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Today is National DNA Day!

National DNA Day will be celebrated once again on April 25, 2006. Click here for details on new materials, a new webcast, and the return of the live chatroom, all courtesy of the National Human Genome Research Institute in Washington, D.C. In the meantime, take a look at last year’s program and start your plans […]

Expand the pool of America’s future scientists (opinion piece in Christian Science Monitor)

[Authors: Kevin Carey and Andrew J. Rotherham, April 6, 2006] — The conventional wisdom among business leaders and politicians is that vast hordes of highly trained Chinese engineering students are poised to descend, Khan-like, upon the plains of the global labor market, leaving the ruins of the American economy in their wake. Ominous reports from […]

Breaking the gender line in science (Arizona Republic article)

[Source: Karina Bland, Arizona Republic] — Girls at Lowell Elementary School in Phoenix have designed a new toy called a springboard, a skateboard on springs instead of wheels. They dreamed it up during an after-school science club and are working on a prototype, using a skateboard belonging to 13-year-old Monique Devora’s cousin, with his permission, […]

Apply now for Dolan DNA Learning Center summer teacher workshops

The Dolan DNA Learning Center based in Cold Springs Harbor, NY has been offering motivational and challenging high school educator training workshops since 1985, when the DNA Science workshop first debuted. Today, it offers several educational opportunities for teachers and students, as well as for college faculty. From two-day workshops, to two-week fellowships, to a […]

New tool provides county-level data on demographics, education, and the economy

The Educational Needs Index (ENI) project, funded by Lumina Foundation for Education, is an innovative approach to understanding the public policy challenges that face areas, states, and regions. The project’s website offers public access to a unique county-level analysis of educational, economic, and population pressures for all 3,140 U.S. counties or their equivalents. The site […]

Arizona showcased at world’s largest bio convention

A delegation of more than 50 Arizona scientific researchers, bioscience CEOs, economic developers, and others represented the state at the world's largest biotechnology convention earlier this week in Chicago.

Southwest Airlines Adopt-A-Pilot program helps fifth graders learn math, science

The Southwest Airlines Adopt-A-Pilot program is a four-week program that packs math, science, geography, history, and creative writing into a sky-high educational adventure for hundreds of classrooms across the nation. Developed primarily for fifth-grade classes, the program unites students with Southwest Pilots to explore math, science, and more. For four weeks, students track their adopted […]

Earth Day is April 22, 2006

Founded by the organizers of the first Earth Day in 1970, Earth Day Network (EDN) promotes environmental citizenship and year round progressive action worldwide. Earth Day Network is a driving force steering environmental awareness around the world. Through Earth Day Network, activists connect, interact, and impact their communities, and create positive change in local, national, […]

Parents with high-tech careers teach math, science at schools (Arizona Republic article)

[Source: Colleen Sparks, Arizona Republic]— High-tech jobs are the wave of the future, and students need to hone their math and science skills to prepare for careers in computers, experts say. Because schools are often strapped for cash, making it hard to get the latest software and other technological tools on their campuses, sometimes they […]

May 1, 2006 is deadline for Presidential Awards for Excellence in Math & Science Teaching (K-6)

The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching were established in 1983 by an Act of Congress and are administered for the White House by the National Science Foundation. Each year the program recognizes outstanding mathematics and science teachers from across the United States and four U.S. jurisdictions for their contributions in the […]