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“For the past 28 years, Science Olympiad has led a revolution in science education. What began as a grassroots assembly of science teachers is now one of the premiere science competitions in the nation, providing rigorous, standards-based challenges to nearly 6,400 teams in 50 states. Science Olympiad’s ever-changing event lineup provides a variety of career choices and exposure to practicing scientists and mentors.”
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“Science teachers Brian Bartel and Dale Basler discuss science news and science education with leading scientists, researchers, science writers, and other important figures in the field. A selection of links and notes accompanies each episode, enabling the listener to dig deeper into the topics discussed.”
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SwipeStudy Flashcard study tool | Prepare for Exams | Language Vocab
“a free flash-card memory study tool for the web and smartphones.”
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Short Event Descriptions | Science Olympiad
“Science Olympiad Events are balanced among the three broad areas of the Science Standards.”
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Searching for daVinci – Introduction
“True learners are multidimensional, they are passionately curious about the world around them. Leonardo da Vinci was the quintessential example of a Renaissance man. Scientist, inventor, painter, sculptor, architect, cartographer, mathematician- the list goes on. da Vinci had an insatiable curiosity and was deeply creative and innovative. da Vinci is still highly regarded as a brilliant creative genius, his thirst for learning is just as relevant today as it was 500 years ago. Is your classroom currently set up to foster the da Vinci’s of the world? “
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A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas
“Science, engineering, and technology permeate nearly every facet of modern life and hold the key to solving many of humanity’s most pressing current and future challenges.
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App Store – WatchKnow Educational Videos
“companion app to the http://www.WatchKnow.org website which provides free educational videos for teachers, students, parents, and homeschoolers teaching students in K—12 (USA) or ages 3—18 (international). “
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App Store – Dictionary.com – Dictionary & Thesaurus – Free
app will read you any word, show the origin, find synonyms, and everything else you’d expect from a dictionary app.
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For educators – Google Science Fair
“The Educator toolkit There’s a whole raft of resources to support you in the classroom and help spark your students’ interest. You can even host your own mini science fair! Here you can download everything from a competition overview presentation to detailed Lesson Plans. You’ll also find key tips, rules and checklists to take the hassle out of explaining the essential small print to your budding scientists.”
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it works beautifully on the iPad. abettercalculator.com from your iPad browser and graph away. Very slick! Will please any algebra teacher for sure.
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Artifacts found on Pacific island solve Amelia Earhart mystery | Alaska Dispatch
“For decades, pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart was said to have “disappeared” over the Pacific on her quest to circle the globe along a 29,000-mile equatorial route. Now, new information gives a clearer picture of what happened 75 years ago to Ms. Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan, where they came down and how they likely survived – for a while, at least – as castaways on a remote island, catching rainwater and eating fish, shellfish, and turtles to survive.”
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Two Powerful Spy Space ‘Scopes ‘Gifted’ to NASA
“re-purposing two NRO telescopes appears to be a wonderful Band-Aid for a tricky space telescope problem. Also, as hardware construction consumes a lot of funds and time ahead of any space telescope mission, these two telescopes would save NASA a lot of cash.”
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Credible Amelia Earhart Signals Were Ignored : Discovery News
“Dozens of previously dismissed radio signals were actually credible transmissions from Amelia Earhart, according to a new study of the alleged post-loss signals from Earhart’s plane.
The transmissions started riding the air waves just hours after Earhart sent her last inflight message.”
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Sauber F1 Team – World Premiere: Cutaway F1 Race Car – YouTube
“For the last two years the Sauber F1 Team mechanics have been using their downtime to slice a Formula One racing car lengthwise down the middle with the precision of true craftsmen. Chief Designer Matt Morris quite literally gets underneath the skin of the F1 car, pointing out where and how the individual components are located within the chassis. Everything is packed in pretty tightly. Sergio Pérez is also on hand to demonstrate the driver’s seating position.”
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“Explore Galápagos Guide to see, hear, and learn about the island wildlife, landscape, and even about the undersea submersible used by scientists in the film to explore the Galápagos waters. Classroom Investigations contains downloadable and online activities to use at home or in class. Resources for Teaching Evolution provides information and links on teaching evolution in the classroom.”
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Nervous System, Neurons, Nerves – A Guide by the National Science Teachers Association
“This site is your guide to the amazing living network of nerves that interconnect your brain, muscles, and organs. ::”
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“The Google Science Fair is an online science competition seeking curious minds from the four corners of the globe. Anybody and everybody between 13 and 18 can enter. All you need is an idea. Geniuses are not always A-grade students. We welcome all mavericks, square-pegs and everybody who likes to ask questions. The entry deadline has now passed for the Google Science Fair 2012. We received fantastic projects from the four corners of the world, and have narrowed it down to 15 finalists and awarded our Science in Action prize. The 15 finalists will be flown to a finalist event in California, USA on 23rd July 2012, where the winners will be crowned! “
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Study Sciences Astronomy : SwipeStudy online flashcard browser
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ThinkGeek :: Submit your Techie Haiku – Win $50!
“Can you write techie Haiku? Of course you can. It doesn’t matter that poets and technologists have little in common other than passion and brains. So whether you enjoy technology, have a way with words or at least have a proclivity to try something new”
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Practices of science and engineering
“the word “practices” to “stress that engaging in scientific inquiry requires coordination both of knowledge and skill simultaneously.” Even young children can learn science content knowledge, such as “water can exist as a gas, a liquid and a solid”, and science skills, such as making observations to find out.”
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A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas
description of the 8 practices and the science and engineering implementation / application
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“Scientists were challenged to answer the question in a way that an 11-year-old could understand. The results are in. Ben Ames, Ph.D. candidate in quantum optics at the University of Innsbruck, won top flame video with this entry.”
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