From Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us Tue Sep 2 09:04:35 2008 From: Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us (Daniel, Maryjo, PED) Date: Tue Sep 9 12:44:11 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Conference Proposal Deadline Sept 5 Message-ID: <1AC4D11CDD3C9F4FA0A7B93D9A10FB380687C473@CEXMB5.nmes.lcl> This Friday, September 5, is the deadline to submit a proposal for the NMSTA/NMCTM/EEANM Conference, Soar to Greater Heights-Professional Development for a Sustainable Future." Proposals are accepted on-line at http://mc2.nmsu.edu/NMCTMForms/PresentersForm.php. Conference registration forms are also available for download at http://nmsta.org/uploads/Conference_Registration_2008.pdf. To receive the early registration discount, forms must be returned by October 1. 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The theme is "/No Child Left Inside/." If you are looking for supplemental Earth Science lessons for your k-12 classroom, here is easy access to dozens of activities that are hosted by the Earth Science Week website. Lessons are indexed by grade level and also the National Science Education Standards. http://www.earthsciweek.org/forteachers/classroomactivities.html Don't forget that you can order an amazing 2008 Earth Science Week planning toolkit for $6.95 to cover shipping. 2008 Toolkit NOW available at http://www.agiweb.org/pubs/pubdetail.html?item=609617 *The 2008 Earth Science Week Toolkit includes: * * A 12-month school-year activity calendar, suitable for hanging * The new Earth Science Week poster, including an activity * A geological poster with 3D glasses from USGS * A 3D postcard on polar geoscience from NASA * A CD of Earth Observations from Space from NASA * A "Journey 3D" Educator Guide with 3D glasses * A National Park Service poster on caves nationwide * Climate literacy materials provided by NOAA * A genuine field notebook, with an activity, by Rite in the Rain * A CD on GIS technology and activities from ESRI * An EarthCaching CD by the Geological Society of America * Information about the National Wildlife Refuge System * A careers brochure, magnet bookmark, fact sheets, and more /Have a great fall! 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Teachers, older youth (15-25), and youth-serving organizations are also eligible to apply, if they engage younger children in planning and implementing the project. A significant part of the service must take place on GYSD 2009, April 24-26. We particularly encourage applicants to address the environmental issues and to seek to empower children as young citizens through their projects. Applicants can use the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a reference and review past grantees' projects from all over the world at: http://ysa.org/AwardsGrants/DisneyMinnieGrants/DisneyMinnieGrantees2008/ tabid/292/Default.aspx Applications are welcome from all countries. Applicants from India, China and Russia are especially encouraged to apply. While grant information is made available in Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish, applications will only be accepted in English (an online translation tool is available at the YSA website).. Past Disney Minnie Grantees are also eligible to apply. Questions? Email MinnieGrant@ysa.org. Deadline: October 30, 2008. Be sure to download the correct application and review all application materials, available at www.YSA.org/awards. From dthrall at swcp.com Tue Sep 9 14:27:00 2008 From: dthrall at swcp.com (Deb Thrall) Date: Tue Sep 9 14:31:39 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Target Field Trip Grants Message-ID: <004101c912ba$6b09a120$640fa8c0@DebsLaptop> Application Process Open for Target Field Trip Grants Deadline: November 1, 2008 The Target Field Trip Grants program will award U.S. educators grants of up to $800 each to fund a field trip for their students. Target Field Trip Grants may be used to fund trips to art museums, cultural events, civic experiences, and environmental sites. Up to five thousand grants will be awarded across the United States. Grants will be awarded to educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, and/or classified staff. 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The program will award grants to elementary schools (grades k-6) across the United States in support of programs that help provide students with increased access to and consumption of fresh, healthy foods made available through an on-campus vegetable consumption program. The program will award ten grants of $15,000 each. Each grant award will support an elementary school in developing a program offering fresh vegetables and fruits lasting through the 2009-10 school year. Grant awards will be based on proposals that demonstrate need, sustainability, innovation, and potential for community involvement. Funding must be spent on any of the following: fresh produce (vegetables and fruits); a vegetable station (such as a dedicated salad bar); kitchen equipment (primary usage must relate to the proposed program); program staffing (cafeteria personnel, lunchroom staff, etc.); nutrition education supplies; or food safety training. 