Posts Tagged ‘ Opportunity ’

Boost Your Classroom Resources

February 14, 2011
Boost Your Classroom Resources

DonorsChoose.org, an online charity, matches classroom needs with anonymous benefactors. Most of the classrooms are in low-income communities. Requests range from pencils for a poetry writing unit, to violins for a school recital, to microscope slides for a biology class. Since the program’s inception in 2003, more than $73,492,429 has been raised, over 4,438,460 students have been helped and more than 178,833 projects have been brought to life. Your classroom could be next! Deadline: Ongoing Web: http://www.donorschoose.org/ This information is provided as a courtesy for BISD teachers and inclusion here does not indicate an endorsement by the district. It is important to…

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Participate in Authentic Scientific Research

November 7, 2010
Participate in Authentic Scientific Research

Participate in Authentic Scientific Research NASA and Arizona State University’s Mars Education Program is offering students nationwide the opportunity to be involved in authentic Mars research by participating in the Mars Student Imaging Project (MSIP). Teams of students in grades 5–12 will work with scientists, mission planners and educators at Arizona State University’s Mars Space Flight Facility to image a site on Mars using the visible wavelength camera onboard the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which is currently orbiting Mars every two hours. National Science Education Standards–aligned MSIP curriculum has been developed to fit within existing science curriculum using real-world science instead of worksheets or simulations. Student teams can participate in one…

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