In the late 1950s, Rachel Carson began to realize that mankind had acquired the power “to change drastically — or even destroy — the physical world.” Her book on the damage caused by chemical pesticides changed history.

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Classroom Earth is an online resource designed to help high school teachers include environmental content in their daily lesson plans. Useful resources on the site include environmental news; geographically-based environmental information; course material; a resource library; teacher profiles; funding opportunities; and listings for professional development.

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The Environmental Science Institute at the University of Texas Austin offers a number of helpful resources, including K-12 lesson plans, a lecture series, graduate student-pairing program, and newsletters.

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The PBS Design Squad Trash to Treasure Competition Challenge invites kids ages 5-19 to recycle, reuse, and re-engineer everyday materials into an out-of-the box invention. Three winners will come to Boston to see their designs built by Continuum, a design consultancy, and will appear on the Design Squad show and Website. 25 finalists will also be featured on the Website. Contest Deadline: September 5, 2010.

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The Hands-On Technology Program Website, sponsored by Galaxy Networks, Inc., provides science experiments and other hands-on activities. Activities are designed so that children can do them using every day, inexpensive materials. Much of the material is designed to be photocopied and used directly in class, while other items includes teacher’s notes and materials lists.

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Teachers will find a wealth of science fair resources at Science Fair Central, part of the classroom resources offered by Discovery Channel. Separate sections of this page include: Idea finder, Project timeline, and Virtual lab. Guidelines for parents and science fair coordinators are included, as well as help on the various steps in undertaking a science project.

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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York City, offers perspectives on the impact of design on daily life through educational and curatorial programming.

Collections include more than 250,000 design objects and a design library, while exhibitions, educational programs, and an on-site, degree-granting master’s program explore the process of design, both historic and contemporary. Teachers may be particularly interested in the online Educators Resource Center, which provides lesson plans, videos, and links to other on-line resources.

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The Engineering/Technology Careers Exploring Program, from Learning for Life, along with the American Society for Engineering Education, is introducing more youth to careers in engineering and technology. These and other organizations are launching a 2010—2012 Engineering/Technology Careers Emphasis campaign in April. Presently, Learning for Life serves close to 1 million youth in over 14,000 schools and organizations across the country.

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The Infinity Project offers national middle school, high school, and early college engineering curricula. Created to help students see the real value of math and science and its varied applications to high tech engineering, this math- and science-based engineering and technology education initiative promises to help educators deliver engineering with a minimum of training, expense, and time. Element of the program include: the Engineering Our Digital Future textbook; the Infinity Project Technology Kit; and comprehensive Professional Development Institutes for teachers. Visit the Website to learn more about the different elements of the program, and to read the blog and newsletters.

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