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In-situ leach is a process in which local non-potable groundwater with added oxygen and sodium carbonate or bicarbonate is injected into an underground ore deposit to leach out (or dissolve) uranium, which is then pumped to the surface for additional processing. The NRC currently expects to receive 20 applications for new uranium recovery operations and 10 applications for expansion or restart of existing facilities through 2011. About 75 percent of these are expected to be for in-situ leach operations. By addressing common issues associated with environmental reviews of these facilities, the NRC staff will use the GEIS as a starting point for its site-specific environmental analyses of individual license applications or as a supplement to previous environmental analyses of existing sites. The draft GEIS is available on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1910/. Public comments will be accepted on the GEIS through Oct. 7. They may be addressed to the Chief, Rules Review and Directives Branch, Mailstop T6-D59, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20555-0001. Comments may also be submitted by electronic mail to NRCREP.Resource@nrc.gov. Please include "Uranium Recovery GEIS" in the subject line. The NRC staff will hold a series of public meetings in Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska and New Mexico, the four states where uranium milling companies have indicated interest in applying for new NRC licenses. Staff members will present the findings of the draft GEIS and accept oral and written comments. The meetings will be held Aug. 25 in Spearfish, S.D.; Aug. 27 in Chadron, Neb.; Aug. 29 in Newcastle, Wyo.; Sept. 8 in Gallup, N.M.; Sept. 9 in Grants, N.M.; Sept. 11 in Albuquerque, N.M.; Sept. 23 in Gillette, Wyo.; and Sept. 25 in Casper, Wyo. Details of the meetings were published today in the Federal Register. (NOTE: The Federal Register notice mistakenly reverses the locales of the last two meetings.) The meetings will also be publicized on the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov under Public Meetings. *************The final meeting scheduled for New Mexico will be at the Albuquerque Hilton (1901 University Boulevard, NE) between 7:00 and 9:30 p.m. on Thursday (9/11/08)********* ### News releases are available through a free listserv subscription at the following Web address: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html. The NRC homepage at www.nrc.gov also offers a SUBSCRIBE link. E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are posted to NRC's Web site. Jeannette V. Quesenberry Office of Congressional Affairs U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jeannette.Quesenberry@nrc.gov 301-415-1776 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The 2008 Toolkit contains several resources developed by AGI, including the new editions of the Earth Science Week Activity Calendar and classroom poster with activities suitable for all ages provided by AGI, its Member Societies and other organizations. In addition to these traditional Toolkit publications, this year AGI?s education department teamed with Walden Media to create a "Journey 3-D" educator guide with 3-D glasses to explore where science fact meets science fiction in the movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D." Several other organizations contributed materials for inclusion in the Toolkits. The U. S. Geological Survey provided a 3-D geosciences poster. NASA supplied a CD-ROM of Earth Observations from Space. NOAA provided climate literacy information while ESRI included a CD-ROM on GIS technology and activities. A field notebook with an activity from Rite in the Rain is also part of each Toolkit. These items and much more can be found in each Earth Science Week Toolkit aimed at engaging the students and general public in exploring the geosciences. The Toolkits are available for the cost of shipping and handling ($6.95 in the United States). Bulk pricing is available. To order, visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/materials/. Earth Science Week is an annual event held the second week of October to promote an understanding and appreciation of the earth sciences. It is coordinated by the American Geological Institute with generous support from the U.S. Geological Survey, the AAPG Foundation, and the National Park Service. To learn more about this event, please visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/. The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 45 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 120,000 geologists, geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources, resiliency to natural hazards, and interaction with the environment. *** If you would like to be removed from AGI?s press release distribution list, please email outreach@agiweb.org with the subject UNSUBSCRIBE. To contact us, visit http://www.agiweb.org/direct/. American Geological Institute, 4220 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22302 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080910/d7653743/attachment.html From info at earthworksinstitute.org Wed Sep 10 12:26:24 2008 From: info at earthworksinstitute.org (Earth Works Institute) Date: Wed Sep 10 12:39:52 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Earth Works Institute is hiring! Message-ID: <006401c91372$cebfde10$6c3f9a30$@org> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Wild Sandias pub web.