the next NSTA Web Seminar in the NSDL Series: Teaching Biotechnology: New Tools and Resources for the STEM Career Pipeline from WGBH Teachers’ Domain. These free seminars provide resources for your classroom and background information for your professional development!
Topic: Biotechnology
Date: February 17, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm Eastern […]

Posted in Topics: General, Life science, Prof Dev: NSDL Network and News, Teacher professional development, biology

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Edublog Award Nominations Close Today, 12/8

The Edublog Awards recognize educational blogs, podcasts and other web-based educational technology users and organizations. Here’s a few nominations to add to the list, most of which are supported by the use of the NSDL Expert Voices and NSDL Wiki platforms:
Best resource sharing blog-
Ohio State University: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
http://beyondpeguins.nsdl.org
Best […]

Posted in Topics: Elementary Resources, General, High School Resources, Teacher professional development

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Timely Teachings: Seasons and the Cycles of Night & Day

Join us for this free, online web seminar from the NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar Series for the 2009-2010 school year!
Timely Teachings: Seasons and the Cycles of Night & Day
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009
Time: 6:30p.m.-8:00p.m. Eastern Time
Join Jessica Fries-Gaither, science resource specialist at Ohio State University, as we discuss two challenging topics in the elementary and middle […]

Posted in Topics: Elementary Resources, General, NSDL/NSTA Web Seminars, Online learning, Prof Dev: NSDL Network and News, Teacher professional development

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