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Topics in this special issue:
1. MISC> Has Canada's Intellectual Property Law Gone to Seed
2. RESOUR> [WWWEDU] EdResearch Online
3. K12> (Free Resources and Downloads)...Designing and Testing Structures
with Sensors {K-12 Tech Ed and Physics}
4. K12> Free music resources
5. K12> [WWWEDU] PROF DEV: This Week At TAPPED IN October 13. 2002
6. K12> Halloween Projects
7. K12> Preserving Leaves, Spider Bread, Glitter Gel
8. K12> Kool Aid Tye Die, Jell-o playdough, Preserving Corn
9. K12> Glow in the dark chalk, preserving pumpkin
10. MISC> Congressional Report Cards
11. RESOUR> It's Aurora Season
12. K12> Women in Mathematics Contest
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 07:49:05 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> Has Canada's Intellectual Property Law Gone to Seed
From: David P. Dillard [mailto:jwne@;astro.ocis.temple.edu]
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 6:08 AM
Genetically modified plants combine with the wind to create a potential
gust of intellectual property legal battles. If Monsanto seeds or
pollen
blow into ones garden, one may owe a fortune in royalties.
Monsanto vs Schmeiser
The Classic David vs Goliath Struggle...
<http://www.percyschmeiser.com/>
Percy Schmeiser is a farmer from Bruno, Saskatchewan Canada whose Canola
fields were contaminated with Monsanto's Round-Up Ready Canola.
Monsanto's
position is that it doesn't matter whether Schmeiser knew or not that
his
canola field was contaminated with the Roundup Ready gene and that he
must
pay their Technology Fee.
Full Story Quoted Above
<http://www.percyschmeiser.com/conflict.htm>
Percy Schmeiser vs Monsanto
>From Herbicide Tolerance
<http://www.biotech-info.net/percy_schmeiser.html>
Blowin' in the Wind
<http://www.tv.cbc.ca/national/pgminfo/canola/>
Organic Consumers Association
Schmeiser Versus Monsanto
<http://www.organicconsumers.org/monsanto/schmeiser041502.cfm>
Farmer's Plight Shows GM Trouble By Environment News Service
<http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,37088,00.html>
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:01:08 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> [WWWEDU] EdResearch Online
From: Hughes, Stuart [mailto:hughes@;acer.edu.au]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:42 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [WWWEDU] EdResearch Online
Dear WWWEdu
I thought I'd bring the following resource to your attention, and, if
you
think it is of interest to members of the WWWEDU list, I'd be grateful
if
you could forward it to them. I think it fits under "Announcements of
free
educational web resources" and looking at the arrchives I don't think it
has
been previously noted.
EdResearch Online is a freely searchable database of 12,000 research
documents and articles extracted from the Australian Education Index (by
virtue of being available online). 9000 of the records can be freely
downloaded from the WWW, with the remaning 3,000 available online for a
copyright fee.
The database includes a range of material on educational technology and
other educational topics that are hopefully of interest to WWWEDU
subscribers.
The database can be explored at
http://cunningham.acer.edu.au/dbtw-wpd/sample/edresearch.htm
Regards,
Stuart
--
Stuart Hughes
Cunningham Library
Australian Council for Educational Research
Private Bag 55
Camberwell Vic 3124
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
EdResearch Online -
http://cunningham.acer.edu.au/dbtw-wpd/sample/edresearch.htm
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:01:08 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> (Free Resources and Downloads)...Designing and Testing Structures
with Sensors {K-12 Tech Ed and Physics}
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 9:43 PM
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: (Free Resources and Downloads)...Designing and Testing
Structures with Sensors {K-12 Tech Ed and Physics}
For Technology and Physics Educators,
Recently Harris Educational performed a workshop for the NC Technology
Students Association's annual leadership conference. The topic of the
workshop was how to improve structural design by using sensors and data
logging.