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 144788 bytes Desc: Wild Sandias pub web.pdf Url : http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080912/8d4ba63a/WildSandiaspubweb-0001.pdf From loehman at aps.edu Fri Sep 12 18:13:25 2008 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Fri Sep 12 18:18:34 2008 Subject: [NMScience] FW: Free Climate Change Teacher Training Coming to Roswell! In-Reply-To: <011b01c914f4$7d770e60$7b0aa8c0@ACERWendi> Message-ID: I work for The Keystone Center located in Keystone, Colorado. My division, Professional Education and Leadership, writes curricula and hosts teacher trainings. We are hosting a middle school teacher training (grades 5-9) coming to Roswell September 25-26, 2008 titled CSI: Climate Status Investigations. It was developed with the Department of Energy and National Energy Technology Laboratory. Our curriculum investigates the topic of global climate change in a non-biased, hands-on, inquiry-based, interdisciplinary method. The training will be held on the Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell campus. Food, lodging (if needed on the evening of September 25th), and mileage reimbursement will be provided! The only thing it doesn't cover is sub. costs. We would love for teachers from your school to attend! I have attached the application and a brochure with a little more information about the institute. If you are interested, please have them fill out the attached application and return via email or fax as soon as possible. Please feel free to pass this information along to your fellow teachers, it can be any teacher in your region. Our middle school curriculum can also be found online if you would like to take a preview at www.keystonecurriculum.org . More information about The Keystone Center can be found at www.keystone.org . If you have any questions or would like any more information, please let me know! I am happy to chat via email or phone 970-513-5807. Thanks, Wendi Wendi Liles Program Manager The Keystone Center Office: 970-513-5807 Fax: 970-262-0152 http://www.keystone.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: NM Brochure.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 675817 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080912/7bd904ae/NMBrochure-0001.obj -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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What we need is someone who is endorsed in science and math (or possibly just in science). The position is for a teacher of the gifted. You DO NOT need to be special ed. endorsed. You do need to be willing to complete gifted teacher training (4 3-credit hour university classes within a two year period). On the downside, you might be floating into another room to do labs and you would need to do IEP's for 24 kids. On the up side, you would likely teach fewer than 50 kids (over 6 periods). This year the curriculum for science is the 7th grade life science focused one. If interested, apply as the APS career ops advertisement indicates (search special education teaching jobs). I teach gifted science at Jefferson, and you would be taking some of my students. If you have questions you think I can answer, let me know. Steven Kaestner From loehman at aps.edu Tue Sep 16 15:02:47 2008 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Tue Sep 16 15:07:44 2008 Subject: [NMScience] FW: New from the Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station Website In-Reply-To: <9a6050fd0809160641p568c5269k60a6b0a2eeb8ee37@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: SEE UNDER THE MICROSOPE http://www.exploratorium.edu/imaging_station See life in action under the microscope! There's lots of new material to explore in our Microscope Imaging Station Web site. We've added more microscope photography and videos to our extensive gallery, added in-depth features on a variety of topics that relate to human health, and developed all-new classroom activities! Watch frogs develop, see planaria regrow their severed heads, and compare the growth of cancer cells with normal cells. Hear researchers talk about their work and narrate microscope animations in our "A Scientist's View" videos. From lee_d at aps.edu Wed Sep 17 07:16:40 2008 From: lee_d at aps.edu (Davis Lee) Date: Wed Sep 17 07:21:34 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Mini Grants for Reusable Learning Objects Message-ID: See attached. Thank you, Davis Lee WAN Administrator Albuquerque Public Schools 505 830 6870 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It offers a comprehensive set of