[Scico-list] Apr. 30 Deadline for ECO-HERO $2000 Barron Prize, Earth Sci. Sites of Week

[Kamal, Sue]

From: Barbara Ann Richman
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

NOMINATE A YOUNG ECO-HERO FOR A $2,000 BARRON PRIZE

The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes seeks nominations for its 2007
awards. The Barron Prize honors young people ages 8 to 18 who have shown
leadership and courage in public service to people and our planet. Each
year, ten national winners each receive $2,000 to support their service work
or higher education. Half of each year¹s winners are chosen for their work
to protect the environment. Nomination deadline is April 30. For more
information and to nominate, visit http://www.barronprize.org/

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"Earth Science Sites of the Week"

This week's highlights from the 3 March 2007 "Earth Science Sites of the Week" feature the following resources:  

I am pleased to announce that Elizabeth Rogers Joyner will be making regular hydrosphere-related contributions to the "Earth Science Sites of the Week." Elizabeth serves as curriculum specialist for the Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence -Southeast (COSEE-SE), as well as the Marine Educator with the SC Sea Grant Consortium. Elizabeth coordinates professional development in ocean sciences with the regional communities including informal and formal educators and scientists from NC, SC and GA. She enjoys working with teachers, as well as students by creating novel ways of learning science such as infusing the arts and technology with science concepts.  Mrs. Joyner currently serves on the Board of Directors of the SC Marine Educators Association. This week's 3 March "Earth Science Sites of the Week" feature the following resources:
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PICKS OF THE WEEK: Plate tectonics boundary maps (in "Geosphere" section), Film footage from inside a tornado (in "Atmosphere" section), AAAS Concept maps from the Atlas of Science Literacy (in "GENERAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL" section), free graph paper (in "GENERAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL" section), Words that are fun to say (in "Humor" section).  (Note: don't forget to add http:// to each URL.)
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GEOSPHERE
1) DISCOVERING PLATE BOUNDARIES, Dale Sawyer, Rice University, (suggested by Sue Wylie Notre Dame Prep., Pontiac, Michigan), find high quality plate boundary maps, ideal for reproduction.  Scroll down to "Plate Boundary Maps for Students." 

terra.rice.edu/plateboundary/intro.html

Another decent source: denali.gsfc.nasa.gov/dtam/data/ftp/gtam.pdf (suggested by Mike Barrett)

ATMOSPHERE
1) CATCHING TORNADOS, National Geographic, "It's a technological first. A well-placed probe fitted with 7 video cameras-6 with a 60-degree field-of-view designed to achieve a full 360-degree field-of-view (one failed during deployment, resulting in a 300-degree field-of-view) and one pointing upward-captures footage inside a tornado, providing visual data on ground wind speeds where the storm does the greatest damage. And Tim Samaras with his team of storm chasers are there to make it happen."

www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0506/feature6/multimedia.html

GENERAL AND TEACHING TIPS
1) ATLAS OF SCIENCE LITERARCY, AAAS, are you teaching what's really important?  "In a first-ever joint arrangement, Project 2061 and the National Science Teachers Association have co-published Atlas of Science Literacy, a collection of 49 conceptual strand maps that show how students' understanding of the ideas and skills that lead to literacy in science, mathematics, and technology might grow over time. Each map depicts how K-12 learning goals for a particular topic relate to each other and progress from one grade level to the next."

www.project2061.org/publications/atlas/vol2/default.htm

2) Free graph paper utility, MathHelpCentral,  (suggested by Glenn Waddell, Jr.), the following link has a program listed on the bottom of the page that will allow cutting and pasting into Works or Opendoc format. From there you could add your labels and print.  I just tried it and it works. The program is amazing, you can get almost any kind of graph paper you would ever need for anything! I use this program often in my math classes to create custom paper. 

www.mathematicshelpcentral.com/graph_paper.htm

8) HUMOR: Alman photo Some words that are fun to say: 
plinth
crwth
quotidian
buttafucco 

www.altmanphoto.com/Fun.To.Say.Cool.Words.html

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be well,
Mark 


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