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2004
RT NEWS - December 10, 2004
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In
this issue:
- RT
Program News
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Deadlines
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Resources
-
Opportunities
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PROGRAM NEWS++++
- 'Tis
the season for shopping, baking cookies, holiday parties...and revising your
lab activities. Take advantage of this weekend to add your finishing touches.
Congratulations to Kaci, Betsy, Megan, Adrienne and Jessica for getting their
final drafts in to us already!
To
submit your lab, attach your Word document to an email and send it to
kkelly@the-aps.org. If you have NSES checklists, etc. that are handwritten,
please fax them in along with your Author Certification Form to 301-634-7098.
- Get
WISE to it (http://wise.berkeley.edu). That December 28th deadline for
Assignment #4 is creeping up. Dig out that Assignment notebook, put your hands
on those articles and get into the Discussion. If you've misplaced pieces of
the assignment, go to http://www.the-aps.org/education/2004rts/assign.htm and
look in the green section on the right-hand of the page for links to the PDFs
of the articles. Need some password help? Email Kathleen at kkelly@the-aps.org.
++++DEADLINES++++
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December 15: Final version of your lab/activity due
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December 28: Assignment #4 due
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December 31: Spend Mini-Grant
funds
++++RESOURCES++++
- The
Wright Center for Science Education has a gorgeous set of full-color posters on
a variety of science topics (genomes, scale, earth anatomy, and more) available
free of charge. You can take a look at the posters at
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/svl/posters/posts.html. Send your written
request on school letterhead to:
Wright
Center
Department
P, Room 267 C
Science
& Technology Center
Tufts
University
4
Colby Street
Medford,
MA 02155
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Check out Science Clips on the BBC web site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml. The Science Clips
website is aimed at children aged 5-11 years and their teachers. There are 36
interactive Flash animations that students can manipulate on topics ranging
from forces to plants to healthy bodies.
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Flash-y Noble prize winners: The Noble Prize web site has 16 interactive online
games that introduce high school students to the work of Nobel Laureates in
physiology or medicine (oh yeah, they have chemistry and physics, too). Games
are accompanied by background information about the featured scientific
breakthroughs and descriptions of the honored scientists.
http://nobelprize.org/medicine/educational/index.html. Your students can play the
lost synapse game or (in honor of the 100-year anniversary of Pavlov's award)
try to make a dog drool or help out in the MRI room. Flash players needed and
high-speed Internet connections would be optimal.
++++OPPORTUNITIES++++
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Aloha energy: Igniting Creative Energy Challenge is an educational competition
designed to encourage students to learn more about energy and the environment.
Students are asked to submit entries that reflect the competition theme,
Igniting Creative Energy, and demonstrate an understanding of what an
individual, family, or group can do to make a difference in their home, school,
or community. Students may express their ideas on energy conservation and the
environment in the form of science projects, essays, stories, artwork, photographs,
music, video, or web site projects. A total of four grand prizes will be
awarded to three students and one teacher. Three students, one in each grade
cluster whose work best exemplifies the Challenge criteria, will receive a
hosted trip to Hawaii April 26-30, 2005, for themselves and a parent or legal
guardian. http://www.ignitingcreativeenergy.org
- The
National Education Association's National Foundation for the Improvement of
Education (NFIE) now offers more than 300 small grants of $2,000 to $5,000 each
on an ongoing, year-round basis. These grants fund classroom innovations or
professional development for improved practice in public K-12 schools and
higher-education institutions. Schools whose applications are received by Feb.
1 will know by June 15 if they are approved. Contact: (202) 822-7840.
http://www.nfie.org/programs/howtoapply.htm
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Have
great weekend,
Kathleen
_____________________________
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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