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SafeSearch Filtering (or use Control F to find it quickly!) and choose what level filter you want to use. You can tailor it to every computer in the house. Google offers all kinds of safe search tips and functions on Google’s Family Safety Center.
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“We are educators and we have a big responsibility towards what and how we teach .Part of this responsibility is the sound integration of technology into education .The backbone of this technology is search engines and the king search engine for scholars and internet users ,in general, and according to the latest websites rank statistics is Google “
- – By valerie taylor
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AESP / Aerospace Education Services Project Resource Repository
“Inspire the next generation of aerospace pioneers with AESP education resources.
The Aerospace Education Services Project has a place to find and share educational resources. Join us and other educators to download, use, and rate materials.”
- – By valerie taylor
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Google Search Tips You Must Know
“detailed post about most if not all the search tips you need to master Google search techniques.”
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12 Ways To Be More Search Savvy | MindShift
our responsibility to teach kids how to find and research information, how to judge its veracity, and when it’s time to ask for a grownup’s help. I spoke to Daniel Russell, Google’s “search anthropologist” in charge of Search Quality and User Happiness (yes, really), who brought to light some important tips you may not have known.
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Electron flow vs. current flow
“It depends on what you define as “electricity”. Do you mean the flow of “electrons” or the flow of “current”? Because, due to an unfortunate quirk of history, the direction of *current* flow is opposite to the direction of *electron* flow. “
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awesome Gmail Tips : Gmail as you have never known it before
“some tips about how to better use Gmail. There are many features and services that Gmail offers for free yet only few people know about them and use them. Being educators, we do need to be aware of these freebies. They can save you so much time and make your electronic mailing experience way better than you have ever thought.”
- – By valerie taylor
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“Wheels Up The Able Pilot program in Ketchum, Idaho, puts paraplegics formerly in the military in the air with paragliders.”
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“There are 11 after-school clubs at P.S. 1, including one that helps students produce their own videos. This year, they created a series of talk shows that focused on topics like math, bullying, health, happiness and peace.”
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America’s First Jet Flight, October 1942 – Video
America’s first jet flight, Oct 1942.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PIECE OF AVIATION HISTORY.
This is a very interesting little piece of historical film. It covers America’s entry into the Jet Age with the Bell P59A.
part is about the installation of a $2 doorbell ringer to the dash of the P59A to provide vibration so the gauges wouldn’t stick. Ya’ gotta’ love it….- – By valerie taylor
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How Many Leaves on the Tree of Life? – NYTimes.com
“scientists at Dalhousie University, concludes that there are about 8.7 million species on Earth. The team analyzed the numerical relationship between species, genus, family and order in well-studied life-forms and used that pattern to estimate the number of species in categories of life that haven’t been well studied. Some scientists argue that that almost surely underestimates some lesser-known classes of life.
Only some 1.25 million species have been described in the 253 years since Linnaeus devised the method we use to name them. This means that if there are, indeed, roughly 8.7 million species over all, nearly 90 percent of the species on Earth have not yet been discovered and described. ”
- – By valerie taylor
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Gucci Girls fly Air Force tanker « Marin County 99s
Boeing KC–10 – U.S. Air Force, one mission with all-female crew operated an aerial refueling tanker above the Middle East. special event – Unmanned KC-10 Flight.
- – By valerie taylor
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Welcome to the Beechcraft Heritage Museum
” Staggerwing #1 Story
Watch the story thanks to TapTV”- – By valerie taylor
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“NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which is carrying a suite of instruments including a $32 million University of Colorado Boulder package, has provided scientists with new information that energy from some solar flares is stronger and lasts longer than previously thought.
See Also:
Space & Time* Solar Flare
* Sun
* Northern LightsEarth & Climate
* Geomagnetic Storms
* Atmosphere
* Energy and the EnvironmentReference
* Solar flare
* Solar radiation
* Corona
* Geomagnetic stormUsing SDO’s Extreme ultraviolet Variability Experiment, or EVE instrument designed and built at CU-Boulder, scientists have observed that radiation from solar flares sometimes continues for up to five hours beyond the initial minutes of the main phase of a solar flare occurrence.”
- – By valerie taylor
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NASA – Desert RATS 2011 Education and Public Outreach Activities and Events
Follow the Desert RATS Team During Analog Testing
The NASA Desert Research and Technology Studies team, also known as Desert RATS, marks its fourteenth annual field test and the first time a mission to an asteroid will be simulated. While NASA has landed astronauts on the moon and rovers on Mars, the agency is only beginning to tackle the challenges of visiting an asteroid. Desert RATS team members will conduct simulated human and robotic space exploration test activities in extreme Arizona terrain to investigate and develop realistic technical and mission-driven operations similar to those of an asteroid mission.
- – By valerie taylor
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GRAIL MoonKAM | About GRAIL MoonKAM
“About GRAIL MoonKAM
GRAIL MoonKAM (Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students) is GRAIL’s signature education and public outreach program. It is led by Dr. Sally Ride, America’s first woman in space, and her team at Sally Ride Science in collaboration with undergraduate students at the University of California San Diego.
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