Cadre+-+June+9,+2014

=Welcome to Science Cadre! =

NDE Policy Update
James Blake, Director of Science, NDE
 * [|Next Generation Science Standards]

NET Virtual Learning Library (PBS)
Melanie Eirich, Executive Producer -- NET Anica Brown, Pound Middle School, Lincoln
 * Register/Login: [|http://net.pbslearningmedia.org]/
 * [|Quest: the Science of Sustainability]
 * Click on "Education" to access the Water Flows content without using student logins.
 * Other Aquifer Resources
 * [|The Groundwater Foundation: An Awesome Aquifer for Science Olympiad]
 * L[|ouisiana Department of Environmental Quality: Build Your Own Aquifer]

NATS Update
Mary Moser, Pawnee City Public Schools
 * [|Nebraska Academy of Sciences (NATS)]
 * NATS 2014 Fall Conference: September 25-27
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NATS on [|Facebook] and [|Twitter] (@NATS_Science)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|PIE Grants]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NATS is hosting the Science Olympiad 2015!
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">KICKS: https://sites.google.com/a/esusixteen.org/sciencekicks/

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NASA Project
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Elizabeth Dunn, Nebraska City Middle School <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tammy Blobaum, Nebraska City Middle School
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|7 Minutes of Terror Video]
 * [|NASA Education Website]
 * [|Follow NASA] on Facebook, Twitter, and others!

=Other Resources=
 * Right now through Sept. 29th the JOIDES Resolution, an ocean core drilling research ship, will be off the coast of Japan doing core sampling of volcanic rock in the subduction zone recording evidence of Plate tectonics. Beth Christensen, will be the Educational Officer on the ship July 29 - Sept. 29, and is encouraging classrooms to video conference with her and see real science in real time. If interested, please email Anica Brown (abrown@lps.org). Check out the JOIDES Resolution website: joidesresolution.org.
 * [|Kahoot.it]: a simple online quiz/game tool

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