Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Global SchoolNet, a non-profit organization founded in 1984, supports 21st century learning and aims to improve academic performance through content driven collaboration. It engages teachers and K-12 students in meaningful project learning exchanges worldwide and helps them to develop science, math, literacy and communication skills.
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Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
The George Lucas Educational Foundation, which was created to help education catch up with the many technical advancements in how we interact with each other and the world, maintains a comprehensive website called Edutopia, which features resources and videos for teachers. It is designed to spread the word about ideal, interactive learning environments and enable others to adapt these successes locally. Edutopia contains an archive of continually updated best practices, from classroom tips to recommendations for district-wide change.
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Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is a non-profit global network that enables teachers and youth to use the Internet and other technologies to collaborate on projects that enhance learning and make a difference in the world. There are more than 150 projects in iEARN, all designed and facilitated by teachers and students to fit their curriculum and classroom needs and schedules.
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Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
The PBL-Online website is a comprehensive resource on Project Based Learning. If features materials on how to design and manage high quality projects for middle and high school students. Visitors can search for projects developed by others or contribute their own projects, learn important strategies for teaching online and learning online, take online courses, browse the video library, learn more about Project Based Learning, and more.
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Posted on March 17th, 2010 by ASEE
The 2009 Women in Science Booklet is produced by Science/AAAS in collaboration with the L’Oréal Corporate Foundation. The interview profiles of young women at the start of their science careers tell their stories of passion and persistence —what drives and excites them about their work in the sciences. Girls, boys, and educators will find fun and inspiration in these pages and learn a little about life as a scientist.
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Posted on March 15th, 2010 by ASEE
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has launched Mission:Science, a new Web site created specifically for teenagers. Through Mission:Science, teens can access current NASA spacecraft data for school science projects, conduct real experiments with NASA scientists and locate space-related summer internships.
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Posted on March 15th, 2010 by ASEE
AIAA, dedicated to the global aerospace profession, supports a Website with a number of helpful resources for teachers, including: a 1903 Wright Flyer Simulation, Interactive Activities
Fun Activities, Puzzles & Games, Books & Movies, Homework Help, Engineering Links, and K-12 Curriculum.
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Posted on March 15th, 2010 by ASEE
The Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) is a remotely sensed data management, systems development, and research field center for the U.S. Geological Survey, part of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Teachers will find on the site aerial photography, satellite imagery, digitized maps and a vast image gallery, and well as online imaging programs such as EarthExplorer, the USGS Geographic Data Download, and the USGS Web Mapping Portal.
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Posted on March 15th, 2010 by ASEE
NASA’s Multimedia Gallery provides educators a wealth of supporting material, from an extensive image gallery — featuring current and historic NASA missions, the planets of the universe, and the latest material from the Hubble Space telescope –videos, podcasts, NASA television, blogs, and interactive features.
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