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2004 RT NEWS - October 18, 2004

In this issue:

- RT Program News

- Deadlines

- Resources

- Opportunities

++++RT PROGRAM NEWS++++

- The WISE Assignment #4 Discussion is rolling along. Be sure to check into the Assignment to see what's going on: http://wise/berkeley.edu . To view Assignment #4, you have to log on to with your STUDENT id. Email Kathleen if you've misplaced that very bright yellow sheet with your Username/Password.

- I've been getting some questions about Mini-Grants. Now that you've had a chance to do a little shopping around, you may have changed your mind about something you originally listed on your grant application or something costs more/less than you thought it would. Simply send Kathleen an email with the requested changes or additions to your request for approval.

- With or without changes, make sure to keep your receipts and track your spending. We want you to spend up all the grant money! Also, you don't have to wait until March to submit your Expenditure Report (http://www.the-aps.org/education/2004rts/mini-grant.htm ).

- Kathleen is off to the SACNAS meeting in Austin, TX at the end of this week (Thurs-Sat) and so will be a little slow in replying to emails/calls. Feel free to call or email Brooke (bbruthers@the-aps.org) in the meantime.

- The application for the 2005 Explorations in Biomedicine fellowship is up on the APS website (http://www.the-aps.org/education/expl/research.htm) and available in print form. We'll send copies out to alumni Explorations RTs in the coming weeks.

The Explorations in Biomedicine program provides professional development opportunities for middle and high school science teachers and tribal college faculty who teach Native American students on or near Indian Reservations.

++++DEADLINES++++

- November 3 (optional): IUPS Abstracts due (talk to your Research Host)

- December 12: Final version of your lab/activity due

- December 28: Assignment #4 due

++++RESOURCES++++

- Free Teacher-to-Teacher online video courses: The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has a new professional development web site for teachers and administrators. Built by teachers for teachers, the new site is the culmination of more than 12 workshops and hours of educator-led discussions and roundtable sessions about how best to improve teacher training in accordance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). http://www.paec.org/teacher2teacher/

- A "Goggle" for Science: A newly enhanced, scientific-only search engine gives students, scholars, and other academics another tool to conduct effective, comprehensive internet searches to find bona fide scientific information. The search engine, called Scirus is free to users. http://www.scirus.com

Scirus currently searches more than 167 million pages and documents from the internet, as well as proprietary journal content. Web content is limited to content from universities, research institutes, governments, scientific organizations and conferences, scientists' home pages, and company pages. The engine also searches the contents of MedLine, ScienceDirect, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, BioMed Central, NASA, and others.

- Currently, APS has two projects in the WISE Project Library - "The Organic Foods Controversy" and "The Sense of Touch". We have two other units that are almost ready for primetime - "It's a Matter of Taste" and "Color Your World." Because we are making a few final edits on these two units, you can't access them through the Project Library, just yet. However, if you would like to preview and/or use them, just let us know. Kathleen can give you access to view and run them (kkelly@the-aps.org).

++++OPPORTUNITIES++++

- Samsung's Hope For Education, a new philanthropy program created to benefit children's education, is giving 101 lucky elementary, middle, and high schools across the country the chance to win up to $100,000 in much needed technology equipment via a unique online essay contest. Students can enter online (deadline is 10/31/04) http://www.hopeforeducation.com/

- Applications for 2005 ING Unsung Heroes now available

Do you or someone you know have a creative, unique educational program that is helping students reach new heights? Or is there a program you'd like to implement, if only you had the proper funding? The ING Unsung Heroes awards program is designed to recognize classroom heroes who "take teaching to new heights and make learning fun." Through the program, financial services company ING annually presents a total of $240,000 in awards to one hundred K-12 educators across the United States to help further their projects within their school or school system. Deadline: April 30, 2005 http://www.ing.com/unsungheros

- Applications are now being accepted from educators and administrators interested in becoming a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Explorer School. Once accepted into the program, your school or school district will enter into a unique three-year partnership with NASA to bring exciting opportunities to educators, students, and families. NASA Explorer Schools receive grants up to $17,500 over the three-year partnership. Deadline to apply for this NASA/NSTA opportunity is January 31, 2005. For information and to apply, visit http://explorerschools.nasa.gov.

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Have a great week,

Kathleen

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Kathleen H. Kelly

K-12 Programs Coordinator

American Physiological Society

9650 Rockville Pike

Bethesda, MD 20814-3991

T: 301 634 7231 F: 301 634 7098

E: kkelly@the-aps.org

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