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“Build an
Online Habitat,
read animal facts, have fun
with Switch Zoo lesson
plans, read stories and see
drawings by students.”- – By valerie taylor
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“Instructables is a web-based documentation platform where passionate people share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and collaborate with others.”
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“15 Key Stage 2 Science interactive teaching resources for Primary/Elementary Schools, Ages 8-11 years.
Science games for kids, interactive science resources and activities for your IWB, PC or Mac. Learning science facts about light, variation, magnets, springs, earth, sun and moon, changing states, materials, life cycles, habitats, minibeasts and our body with these great educatonal kids games.”- – By valerie taylor
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100 Best Reference Sites for Science Students | Online Universities
“100 reference sites will come in handy, letting you look up everything from the basics of the periodic table to the intricacies of human DNA.”
- – By valerie taylor
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Brokers of Expertise – California
get Resources – Find lessons and Web activities, videos and other resources for use in your classroom.
join Community – Connect with colleagues near and far to share a wealth of expertise and best practices.
Access the training from local, regional, and statewide sources across the entire state.
- – By valerie taylor
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NOAA 200th: Surveying – Accuracy Versus Precision
“A surveyor strives for both accuracy and precision. Many people use the terms “accuracy” and “precision” interchangeably. However, for those in the surveying profession (as well as other technical and scientific fields), these words have different meanings. “
- – By valerie taylor
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Best Jobs in America 2010 – Top 100 – Money Magazine on CNNMoney.com
“Top 100
Money and PayScale.com rate the top 100 careers with great pay and growth prospects.”- – By valerie taylor
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Working Model of Stephenson’s STEAM ENGINE made of GLASS ! Rare! Video
“This Model of Stephenson’s Steam Engine was made in 2008 by master glassblower Michal Zahradník. Highlights: * The crankshaft is glass. The piston is glass. The counterweight that makes the wheel spin evenly is glass. “
- – By valerie taylor
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SteveSpanglerScience – YouTube
“Bubbling Lava Lamp – Sick Science! #084 “
- – By valerie taylor
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CEO2 Climate Game|Can you reduce your company’s CO2 emissions?|Allianz Knowledge
interactive game
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Emmy Noether, the Most Significant Mathematician You’ve Never Heard Of – NYTimes.com
“20th-century mathematical genius Amalie Noether. Emmy Noether’s theorem united two pillars of physics: symmetry in nature and the universal laws of conservation.
Albert Einstein called her the most “significant” and “creative” female mathematician of all time, and others of her contemporaries were inclined to drop the modification by sex. She invented a theorem that united with magisterial concision two conceptual pillars of physics: symmetry in nature and the universal laws of conservation”- – By valerie taylor
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Age of oldest rocks off by millions of years – space – 29 March 2012 – New Scientist
“Two of the solar system’s best natural timekeepers have been caught misbehaving, suggesting that the accepted ages for the oldest known rock samples are off by a million years or more.
According to two new studies, a radioactive version of the element samarium decays much more quickly than previously thought, and different versions of uranium don’t always appear in the same relative quantities in earthly rocks.”
- – By valerie taylor
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‘Mount Sharp’ on Mars links geology’s past and future
“One particular mountain on Mars, bigger than Colorado’s grandest, has been beckoning would-be explorers since it was first sighted from orbit in the 1970s. Scientists have ideas about how it took shape in the middle of ancient Gale Crater and hopes for what evidence it could yield about whether conditions on Mars have favored life.”
- – By valerie taylor
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One US aircraft carrier has a more powerful air force than 70% of all countries. [VIDEO]
USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) is the seventh Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in the United States Navy,
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“A Thunk is a beguilingly simple-looking question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you start to look at the world in a whole new light.”
- – By valerie taylor
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Prototype flight is latest step toward liftoff for flying cars – msnNOW
“PAL-V’s Personal Air and Land Vehicle takes to the skies in the “crazily awesome” video shown here.
Commercial deliveries of these space-age vehicles are expected to commence within the next two years or so for those brave enough to turn freeways into runways”
- – By valerie taylor
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USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The mission of Stennis and her embarked Air Wing (CVW-9) is to conduct sustained combat air operations while forward deployed in the global arena. The embarked Air Wing consists of eight to nine squadrons. Attached aircraft are Navy and Marine F/A-18 Hornet, EA-6B Prowler, MH-60R, MH-60S, and E-2C Hawkeye.
The Air Wing can engage enemy aircraft, submarines, and land targets, or lay mines hundreds of miles from the ship. Stennis’s aircraft are used to conduct strikes, support land battles, protect the Battle Group or other friendly shipping, and implement a sea or air blockade. “
- – By valerie taylor
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Hazel Lee (1912-1944) – Aviation Pioneer «
“Hazel Lee (1912-1944) – Aviation Pioneer” Experienced women pilots, like Lee, were eager to join the WASP, and responded to interview requests by Cochran. Members of the WASP reported to Avenger Field, in wind swept Sweetwater, Texas for an arduous 6-month training program. Lee was accepted into the 4th class, 43 W 4. Hazel Ying Lee was the first Chinese American woman to fly for the United States military.
- – By valerie taylor
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“WELCOME TO THE EXPEDITION EARTH & BEYOND STUDENT WORKSPACE WIKI
A place for student teams to share research, work with a mentor, and learn with and from others! Expedition Earth and Beyond (EEAB) promotes student research in the classroom and allows student teams to submit requests to have astronauts take pictures of Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) to support their team research.
“- – By valerie taylor
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“The SeaPerch program is a great way to get students interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). SeaPerch easily aligns to the national science standards and lends itself well to interdisciplinary projects. As we travel the world spreading SeaPerch, educators are creatively integrating this project into their classroom.”
- – By valerie taylor
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Top 100 Jobs in America
Marine Careers- – By valerie taylor
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National Defense Education Program (NDEP)
“The National Defense Education Program (NDEP) invests in science, engineering and math education from middle and high school through college and post graduation. NDEP’s mission is to support a new generation of scientists and engineers who will apply their talents in our nation’s defense laboratories. “
- – By valerie taylor
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Wright Flyer « Calgary Recreational and Ultralight Flying Club (CRUFC)
“The Wright Flyer (often retrospectively referred to as Flyer I or 1903 Flyer) was the first powered aircraft, designed and built by the Wright brothers. They flew it four times on December 17, 1903 near the Kill Devil Hills, about four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.”
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Wright Flyer – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The Wright Flyer (often retrospectively referred to as Flyer I or 1903 Flyer) was the first powered aircraft, designed and built by the Wright brothers. They flew it four times on December 17, 1903 near the Kill Devil Hills, about four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.”
- – By valerie taylor
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How Laser Cutting Machines are Made – Core77
“A “How it’s made” video showing how they make something that makes other things. Specifically, a laser cutting machine. The coolest thing we didn’t know before seeing the video is that a laser beam must be the appropriate shape in order to cut optimally, just like a router bit or a kitchen knife designed for a specific task. “
- – By valerie taylor
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Assembly of the International Space Station – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The assembly of the International Space Station is a major aerospace engineering endeavour being conducted in Low Earth orbit by a consortium of governmental and inter-governmental space agencies.”
- – By valerie taylor
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