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1. SCOUT>< The Scout Report -- Date June 28, 2002 2. PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 12-16 Raindrops keep falling on my head 3. PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-8 Luna 4. PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 6-13 Tiger Tales: Summer Writing 2002 ***************************************** For individual postings, send the message: set net-happenings mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Net-happenings mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for Net-happenings can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=NET-HAPPENINGS Newsgroups: news:comp.internet.net-happenings http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&GROUP;=comp.internet.net-happenings ******************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 07:17:43 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: SCOUT>< The Scout Report -- Date June 28, 2002 The full Scout Report can be read at NThe full Scout Report can be read at Net Newsletters: http://www1.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=NEWSLTR From: "Internet Scout Project" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:29:38 -0700 Subject: The Scout Report -- Date June 28, 2002 ======== The Scout Report == ======== Date June 28, 2002 ==== ======== Volume 8, Number 24 ====== ====== Internet Scout Project ======== ==== University of Wisconsin ======== == Department of Computer Sciences ======== == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K ======== ====== ====== == Index for Date June 28, 2002 == ====== ====== 1. NSDL Scout Reports for the Life Sciences and Physical Sciences The twelfth issues of the first volumes of the Life Sciences Report and Physical Sciences Report are available. The Topic in Depth section of Life Sciences Report annotates sites about integrated pest management. The Physical Sciences Report's Topic in Depth section offers information on cloud seeding. 2. Employment Outcomes for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/fostercare-agingout02/ 3. The Price of Paying Taxes: How Tax Preparation and Refund Loan Fees Erode the Benefits of the EITC [.pdf] http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/publications/berubekimeitc.pdf 4. The Condition of Education, 2002 http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002025 5. Whither Music IR Evaluation Infrastructure: Lessons to be Learned from TREC [.pdf] http://music-ir.org/evaluation/voorhess.pdf 6. The Role of Community Development Corporations in Promoting the Well- Being of Young Children http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/roleCDC.html 7. The Broadband Difference: How online Americans' behavior changes with high-speed Internet connections at home http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=63 8. Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center http://nps.ars.usda.gov/locations/locations.htm?modecode=12-35-00-00 9. 2002 Kids Count Data Book http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/kc2002/ 10. Hearing on FBI Counterterrorism Efforts http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- srv/politics/transcripts/fbitestimony_060602.html 11. Secrets of Lost Empires: Pharaoh's Obelisk [Shockwave, QuickTime] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/obelisk/ 12. Geoexplorer http://www.geoexplorer.co.uk/ 13. A free Spinal Cord Injury Resource Site http://www.sci-info-pages.com/ 14. Did You Ever Wonder? http://www.lbl.gov/wonder/ 15. OmniWeb (OS X) 4.1 http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2143-10123267.html?tag=sptlt 16. Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 Tutorial http://tutorials.findtutorials.com/read/category/recent/id/397 17. "Bumfights": Reality Television or Blatant Exploitation? 'Bumfights' video prompts call for investigation from congressman http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Jun-24-Mon- 2002/news/19030279.html 'Bumfights' makes gladiators of homeless: On shocking video, they fight and smoke crack http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/06/25/MN21877.DTL 'Bumfights' producer defends his video http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/05/10/homeless.fighting.film/index.html Home Page of the National Coalition for the Homeless http://www.nationalhomeless.org/ San Francisco's Coalition on Homelessness http://sf-homeless-coalition.org/ Congressman Earl Blumenauer's Web site http://www.house.gov/blumenauer/ ====== ==== == Subscription and Contact Information == ==== ====== To receive the electronic mail version of the Scout Report each week, join the SCOUT-REPORT mailing list. This is the only mail you will receive from this list. To subscribe Scout Report, go to: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/misc/lists/ Or send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message type: subscribe SCOUT-REPORT To unsubscribe, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message type: unsubscribe SCOUT-REPORT For subscription options, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message type: query SCOUT-REPORT ====== The Scout Report ====== Brought to You by the Internet Scout Project ==== == The Scout Report (ISSN 1092-3861) is published every Friday of the year except the last Friday of December by the Internet Scout Project, located in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Department of Computer Sciences. Editor Marcia Green [MG] Managing Editor Ted Schroeder [TS] Director Rachael Bower [REB] Technical Director Edward Almasy [EA] Contributors Amy Lee [AL] Joel Brieske [JB] Cavin Leske [CL] Wayne Hayes [WH] Laura Boyle [LB] Yasuhiro Sasahira [YS] Debra Shapiro [DS] Internet Catalogers David Sleasman [DJS] Michael Scott [MS] Software Engineer Barry Wiegan [BW] Technical Specialist Pat Coulthard [PC] Website Designers Andy Yaco-Mink [AY] Dave Mayer [DM] For information on additional contributors, see the Internet Scout Project staff page. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/about/team.html Below are the copyright statements to be included when reproducing annotations from The Scout Report. The single phrase below is the copyright notice to be used when reproducing any portion of this report, in any format. >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2002. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ The paragraph below is the copyright notice to be used when reproducing the entire report, in any format: Copyright Susan Calcari and the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, 1994-2002. The Internet Scout Project (http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/), located in the Computer Sciences Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides information about the Internet to the U.S. research and education community under a grant from the National Science Foundation, number NCR-9712163. The Government has certain rights in this material. