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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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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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From biotech to geoscience…using multiple NSDL resources

Thinking of using biotechnology as a focus of upcoming middle or high school science instruction?  Use the new collection from Teachers’ Domain (see NSDL Highlights) to help construct your unit using these high quality multimedia resources. The Biotechnology collection contains valuable QuickTime videos, Flash interactives, still photos, and other resources that you can incorporate, […]

Posted in Topics: Careers in Science, Chemistry, Education, High School Resources, Life science, Science

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A “catchy” interactive on the spread of disease

If you’ve ever used interactives or simulations in your teaching, you know that these kind of materials can help illustrate complex concepts or ideas more visually and with more opportunities for student interaction.
With so much in the news about swine flu, using Shodor’s Disease Model, can teach your students about the spread of disease while […]

Posted in Topics: General, High School Resources, Life science

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Web Seminar: Human Physiology and the Limits of Mars Exploration

This web seminar, the last of the NSDL series for the 2008-2009 school year, focused on the human physiological challenges of extended travel in outer space. Our presenter, Dr. Jim Pawelczyk, Associate Professor of Physiology & Kinesiology for the College of Health and Human Development at Pennsylvania State University, has studied the human effects […]

Posted in Topics: General, Life science, Physics and Astronomy, Science, Teacher professional development

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