The Environmental Science Activities for the 21st Century (ESA21) Project Website provides several activities focused upon the environment, relying upon a mixture of hands-on, field, and Internet-based experiences to provide a deeper understanding of the issues.

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“A number of engineering-based curricula, even at the early elementary school level,2 are being used to teach thousands of U.S. children from diverse backgrounds. The success of these curricula suggests that some aspects of engineering are generally accessible to a broad range of children at many different age levels.”

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The Lemelson-MIT Program’s Invention Dimension is a fun-filled and at times wacky approach to making learning about invention exciting for the kid in all of us. Have some fun with invention games and explore the wealth of inventor and invention resources, including inventor profiles and patent guidelines.

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Science Sessions, audio podcasts from the National Academy of Sciences, offer 5-minute, nontechnical conversations with cutting-edge researchers, and policy makers. Recent topics include “The Future and Stem Cells,” “Human Expansion Out of Africa,” and “Seeing Inside Cells.” Learn a broad range of scientific news about discoveries that affect the world around us.

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Earth, Space, and Life — check out the K-12 science lesson plans offered through Montana State University’s Extended University Website, a number of which explore the region’s local environment and Native American cultures.

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In this 3-day professional development institute at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, middle and high school teachers engage with a global gravity data set to understand how water distribution across the globe is affected by climate change, and learn how NASA scientists gather and interpret data. Dates: Feb. 17, 18, 19, 2010; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost: Free. Application deadline: Jan. 12.

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The Bridge, the journal of the National Academy of Engineering, features essays on engineering research, education, and practice; science and technology policy; and the roles of engineering in society. Each issue is available for reading online, or in downloadable pdfs.

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Engineering Wonders and Man Made are only two of several online shows made available on the Science and Technology section of the National Geographic Channel Website. The videos, which range in topic from volcanoes to skyscrapers, Apache helicopters, the polar station, and the engineering of the Wonder Bra, are each about 3 minutes in duration.

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The Siemens Foundation Science Day Website features videos and hands-on activities for students in grades 4 through 6 to “help reinvent the science class.” The activities promise new, original experiments with intuitive directions, materials lists, and home extensions.

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