materials & training on getting students involved in doing inquiry-based research projects, how to integrate student research IN your classroom, AND how to manage the paperwork/deadlines/competition preparations! Pick the brains of seasoned science teachers, trade ideas with your peers, and get motivated to share the magic of research with your students! Monday 9/22/08 4:00-7:30pm APS Montgomery Complex, Rm. 9 3315 Louisiana NE Thursday 9/25/08 4:00-7:30pm APS Montgomery Complex, Rm. 9 3315 Louisiana NE Saturday 9/27/08 8:30am-12:00pm APS Montgomery Complex, Rm. 9 3315 Louisiana NE Fall Student Research Workshop (middle school) FREE! FUN! Lots of tools for you to use as you do your research! Hands-on activities to help you understand the process of inquiry, choose a topic, and begin to put your project plan together. Certificate of Participation upon completion Saturday 9/27/08 1:00-4:00pm APS Montgomery Complex, Rm. 9 3315 Louisiana NE Karen Kinsman, M.S. Director/Sr. Program Manager STEM Education Outreach Programs MSC 02 1570 ~ Hokona Hall (Zuni), Rm. 356 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 (505) 277-4916 Phone (505) 277-5592 Fax http://stemed.unm.edu ( http://stemed.unm.edu/ ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080917/14b53c4c/attachment.html From kkinsman at unm.edu Wed Sep 17 11:28:54 2008 From: kkinsman at unm.edu (Karen Marie Kinsman) Date: Wed Sep 17 11:33:59 2008 Subject: [NMScience] REGISTRATION INFO FOR TEACHER & STUDENT WORKSHOPS Message-ID: <48D0E9FA.6E30.0082.0@unm.edu> ** High Priority ** Hey folks, If anyone wants to attend either the Teacher or Student Workshops that I just emailed you about (or if you forward the information on to others), pre-registration is required!! To register, please email me (kkinsman@unm.edu) the following information for each registrant: Name Mailing Address Phone Email School Thanks!! -Karen Karen Kinsman, M.S. Director/Sr. Program Manager STEM Education Outreach Programs MSC 02 1570 ~ Hokona Hall (Zuni), Rm. 356 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 (505) 277-4916 Phone (505) 277-5592 Fax http://stemed.unm.edu ( http://stemed.unm.edu/ ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080917/d6df2150/attachment.html From susie at nmt.edu Wed Sep 17 11:55:35 2008 From: susie at nmt.edu (Susie Welch) Date: Wed Sep 17 12:01:06 2008 Subject: [NMScience] [Fwd: AGI Announces a New, Global Earth Science Week Contest] Message-ID: <48D14497.2080504@nmt.edu> AGI ANNOUNCES A NEW, GLOBAL EARTH SCIENCE WEEK CONTEST For Immediate Release Contact: Geoff Camphire gac@agiweb.org Alexandria, VA ? The American Geological Institute (AGI) is sponsoring a new, fourth contest in conjunction with both Earth Science Week (October 12-18, 2008) and The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE). In addition to the Photo, Essay, and Visual Art contests offered each year as part of Earth Science Week, a new global photography contest, "Exploring Earth Science Around the World" has been developed. This competition is open to anyone worldwide with images eligible from anywhere around the world ? all in celebration of IYPE. Entrants are encouraged to submit images that highlight the beauty and power of the earth processes. Pictures of landforms, bodies of water, weather, and more that depict the geosciences exploration and research that is occurring across the planet as part of IYPE are ideal. To learn more about this contest, including rules for submissions, deadlines, and prizes, visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/contests/iypephotocontest/. Earth Science Week is an annual event held the second week of October to promote an understanding and appreciation of the earth sciences. It is coordinated by the American Geological Institute with generous support from the U.S. Geological Survey, the AAPG Foundation, and the National Park Service. To learn more about this event, please visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/. The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 45 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 120,000 geologists, geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources, resiliency to natural hazards, and interaction with the environment. *** If you would like to be removed from AGI?s press release distribution list, please email outreach@agiweb.org with the subject UNSUBSCRIBE. To contact us, visit http://www.agiweb.org/direct/. American Geological Institute, 4220 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22302 From jeffryes at aol.com Thu Sep 18 10:28:15 2008 From: jeffryes at aol.com (Larry Jeffryes) Date: Thu Sep 18 10:33:33 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Fwd: Grant Opportunity for Secondary Science Teachers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CAE7C2AF0F5AD8-1970-1CE4@webmailbeta-m10.sysops.aol.com> I got this info from NM RETA (http://reta.nmsu.edu) and am sure that those on NSTA lists and/or sites have seen this - but just in case...here it is again. K?12 Eligibility http://www.nsta.org/pd/tapestry/ How many grants are awarded