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of the entire Scout eport provided this paragraph, including the copyright notice, are preserved on all copies. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, or the National Science Foundation. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 07:27:13 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 12-16 Raindrops keep falling on my head From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 19:30:45 -0700 Subject: [Hilites => Projects] Ages 12-16 Raindrops keep falling on my head Global SchoolNet Foundation provides this service free of charge to its worldwide education community. [PERMISSION TO RE-POST AS APPROPRIATE] DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. SEND REPLIES, questions, comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project Information ------------------- Project Author: Leonard Fretzin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Project Title: Raindrops keep falling on my head Project Begin & End Dates: 7/01/02 to 6/01/03 Project Summary: Students who participate in the project will measure the acidity of rainwater in their environs, and the acidity of the nearest body of water.The data obtained will be distributed to all the participants to examine, analyze, and make hypothesis all participants for their analysis. ------------------- Project Details ------------------- Project Level: Basic Curriculum Area: Science Technologies Used: Email Project Sponsor: University of Illinois Graduate school CTER Full Project Description: Activities Observation: Students will observe the measurement of the pH of water samples and observe the local environmental conditions which may be indicative of a pollution problem (such as dead fish or algae) that may exist in nearby lakes, rivers, streams, or ponds. Discussion/Analysis: Student groups will gather to report and discuss their findings and the findings of other students around the world that are collected at the Project Website. Creation/Synthesis: The students will try to prove or disprove the hypothesis that acid rain is caused by the pollutant producers talked about in the literature and media. Exchange: Students will download their CONCLUSIONS to the Project Coordinator and will enter the site to see what other students have done. They will then be able to exchange opinions and evaluations with distant student researchers. Evaluation: The Project Coordinator, participant teachers, parents, and other interested parties will evaluated the overall success of the project with an eye to eliminate any faults or other problems. Objectives: Objectives of Lesson Outcomes: At the end of the project students will have gained knowledge of the problem and causes of the environmental pollutant known as acid rain. They will be able to relate this problem on a global scale and identify sources of the pollution on an international scale. Areas where the problem is greatest will be identified by empirical data collected by numerous participants, and the environmental impact will be identified in each area where a problem exists. Each class will have the opportunity of dividing up into research groups, data recording groups, 'in the field data' collectors, mathematicians, and data analysts. Each student will have opportunity of selecting the specialty area that he or she wants most to work on. Each instructor will have overall responsibility to guide the group and make assignments when necessary, so that all the positions are covered. Subject Area: Research Group skill 1 - The group will use the library and the internet to access a knowledge base about the subject of acid rain, its causes and its consequences. skill 2 - Organizing a group, and the division of labor to insure that each area of the topic is covered by one or more individuals, and finally, the correlation of the findings. Subject Area: Data Collecting and Recording Group skill 1 - Students will devise ways of collecting samples of rainwater, and the water from nearby natural streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes. skill 2 - Students will learn how to use and measure the acidity of water samples in units of pH using short range pHydrion test papers. Subject Area: Mathematics and Data analysis Group skill 1 - obtaining and recording data from the data collecting and recording group, and as it becomes available from distant researchers. skill 2 - analyzing data and the geographical and meteorological conditions of the groups location to determine possible sources of pollution ------------------- Project Registration Information -------------------------------- Project Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registration Acceptance Dates: 7/01/02 to 5/01/03 Number of Classrooms: 4 Age Range: 12 to 16 years Target Audience: Anyone Project URL: http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fretzin/CIPindex.html Registration Instructions: How to Register Where: With The Collaboratory Project, The Global Schoolhouse, or the Project Coordinator When: Registration is ongoing. Deadline: May, 2003 Information to Include 1. Name of school or individual: 2. Teacher or individual's e-Mail Address: 3. Location: (City, State, Country). 4. Latitude: ___________ Longitude: ________________ -------------------------------- Project Contact Information ---------------------------- Leonard Fretzin - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Teacher - Kenwood Academy High School Chicago, Illinois US http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fretzin ---------------------------- _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - K-12 Project Announcements Unsubscribe at http://www.gsh.org/lists/hilites.html =.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=. Global SchoolNet Foundation: Communicate, collaborate, & celebrate learning! Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:(760)635-0001 Fax:(760)635-0003 Global SchoolNet is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit education organization. GSN, a developer of online content since 1984, partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative learning activities that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become responsible global citizens. For more information about the services and programs provided by Global SchoolNet, please visit www.globalschoolnet.