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APS ALUMNI RT NEWS - March 2005

For Frontiers in Physiology and Explorations in Biomedicine Research

Teachers...

In this issue...

* APS News

* Resources

* Opportunities

* Listserv info

+++++APS NEWS++++

- The 2005 Frontiers in Physiology Research Teachers have been

announced. Go to http://www.the-aps.org/education/frontiers/awd2005.htm

to check out next year's crop of Research Teachers. Is your research

host or a colleague on the list? If so, drop them a congratulatory note!

Look for the Explorations in Biomedicine fellowship awardees

announcement in the coming weeks.

- Words of advice? As an Alumni RT, do you have any bits of advice or

words of wisdom for the new 2005 RTs? In a few weeks, the 2005 RTs will

start Assignment #1 on the WISE site (remember the beads/) and plan

their research weeks with their hosts. The APS Education Office sends

out a weekly email to the RTs and we include an "Alumni RT Corner"

section - if you think of anything to pass along, please email Kathleen

directly (kkelly@the-aps.org).

- The APS big annual meeting is starting up on March 30th. This year,

it's a combined Experimental Biology and International Union of

Physiological Sciences meeting. The APS Education Office will be setting

up shop in San Diego and so will not be as accessible by phone or email

as usual. Bear with us, we'll be back in action the week of April 11th.

+++++RESOURCES+++++

- The "Discover Life" web site helps you to identify things, share ways

to teach and study nature's wonders, use maps, report your findings, and

contribute to and learn from the Web's growing encyclopedia of life.

With amazing photos and lots of scientific details, you and your

students can examine the taxonomy, natural history, distribution,

abundance, and ecology of all living things. There's also a detailed

online Nature Identification guide with drawings, pictures and text to

help in identifying all sorts of species. http://www.discoverlife.org/

- Did you know that the "Carolina Tips" newsletter is available for

free via email now? While it certainly does sell products, there usually

are some good classroom ideas in there! Go to

http://www.carolina.com/tips/ to sign up. You can also peruse the

archives.

- Interactive Body: A short online tutorial provided as part of the

National Institute on

Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's campaign against college drinking, shows

how the stomach, heart, brain, and liver are affected by alcohol

consumption. According to the institute, even moderate social drinking

can result in liver damage, and heavy drinking can cause high blood

pressure, damage the lining of the stomach, impair brain development in

adolescents, and lead to hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver.

http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/students/anatomy/InteractiveBody_flash.aspx

- Interesting article on the "animals as humans under the law"

debate...WHEN PETS DIE AT THE VET, GRIEVING OWNERS CALL LAWYERS

USA Today, March 15 - Richard Cupp, a Pepperdine University law

professor, says that if courts routinely start to award emotional

damages to pet owners, veterinary care will cost more, leading to "more

suffering" among pets because "fewer pets will get sent to the vet."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-14-pets-malpractice_x.htm

+++++OPPORTUNITIES+++++

- Applications Invited for Dominion Educational Partnership

Deadline: May 2, 2005

The Dominion Foundation will award approximately $200,000 in

educational partnership grants in a five-state area (North Carolina,

Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia). Accredited public and

private elementary and secondary schools, public school divisions,

institutions of higher education, state agencies, and 501(c)(3) non-

profit organizations are invited to apply.

Dominion accepts grant applications for amounts up to $5,000 to

encourage the development of new programs to strengthen math and science

education in grades K-12. Successful grant proposals should present

innovative and promising ideas, involve the teaching of math and/or

science skills, reach a significant number of students, and demonstrate

broad-based community support. Mini-grants available too.

http://www.dom.com/about/education/grants/grants.jsp.

- The National Association of Biology Teachers is having a March

Madness Sale on Convention Registration. Register online for the

October 5-8, 2005 Convention in Milwaukee and save 20% off the already

low Early Bird Rates! But hurry. The madness can't continue. This

offer will only last as long as March does, and ends March 31.

CLICK BELOW TO REGISTER (You will need your NABT member log-on

information):

http://portal.nabt.org/PortalTools/Login.cfm?CFID=9125288

- Call for Papers: Special issue of The Science Teacher focused on

inquiry in the laboratory.

Bill McComas is guest editing this issue of the NSTA magazine and is

looking for submissions. The issue is not about specific labs, rather it

will highlight ways to teach in the lab, perspectives on laboratory

teaching, thoughts about laboratory assessment, evidence for the

effectiveness of laboratory teaching, trends in laboratory teaching,

etc. In other words, "big picture" topics that would help all teachers

engage more successfully in laboratory instruction. Submission deadline

is May 1.

Go to http://www.nsta.org/420 for the Call for Papers and article

submission guidelines. Bill McComas is pleased to give you feedback

related to whether or not your idea is on track for this special issue.

So, if you have a couple of thoughts and/or want to run the title by him

first, email him. His contact info follows:

William F. McComas, Ph.D.

Director, Program to Advance Science Education

Rossier School of Education - WPH 1001e

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA 90089-4031

(213) 740-3470 (voice)

Email: mccomas@usc.edu

http://www.scienceeducation.org

- "Discovery in Our Classrooms: Inquiry and the Nature of Science"

LISE 5: The 5th Annual Leadership Initiative in Science Education,

27-28 April 2005

Chemical Heritage Foundation (315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA)

This conference will showcase methods for improving students'

understanding of science. Specifically, the conference will highlight

inquiry-based techniques and techniques for teaching the nature of

science. Speakers include both researchers in science education and

practitioners. The following day (29 April 2005), they are offering

"Universal Design for STEM Education" conference.

Go to http://www.chemheritage.org/events/lise5.html for details and to

- "Radical Renovation: School Edition" Contest sponsored by Ford Motor

Co. & National Geographic

Eligibility: K-6 teachers at public or private schools in the United

States

Deadline: April 7, 2005

Teachers nationwide are encouraged to submit their students' vision of

a sustainable, eco-friendly school. The winning class will receive

$100,000 from Ford to make its vision a reality. To help teachers and

their students take part in the contest, Ford has made available an

environmentally focused lesson plan developed by National Geographic.

http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/gogreen/ford/

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