this year? Fifty (50) one-year grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded for the 2009 competition. A minimum of 20 "mini-grants" of up to $2,500 each will be awarded as well. The program is open to middle and high school science teachers residing within the 50 United States and U.S. territories and possessions and it is also open to elementary teachers who teach some science in the classroom or are teaching specialists. Middle and high school teachers must teach at least two science classes per day. All applicants must have at least 2 years science teaching experience in a K-12 school not including the current school year. Only the Project Director has to meet the above criteria. The project staff may consist of educators of any discipline, administrators, parents, students or anyone who will be directly involved in the project. An individual teacher or a team of up to five people may submit a proposal. T he Project Director will be the contact person for the team and will be the sole administrator of the grant money. Applicants may sub mit only one proposal per year as Project Director -- Larry Jeffryes NMSTE Membership Chair http://www.nmste.org Los Alamos, NM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080918/9b002aec/attachment.html From loehman at aps.edu Thu Sep 18 15:35:49 2008 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Thu Sep 18 15:40:54 2008 Subject: [NMScience] FW: NASA eClips: A New Approach to Learning In-Reply-To: <6CAE30B07826874CA2DDAADD84F97CA60D754805@EX02.aps.edu.actd> Message-ID: From: NASA Education [mailto:education@nasa.gov] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 1:20 PM Subject: NASA eClips: A New Approach to Learning NASA announces a new Web-based educational project offered free to every student and educator in the country, from kindergarten level through lifelong learners. Capitalizing on today's technology, NASA eClips are short, five- to 10-minute video segments available on-demand via the Internet for the 2008-2009 school year. Over 220 video segments are projected to be available. This project highlights NASA's commitment to providing important science, math and engineering educational materials in a useful video format that can be used in the classroom, at home, and by informal education institutions such as museums, Boys and Girls Clubs, and scouts. With a goal of increasing science literacy, NASA eClips are designed to inspire students to learn more about science, technology, engineering and mathematics and to understand the application of these subjects in the real world -- all in an accessible, on-demand way. Additionally, the K-12 (K-5, 6-8, 9-12) NASA eClips project is separated into grade-appropriate topics that tie into standards-based instruction. Each level is designed as a resource for classroom teachers; downloadable video segments and teacher guides illustrating effective instruction in the 21st-century classroom provide valuable enhancements to teacher lesson plans. Students, teachers and the public can look forward to new video and educational content highlighting current research and innovations throughout the school year. The video clips are available for streaming on the NASA Web site at http://www.nasa.gov/education/nasaeclips. The NASA Web site permits educators and the public to download and save the video clips as well as stream them. In addition, the NASA Web provides lesson plans and instructions for educators on how to use these videotapes in the classroom. From loehman at aps.edu Thu Sep 18 15:39:32 2008 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Thu Sep 18 15:44:35 2008 Subject: [NMScience] And more short videos Message-ID: How Stuff Works. Nice, short video clips. http://videos.howstuffworks.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ellen Loehman loehman@aps.edu From loehman at aps.edu Thu Sep 18 16:33:55 2008 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Thu Sep 18 16:38:57 2008 Subject: [NMScience] NASA eClips - malformed URL oops Message-ID: This one works http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/index.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ellen Loehman loehman@aps.edu From loehman at aps.edu Fri Sep 19 14:20:13 2008 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Fri Sep 19 14:25:19 2008 Subject: [NMScience] FW: Free NASA training and resources In-Reply-To: <32E5C6B0B949584D9B6168C5F727916B0520CA1A@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> Message-ID: Starting in September the U.S. Satellite Laboratory, sponsored by NSF, NASA, and NOAA will be offering free online training to teachers. Teachers who participate will also be given access to free curriculum resources. Curriculum currently being offered targets grades 5-12. For more information please log onto www.us-satellite.net . ---- Note from Ellen Looks like it would be good for 6th grade teachers; online professional development From loehman at aps.edu Fri Sep 19 16:23:48 2008 From: loehman at aps.edu (Ellen Loehman) Date: Fri Sep 19 16:29:00 2008 Subject: [NMScience] FW: The Scout Report -- September 19, 2008 In-Reply-To: <20080919142910.83F952CC6E8@polo.scout.wisc.edu> Message-ID: NASA Images http://www.nasaimages.org/ The NASA Images website is an extremely well organized and good-looking website, with its interactive spaceflight timeline on the homepage serving as a great introduction. Sliding the mouse along the timeline allows the visitor to see how long each craft was used in the space program. By clicking on one of the voyages, the visitor is taken to all images related to that voyage. Clicking on the Pioneer brings up only 168 images, Apollo 4,278, but clicking on the International Space Station brings up a whopping 18,287 images. Everything from astronaut publicity shots, artists renderings of a craft's trajectory, montages, and even short films are presented among the images. The entire site boasts 100,000 images. Once the visitor has made it beyond the homepage, one can hit the Explore button at the top of the page, and choose to view images based on when they were taken (1949-present), who took them, what geographical region they were taken of (Afghanistan to Mars to Zambia) and their subject matter (Andromeda to Weightless Environment Training Facility). Before departing from the site, a visitor should type in Northern Lights in the search box on the right side of the page. When scrolling down through the results, there will be images both beautiful and eerie. Dig It! The Secrets of Soil [Macromedia Flash Player] http://forces.si.edu/soils/ When it comes to change, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has got it covered. The online exhibitions of their "Forces of Change" series covers the current changes the world is facing, from sky to soil, and everything in between. Exploring the world of soil is the focus of "Dig It! The Secrets of Soil" and visitors can start off by listening to a podcast of a Bureau of Land Management soil scientist and the Dig It! Exhibit developer. Look in the featured topics section to explore, among other things, what soil is, From jlcoyle at sandia.gov Mon Sep 22 14:34:33 2008 From: jlcoyle at sandia.gov (Coyle, Jessica L) Date: Mon Sep 22 14:40:08 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Need judges for Robotics Competition In-Reply-To: References: <32E5C6B0B949584D9B6168C5F727916B0520CA1A@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> Message-ID: <51677525E6912B4FA646302AD6D1D78C794EC26ABC@ES03SNLNT.srn.sandia.gov> We are looking for judges for New Mexico's First Lego League Robotics regional tournament on Saturday, November 8. We need individuals who can judge student presentations on Climate Change and/or individuals with knowledge of basic robotics. The students involved in the competition are aged 9-14. All judges would need to commit to attending one training session before the competition as well as the competition itself. For more information, please contact Jessica Coyle at jlcoyle@sandia.gov or 505-245-2137x120. Thanks! Jessica Coyle Enrichment Education Coordinator National Atomic Museum (505)245-2137x120 jlcoyle@sandia.gov From susie at nmt.edu Fri Sep 26 10:53:19 2008 From: susie at nmt.edu (Susie Welch) Date: Fri Sep 26 10:58:59 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Earth Science Week news for teachers Message-ID: <48DD137F.4000603@nmt.edu> EARTH SCIENCE WEEK UPDATE American Geological Institute Vol. 6, No. 9: September 2008 IN THIS ISSUE * Attention, Teachers! Earth Science Week Wants You * Field Notebook for Students Featured in 2008 Toolkit * Kick Off the Fun on International EarthCache Day * Three Weeks Left to Enter Earth Science Week Contests * How to Put Your Event on ?My Events Map? Online * Shine a Media Spotlight on Your Great Activities * AGI Thanks Its Generous Earth Science Week Sponsors **************************** Attention, Teachers! Earth Science Week Wants You **************************** During Earth Science Week 2008 (Oct. 12-18), students will explore mines and caves, sample groundwater, monitor the weather, visit museums and science centers, prepare science projects, and conduct investigations. Leading them will be teachers like you. You?re encouraged to lead your own celebration. Conduct an Earth science lab activity, using one of the many activities on the Earth Science Week website at http://www.earthsciweek.org. In the process, you can heighten awareness of the importance of Earth science education to students? informed decision making, responsible citizenship, and career success. Remember, you need not work alone. Talk with your school?s guidance counselor about how a schoolwide celebration can promote science literacy. Work with your science supervisor, coordinator, and fellow teachers to develop activities. Communicate to your principal, superintendent, schoolboard members, and PTA representative the importance of Earth science. And collaborate with a nearby museum, science center, geoscience company, or civic group to organize local events. For more ideas, go to http://www.earthsciweek.org. Or order your Earth Science Week Toolkit, which includes a geoscience activity