Science Matters in Wisconsin 1(5)
Welcome to this week’s issue of Science Matters in Wisconsin. As a quick reminder, this is the new title for WSN eNews.
-- Professional Development
Environmental science workshops: http://www4.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/Educators/professional_development.aspx
Western Wisconsin Science teacher Sharing Group will be held on October 5th at Altoona High School from 6:00 – 8:00. Details: http://www.sciencematterswi.com/west-central-sharing-group
NASA’s Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project to Award 50, New, K-12 STEM Fellowships
Applications due October 31, 2011 : http://www.us-satellite.net/nasa/endeavor
-- Science Spotlight
Physicsts using CERN have found evidene that neutrinos travelled faster than the speed of light. This is an amazing discovery that will have profound impacts on physics. Or, maybe not. The experiment was incredibly difficult to undertake. The results are extraordinary. Can they be replicated? Can these results be independently verified? Although some scientists are dismayed that these results were released before being verified, it has given us a great “insiders” view of the scientific process. In this article, some big name physicists respond to the news: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ftl-neutrinos&WT.mc_id
-- Website of the Week
From the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
PBS LearningMedia™ is your destination for easy, instant access to thousands of classroom-ready, digital resources including videos and interactives perfect for the Interactive Whiteboard, plus audio and photos, and even in-depth lesson plans. You can search, save, and share with ease. Best of all, PBS LearningMedia™ is free for educators. Register today!
http://ecb.pbslearningmedia.org/
-- Resource
New, Free Science Education Materials from the National Institutes of Health
Enrich your science education curriculum with free materials from one of the National Institutes of Health. Our latest offerings include:
- Inside Life Science, a series of short articles about the science of health
- The September 2011 issue of Findings magazine, which features two young and interesting scientists:
· George Hightower of the University of California, San Diego, who studies how HIV can infect the brain
· Cara Altimus of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who explores how light and darkness relate to the body’s daily rhythms, sleep disorders and certain brain diseases
http://pull.msg-edu.com/p/7896-1DAD/9251347/html003-publications.nigms.nih.gov.htmlhttp://pull.msg-edu.com/p/7896-1DAD/9251347/html003-publications.nigms.nih.gov.html
Electronic versions (PDF, HTML and EPUB) of our popular science education booklets
Browse and order free print copies of these and our many other materials at
http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/eblast/mdr/index.html
-- Contact
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For questions about Science Matters in Wisconsin, please contact me:
Eric Brunsell, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh brunsele@uwosh.edu
