<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div align="center"><font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">NSDL WHITEBOARD REPORT</span></font></b></font></div><hr><div align="center"><font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Whiteboard Report news and information is&nbsp;</span></font></i></font><font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current"><font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">on the Web</span></font></i></font><font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; ">&nbsp;here.</span></font></i></font></a>&nbsp;Back issues are available at</span></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">&nbsp;</span></font></font><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue--Archive.php"><font color="#0018EE"><i><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue--Archive.php.</span></font></i></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><font></font></span></font></div><div align="center"><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div align="center"><font><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Issue 142, Dec. 22, 2008</span></font></b></i></font></div><div><font><i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></font></b></i></font></div><div><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">N E W S</span></font></font></div><div><font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></b></font></div><div><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Chemistry Resources from ChemEdDL Now Available Through “Google Gadgets”</span></font></b></div></b></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Add an interactive 3D molecule or a cool chemistry video to your iGoogle page!&nbsp; The ChemEdDL now has What’s This video, Molecules 360 and Journal of Chemical Education articles available through the iGoogle homepage setup.&nbsp; Include these on your home page for a fun way to see resources of the ChemEd DL!</span></font></div></div><div><font color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Click here to view full article</span></font></font><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">:&nbsp;</span></font><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_00"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_00</span></font></a></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Related Link:</span></font></font><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">&nbsp;</span></font><a href="http://wiki.chemeddl.org/index.php/Development:ChemEd_Content:Tools:Google_Gadgets"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">http://wiki.chemeddl.org/index.php/Development:ChemEd_Content:Tools:Google_Gadgets</span></font></a></font></div><div><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div><b><div style="margin-top: 0px;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reports, resources, activities and technology available through NSDL.org.</span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><font></font></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Click here to view full article</span></font></font><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">:&nbsp;</span></font><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_15"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_15</span></font></a></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Related Link:</span></font></font><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">&nbsp;</span></font><a href="http://sciencegeekgirl.wordpress.com/?s=NSDL"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">http://sciencegeekgirl.wordpress.com/?s=NSDL</span></font></a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><font></font></span></font></div><div><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">NSDL Solstice Resources</span></font></b></div></b></div><div><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">These five NSDL resources shed light on solstice math and science on the shortest day of the year.</span></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Click here to view full article</span></font></font><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">:&nbsp;</span></font><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_16"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_16</span></font></a></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Related Link:</span></font></font><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">&nbsp;</span></font><a href="http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/highlights/2008/12/16/nsdl-resources-highlight-solstice-science-and-math/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/highlights/2008/12/16/nsdl-resources-highlight-solstice-science-and-math/</span></font></a></font></div><div><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br></span></font></font></div><div><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Combine Holiday Movie-going and Lesson Planning</span></font></b></div></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><font></font></span></font></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">In the Expert Voices blog "Connecting News with National Science Education Standards" author Mary LeFever points out that moviemakers may get the science right.</span></font></div></div><div><font color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Click here to view full article</span></font></font><font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">:&nbsp;</span></font><a href="http://content.nsdl.org/wbr/Issue.php?issue=current#id_19"><font class="Apple-styl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