calendar, posters, brochures, bookmarks, CDs and more. To order, visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/materials/index.html **************************** Field Notebook for Students Featured in 2008 Toolkit **************************** Just one of dozens of educational materials in the Earth Science Week 2008 Toolkit - from posters and calendars to activity books and CDs - is the?No Child Left Inside? Field Notebook. But the Field Notebook,made possible by contributions from USGS and Rite in the Rain, is a special part of this year?s celebration. Rite in the Rain, which manufactures full-size notebooks for fieldwork byprofessional geoscientists, has created this miniature Field Notebook - with ?all-weather writing paper? and charts on types of clouds,soils, and geological map symbols - for Earth Science Week 2008 (October12-18). By recording their observations and conclusions here, students get a taste of the work performed by professional geoscientists. ?No Child Left Inside,? the theme of Earth Science Week 2008, has become a rallying cry for a growing movement. Efforts by government agencies and nonprofit groups - from USGS to the National Park Service - are helping young people experience the joys of outdoor activity. Inspired by Richard Louv?s bestseller ?Last Child in the Woods,? these activities aim to curb what the author calls ?nature-deficit disorder? among America?s youth. Most recently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the ?No Child Left Inside? Act (HR 3036)on September 18, funding efforts to strengthen environmental education. For Earth Science Week 2008 Toolkit ordering, special shipping, bulk orders, and more information, visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/materials/index.html. **************************** Kick Off the Fun on International EarthCache Day **************************** Earth Science Week begins again this year with International EarthCache Day on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. Whether you?re a teacher, a student, orjust someone who enjoys Earth science firsthand, EarthCaching provides agreat way to kick off the celebration. EarthCaching is a variation of a recreational activity known as geocaching. Typically, a geocache organizer posts latitude and longitude coordinates on the Internet to advertise a ?cache,? or scavenger-hunt destination, which geocachers locate by using GPS devices. Today, more than270,000 caches are active in over 200 countries, according to Geocaching.com. The activity has attracted over one million participants worldwide. EarthCachers have added an educational dimension to the activity. When you visit an EarthCache, you learn something special about Earth science, the geology of the location, or how the Earth?s resources and environment are managed there. EarthCaching has been developed by the GeologicalSociety of America - a major Earth Science Week partner - in associationwith Groundspeak, Inc., and the geocaching community. You are invited visit or establish an EarthCache in your area on the second annual International EarthCache Day, Oct. 14. To learn more, visit http://www.earthcache.org/. **************************** Three Weeks Left to Enter Earth Science Week Contests **************************** With entries due near the end of Earth Science Week - Friday, October 17 - science students and enthusiasts across the country are busy completingsubmissions for the Earth Science Week 2008 essay, visual arts, and photography contests. Send yours today! The photography contest, open to all ages, focuses on ?Earth ScienceBeyond Your Front Door.? Whether you are a young person yourself oran adult who works with youngsters, you can lead an educational outdoor adventure. Show your geoscience excursion. The visual arts contest is titled ?Studying Our Earth.? Students in grades K-5 are encouraged to draw, paint, or create a poster. Artwork entries should be two-dimensional and no larger than 24-by-36 inches. Show yourself as an Earth scientist using the inquiry approach to answer aquestion in nature. Students in grades 6-9 may enter the essay contest: ?Earth Connections.? Each one-page essay must be no longer than 300 words. Discuss how various natural processes on the Earth are interconnected and how theyaffect each other where you live. The contests offer opportunities for students and the public to participate in the celebration, learn about the Earth sciences, and compete for prizes. Each first-place winner receives $300 and a copy of AGI?s ?Faces of Earth? DVD set. To learn more, visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/contests. **************************** How to Put Your Event On ?My Events Map? Online **************************** If you?re hosting an event during Earth Science Week (October 12-18)for the public, you want to let people know about it. The best way is topost your event details on the new ?My Events Map? (http://www.earthsciweek.org/eventsnearyou/index.html). ?My Events Map? provides clickable links to Earth Science Week events taking place at parks, museums, science and technology centers, university