Posted on May 3rd, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Illinois’ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, which specializes in high-powered energy and accelerating nanoparticles, provides a vast collection of educational programs, materials, and curriculum aids. FNAL offers videos, tours and field trip planning, online resources, lesson plans and activities, classroom presentations and volunteer visiting lecturers, workshops for both teachers and students, games, a science center, web-based classroom projects, open houses, weekend programs, an outdoor fair, magazines and publications, symposiums, summer research opportunities, internships, undergraduate and graduate-level accelerator physics courses, and more.
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Posted on May 3rd, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
The National Energy Technology Laboratory maintains a list of educational resources and opportunities for all levels of education. The goal of NETL’s education programs is to enhance interest in math and science and to provide resources and instructional materials. NETL provides research participation, workshops, career days, science fairs, instructional materials, in-house tour information, community outreach programs, and events.
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Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy, Internet Resources, National Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy, Web Resources
Posted on May 3rd, 2010 by ASEE
Student at Dallas’s independent Lakehill Preparatory School are enjoying their new $2.2 million Family Environmental Center, the Dallas Morning News reports. The idea for the center came from headmaster Roger Perry after he took noticed a swath of vacant land next to the school’s ball fields. The result is an impressive LEED standards complex that houses three science labs, a large meeting hall, and a retention pond.
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Posted on May 3rd, 2010 by ASEE
Toyota has had its share of rotten press lately but managed to garner positive headlines in Kentucky, where it has donated $500,000 to help improve K-12 science and mathematics teaching. The University of Kentucky’s Partnership Institute for Mathematics and Science Education Reform (PIMSER), will use the money to help teachers in 13 urban school districts develop more effective ways to teach their subjects, according to Business Lexington.
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Posted on May 3rd, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Multi-program Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico provides a number of different programs and materials for learners and educators at all levels. Last year, more than 1,200 students took advantage of educational opportunities at LANL. The lab offers high school work experience options, online resources for both teachers and students, student profiles, internships, teacher professional development, conferences, educational tours, mentoring opportunities, undergraduate programs, graduate programs, and a mobile science museum.
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Posted on May 3rd, 2010 by ASEE
If you or your school is hosting a project for National Lab Day, you’re invited to join the National Lab Day online video contest, with winning videos being featured on the Website. Submission deadline: June 1, 2010
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Posted on May 3rd, 2010 by ASEE
From Supersonic Air Flow to laser plasma and carbon nanotubes, the Physics Images on the American Physical Society Website provide compelling illustration of physics research, with comprehensive accompanying explanation and discussion of each research projects. Check for current images, which are regularly featured and updated on the Website, as well as the archived images.
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Posted on May 3rd, 2010 by ASEE
The American Physical Society’s Website, PhysicsCentral, aims to communicate the excitement and importance of physics, with weekly updates on how physics is part of our world. PhysicsCentral answers questions on how things work, provides physics news updates, describes the latest research and the people who are doing it, and links to other helpful websites.
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Posted on May 1st, 2010 by ASEE
Engineering the Future® Three-Day Institutes is a concentrated, hands-on workshop offered by the Museum of Science, Boston, open to all teachers interested in expanding their knowledge of standards-based engineering design.Participants work through key activities in each of the course’s four projects, and have the opportunity to ask questions, practice what they’ve learned, and discuss concerns with course developers and experienced teachers. Cost: $350 ($400 after June 4). No new 2011 information available.
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Tags: Boston Museum of Science, Summer Camps & Programs (Students), Summer Programs (Teachers), Webinar
