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NASA ESMD Research Paper Competition

Join NASA’s mission to send humans to the moon, Mars and beyond by submitting a research paper on one of four areas related to NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate.
The research paper should relate to one of the following areas:
–Ground Operations : Spacecraft Landing and Recovery Architecture: Historical Approaches and Ideas for the Future [...]

Schoolyard Habitat Workshop

WHEN: February 25, 2010
WHERE: DeQueen-Mena Educational Cooperative
305 South Hornberg Avenue
Gillham, AR 71841
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - [...]

Teachers Domain

Check out the NOVA collection on Teachers’ Domain:
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/1923dc078a/a014ad57b7/3be5390bce
Features video segments, interactives and other classroom-ready
materials drawn from the NOVA series and aligned to your curriculum.
Visit the NOVA Teachers site to download teacher’s guides by program
title and subject.
On June 30th, join PBS in making Tuesdays “Super Science Night” with
back to back episodes of your favorite science [...]

NSTA EXPRESS –Children’ s Book Council Release 2009 List of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12

Today’s classrooms have no real walls! Students explore the world on field trips, during virtual journeys on the world wide web, and through the books they read. These pathways help them fly to the ends of the universe to satisfy their scientific curiosity.
Again this year, the professionals of the NSTA/CBC Review Panel for Outstanding Science [...]

National Science Teachers Association Web Seminars

National Science Digital Library continues its partnership with the National Science Teachers Association and NSDL presenting web seminars for teacher professional development that showcase NSDL experts and resources. http://nsdl.org/resources_for/K12_teachers/

North American Association for Environmental Education Grants, Awards and Contests

The Arkansas Fish and Game Commision sent an e-mail to ERZ listing 18 Awards, Grants and Contests and Conferences that are being offered in 2009. Teachers and students should be encouraged to look over the list. Call 800-364-4263. Go for It and good luck.

New Section

Please note that we have added a new section to our LINKS on this web-site. It is titled Grants, Funds & Awards and we believe it can be very helpful to you in pursuing financial rewards, for educational purposes. Take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the array of opportunities out there.

National Museum of Education

The National Gallery for America’s Young Inventors™ is the only nationally recognized HALL OF FAME FOR STUDENT INVENTORS, established in 1993 and given permission by the adult National Inventors Hall of Fame Board in Washington, D.C. to archive and
enshrine great student inventions and inventors K-12.
This site features many national competitions for K-12. They also [...]

Instructional Coaching

It is important to ADE that that the following information about the instructional coaching training offered for the 2008-2009 school year is available to anyone that could benefit from the workshop.
For the past two years ADE has provided training for literacy coaches around the state. According to a recent statewide survey, instructional coaches are asking [...]