geology departments, local geological societies, and other nearby locations. Anyone can find the map online, click on a nearby location, read a brief description of the event - and even get driving directions! To post your event on the map, please contact AGI at info@earthsciwek.org. Be sure to provide a brief description of the event, the time and date,and the street address. We?ll be happy to direct Earth Science Weekparticipants to your event! **************************** Shine a Media Spotlight On Your Great Activities **************************** Energy! The environment! Natural hazards! Earth science is breaking news.Educators can take advantage of journalists? interest in geoscienceto promote awareness of local Earth Science Week activities. Here are five effective strategies: * Plan a special event to draw attention to your Earth Science Week activities. Conduct an investigation or experiment, invite a prominent geoscientist to talk with students, host a ceremony or a banquet, stage an eventwith a nearby museum or science center, give awards to volunteers, or recognize geoscience enthusiasts who have made a difference. * Prepare a press release to alert the media about your Earth Science Week activities. Answer important questions, such as who, what, where, when,and why. Include data and quotes from key players. Provide contact information for followup. Print the release on your letterhead and fax it to editors and reporters at least three days before the event. * Be persistent in pitching your story to local news organizations. Besides noting the ?hook? of Earth Science Week, show how your activities address issues that are urgent, timely, and relevant to the community. Write a brief, compelling query letter to the appropriate editor at each media outlet. Follow up with a phone call or an e-mail. * Write letters to the editor for print in local newspapers and magazines. You might respond to a recent geoscience-related article with a letter to the editor. If possible, schedule a meeting with the editorial board. Or instead of a letter, perhaps write an opinion editorial, or ?op-ed,? to cite concerns and recommend solutions. * Use available Earth Science Week materials in promoting awareness. In the Earth Science Week Toolkit and on the event website are print and electronic materials - poster, calendar, logo, and more - that you can use to?brand? your activity. Link your local activity to the larger national celebration to emphasize its significance. **************************** AGI Thanks Its Generous Earth Science Week Sponsors **************************** Thanks to the generosity of sponsors, who support our education outreach efforts, Earth Science Week is able to promote awareness and appreciationof the geosciences among millions of people every year. AGI would like to express its appreciation to the many government agencies, nonprofit groups, and corporations that make the program possible. Earth Science Week couldn?t do its important work without the support of organizations such as the U.S. Geological Survey and the AAPG Foundation. In addition, year after year, Earth Science Week Toolkits are purchased in bulk quantities for distribution to teachers by numerous organizations such as NASA, the National Park Service, the Geological Survey of Alabama, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the Jackson School of Geosciences, BMC Aggregates LC, Cimarex Energy Co., and ExxonMobil. To learn how your organization can become an Earth Science Week Sponsor, visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/sponsor/index.html online. To order Earth Science Week Toolkits for science teachers in your area, go to http://www.earthsciweek.org/materials/index.html. **************************** The American Geological Institute is a nonprofit federation of 44 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 120,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGIprovides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society?s use of resources and interaction with the environment. For contact information, please visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/contactus/index.html. *** To subscribe to this newsletter, visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/newsletter/ and Submit your email address. To unsubscribe from this newsletter visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/newsletter/unsubscribe.html?e=susie@nmt.edu. From Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us Tue Sep 30 07:29:34 2008 From: Maryjo.Daniel at state.nm.us (Daniel, Maryjo, PED) Date: Tue Sep 30 07:34:05 2008 Subject: [NMScience] Pre-Registration ENDS TOMORROW Message-ID: <1AC4D11CDD3C9F4FA0A7B93D9A10FB3806AF4625@CEXMB5.nmes.lcl> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: NMSTA-NMCTM EEANM Conference Registration 2008.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 583593 bytes Desc: NMSTA-NMCTM EEANM Conference Registration 2008.pdf Url : http://lists.aps.edu/pipermail/science/attachments/20080930/7ce09c0c/NMSTA-NMCTMEEANMConferenceRegistration2008-0001.obj