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 07:27:29 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-8 Luna From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 19:31:56 -0700 Subject: [Hilites => Projects] Ages 5-8 Luna Global SchoolNet Foundation provides this service free of charge to its worldwide education community. [PERMISSION TO RE-POST AS APPROPRIATE] DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. SEND REPLIES, questions, comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project Information ------------------- Project Author: Amy Crowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Project Title: Luna Project Begin & End Dates: 7/15/02 to 10/07/02 Project Summary: To identify the dates around the world when the full moon can be seen. Students around the world will observe their night sky and record their observations of the phase of the moon. The significant data is the date in which the moon has reached it's full phase. Each student will draw their moon in it's full phase, write what they observed in essay form, and include the date in which it occured. ------------------- Project Details ------------------- Project Level: Basic Curriculum Area: Arts, History and Social Studies, Information Technology, Language, Science Technologies Used: Email, Web Based Discussion Forum Full Project Description: Use skills such as science, language arts, social studies, art,and technology to observe, record, and enter data. Once the data is emailed a mailing address will be returned to the student via email. Objectives: Science -observe and identify events in nature -identifying the full phase on the earth's moon -identifying differences in dates due to location -collecting scientific data -describing observations in writing and art Language Arts -representing visual observations in a written description -reading and interpreting observations from other students around the world Social Studies -locations of students who are participating -recognizing differences in data due to location -exchanging information with others on a global forum Art -recording observations in pictorial form Technology -using software to record observations -using email Objectives: Each day students will observe the moon and watch for the full phase. They will record what they have seen through essay and drawing including the date of the full phase for WWW publication. ------------------- Project Registration Information -------------------------------- Project Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registration Acceptance Dates: 6/30/02 to 7/14/02 Number of Classrooms: N/A Age Range: 5 to 8 years Target Audience: Anyone -------------------------------- Project Contact Information ---------------------------- Amy Crowell - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fort Drum, New York US ---------------------------- _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - K-12 Project Announcements Unsubscribe at http://www.gsh.org/lists/hilites.html =.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=. Global SchoolNet Foundation: Communicate, collaborate, & celebrate learning! Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:(760)635-0001 Fax:(760)635-0003 Global SchoolNet is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit education organization. GSN, a developer of online content since 1984, partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative learning activities that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become responsible global citizens. For more information about the services and programs provided by Global SchoolNet, please visit www.globalschoolnet.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 07:28:07 -0500 From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PROJ> [Hilites => Projects] Ages 6-13 Tiger Tales: Summer Writing 2002 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 13:51:23 -0700 Subject: [Hilites => Projects] Ages 6-13 Tiger Tales: Summer Writing 2002 Global SchoolNet Foundation provides this service free of charge to its worldwide education community. [PERMISSION TO RE-POST AS APPROPRIATE] DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. SEND REPLIES, questions, comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project Information ------------------- Project Author: Marci McGowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Project Title: Tiger Tales: Summer Writing 2002 Project Begin & End Dates: 7/01/02 to 8/15/02 Project Summary: Students will write poem, book review, vacation review, website review, or short story related to summer theme. ------------------- Project Details ------------------- Project Level: Basic Curriculum Area: Language, Technology Technologies Used: Email Project Sponsor: none Full Project Description: Teachers must register for project by sending in their name, school, town, stae or province, country, students' grade level. Students will write a poem, review a book or website, vacation report, or brief short story related to summer theme. Teachers will send by email to Marci McGowan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). One image (jpg or gif file extension only) may be included with each writing. Objectives: Students will write a poem, review a book or website, vacation report, or brief short story related to summer theme. Students will share their writing on project webpage and view/respond to other students summer writings. ------------------- Project Registration Information -------------------------------- Project Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registration Acceptance Dates: 7/01/02 to 8/15/02 Number of Classrooms: no limit Age Range: 6 to 13 years Target Audience: Anyone Project URL: http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/tt/index.html Registration Instructions: How to Send: Guest Writers: Teachers send student work by email. Please put Tiger Tales in email subject line. Include your name, school, students' grade level. Mountz Students: Please edit your writing for spelling and grammar before sending. Send by email to Mrs. McGowan. Put Tiger Tales in the email subject line and include your whole name and grade with the writing. -------------------------------- Project Contact Information ---------------------------- Marci McGowan - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Teacher - H. W. Mountz Elementary School Grade One Spring Lake, New Jersey US http://familyeducation.com/nj/mcgowan ---------------------------- _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - K-12 Project Announcements Unsubscribe at http://www.gsh.org/lists/hilites.html =.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=.=. Global SchoolNet Foundation: Communicate, collaborate, & celebrate learning! Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph:(760)635-0001 Fax:(760)635-0003 Global SchoolNet is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit education organization. GSN, a developer of online content since 1984, partners with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative learning activities that prepare students for the workforce and help them to become responsible global citizens. For more information about the services and programs provided by Global SchoolNet, please visit www.globalschoolnet.org ------------------------------ End of NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 28 Jun 2002 to 1 Jul 2002 - Special issue (#2002-408) ************************************************************************************
