[Whiteboard-subscribers] NSDL Whiteboard Report 146, April 30, 2009

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Issue 146, April 30, 2009

NEWS

NSTA-CBC Reviews of Outstanding Science Trade Books for K-12 Students
The NSDL Resource Center has made the 2009 list of "Outstanding  
Science Trade Books for Students K-12" available with links to NSTA- 
CBC reviews and alignments to relevant National Science Content  
Standards.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17146
Related Link: http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/imprint/nsta-outstanding-trade-books-2009/

Shodor to Help Lead the Way For the World's Largest Supercomputer
The world's largest and most powerful supercomputer is coming online  
in 2011, and a Shodor is helping to lead the way. Shodor, developer of  
NSDL's Computational Science Education Resources Pathway,  will manage  
a $1.3 million education program to bring supercomputer brain power to  
college classrooms nationwide.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17136
Related Link: http://www.shodor.org/about/

"Vrroooom-vroom" Goes Green
Two springtime events--the Indiana Super Mileage Challenge and the  
2009 Green Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, NY promise to highlight  
advances in green auto engineering that will make automobiles run  
better, faster and farther on less.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17137
Related Link: http://www.imstea.org/

Introducing "NSF Special Reports" Collection in NSDL
National Science Foundation (NSF) Special Reports online feature  
topics that highlight scientific discoveries accomplished with NSF  
support. This collection has recently been added to NSDL.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17145
Related Link: http://nsf.gov/news/special_reports/

NEW PODCAST: Deep Sea Thinking: Exploring the World's Ocean
In episode six earn how scientists are exploring the ocean's depths in  
this new podcast from Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, and discover a  
fun song to share with students.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17165
Related Link: https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/BrowsePrivately/ucar.edu.1852494894.01852494896.2060336421?i=1637933525

PRISMS Records Now Updated with Strand Map Service (SMS) Identifiers
Take advantage of the graphical concept browsing interface of Science  
Literacy Maps which show the progression of students’ understanding of  
science concepts in viewing the PRISMS collection of reviewed  
phenomena and representations resources.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17163
Related Link: http://prisms.mmsa.org/

EVENTS

Blogging & Tweeting Academia
Academics blog and tweet for many different reasons...
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17163
Related Link: http://www.7iber.com/blog/

NSDL Brown Bag: Community Report
NSDL community members and friends are invited to join NSDL principal  
investigators Kaye Howe and Tamara Sumner for this update on NSDL's  
April 2009 site visit to the National Science Foundation, and the  
emerging vision of NSDL as a cyberlearning platform for STEM education.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=146#17149
Related Link: http://nsdl.org/pd/?pager=brownbag

2009 Sixth Annual Games for Change Festival in NYC
This event is dedicated to a new movement that aims to use video games  
for social change--poverty, global conflict, climate change. Games for  
Change is called "the Sundance of video games" for "socially- 
responsible game-makers."
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#17151
Related Link: http://www.gamesforchange.org/fest20

Call for Submissions - 2009 Premier Award
Have you developed courseware - interactive websites, simulations,  
tutorials, case studies, software environments or tools - designed to  
enhance engineering education?
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#17159
Related Link: http://www.engineeringpathway.org/premier/

NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar: APS: Studying the Human Physiological Limits of  
Exploring Mars
Discussion on the question of whether or not human biology will limit  
our ability to travel through the solar system.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#17162
Related Link: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NSDL3/Webseminar8.aspx

BOOKMARKS

Repository-on-an iPhone
ArXiview is a new iPhone application billed as a very easy way to surf  
the last few weeks of arXiv postings.
Click here to view full article: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NSDL3/Webseminar8.aspx
Related Link: http://dabacon.org/arxiview/

President Obama at the National Academy of Sciences 146th Annual Meeting
President Barack Obama addressed members of the National Academy of  
Sciences gathered at its annual meeting on April 27, 2009.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#17153
Related Link: http://edg1.vcall.com/video/nas/launch.asp

MERLOT Africa Network mailing list
The MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online  
Teaching) Africa Network mailing list
Click here to view full article: http://edg1.vcall.com/video/nas/launch.asp
Related Link: http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

NOW AVAILABLE: NSDL EduPak 1.0: An Open Source Digital Library  
Services Platform for Education
NSDL EduPak is an all-in-one, open source, education digital  
repository solution bundle that provides a general platform for  
building digital libraries united by a common data model and  
interoperable applications.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#17142
Related Link: http://wiki.nsdl.org/index.php/Community:EduPak

Engineering Pathway Themes for April and May
Sustainable Engineering, Asian Pacific Heritage Month, and Blog  
updates, including: ecotourism, Intel International Science and  
Engineering Fair, NSDL's trip to the NSF and Cow eye Tacos.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#17157
Related Link: http://www.engineeringpathway.com/ep/hEd/search/search_link.jhtml?keyword=origami

INSPIRATION

In Celebration of Teaching and Learning
A notable "World's Fair of Education," or Celebration of Teaching and  
Learning 2009 was organized by public television Thirteen/WNET, WLIW21  
in NYC Mar. 6-7, 2009.
Click here to view full article: http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#17155
Related Link: http://thirteencelebration.org/blog/category/edblog/

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