For a complete article including free teacher resources and downloads,
data
gathered by students, plus video clips and images please visit:
http://www.harris-educational.com/Probeware/experiments/TSA
In this workshop students used Tech-Card construction materials
(Provided by "The Science Source" www.thesciencesource.com) to build a
tower that was 47 cm high. Students then used sensors to gather data by
non-destructive
testing and predict where and how the structure would fail under
destructive weight testing. CoachLab probeware was used to gather,
store, and analyze the data. Students applied knowledge of structures
and quite a bit of imagination to come up with creative designs.
Full information on how the sensors were used, what kind of data was
gathered, and how you can do this same activity in your classroom are
available online at:
http://www.harris-educational.com/Probeware/experiments/TSA
While you are at this site you can also sign up for a free monthly
e-mail
newsletter for educators.
Thank you for your time.
Notice: Harris Educational does not sell materials or equipment to
educators or individuals but instead works to provide free educational
resources and information to educators and students who use technology
in
the classroom.
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:01:24 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Free music resources
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 9:44 PM
From: "emjay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: alt.teachers
Subject: Free music resources
If you are a music teacher, student teacher, or are looking for free
resources, please visit:
http://www.music4education.com
Any submitions or comments would be greatfully received!
Matthew
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:01:37 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> [WWWEDU] PROF DEV: This Week At TAPPED IN October 13. 2002
From: BJ Berquist [mailto:berquist@;pa.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 9:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; MEETME; DEOS-L; WWWEDU
Subject: [WWWEDU] PROF DEV: This Week At TAPPED IN October 13. 2002
After School Online (ASO) is a forum for educators. The scheduled
events, designed for professional development, are open to everyone in
the TAPPED IN community and all guests. Login at
http://www.tappedin.org. If you are new to TAPPED IN, please login 10
minutes before the ASO event is scheduled to begin. This will allow the
helpdesk volunteers to get you where you need to be.
Print out this weekly schedule as a quick reference to what's happening.
Get a monthly view and description of the events online at our
Time-Zone Friendly Calendar:
http://www.tappedin.org/cgi-bin/calendar/calendar.cgi
Go to the url below each event for descriptions of the individual
events.
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Sunday, October 13
* Writing for Webheads: Global Learn Day Presentation
5:00-6:00am PDT/8:00-9:00am EDT/12:00-13:00 GMT
Read about this discussion online at
http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#lang.
* TAPPED IN Demo for Global Learn Day
1:30pm PDT/4:30pm EDT
BJ Berquist will be doing a demo of TAPPED IN for Global Learn Day
participants. See http://www.bfranklin.edu/ for the complete GLD
schedule.
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Tuesday, October 15
* Oz-Time Tours and Tips/Campfire Meeting
2:00-3:00am PDT/5:00-6:00am EDT/09:00-10:00 GMT/7:00-8:00AEST
Read about this discussion online at
http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#TI.
* TAPPED IN Tours and Tips
2:30-3:30pm PDT/5:30-6:30pm EDT/21:30-22:30 GMT
Read about this discussion online at
http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#TI.
* Jigsaw Helper: Using the Jigsaw Method with the Web
5:00-6:00pm PDT/8:00-9:00pm EDT
Read about this discussion online at
http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#online.
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Wednesday, October 16
* Targeting Librarians! Tripping with Librarians - Virtually
4:15-5:30pm PDT/7:15-8:30pm EDT
Read about this discussion online at
http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#library.
* Language Arts Forum: Ghost Stories
5:00-6:00pm PST/8:00-9:00pm EST
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Thursday, October 17
* Alt/Correctional Ed Forum: Corrections Learning Network
4:00-5:00pm PDT/7:00-8:00pm EDT
Read about this discussion online at
http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#alted.
* Library of Congress Learning Page: Immigration
5:00-6:00pm PDT/8:00-9:00pm EDT
Read about this discussion online at
http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#class.
* K-12 Math
6:00-7:00pm PDT/9:00-10:00pm EDT
Read about this discussion online at
http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#math.
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Saturday, October 19
* TAPPED IN Tours and Tips
11:00am-12noon PDT/2:00-3:00pm EDT/18:00-19:00 GMT
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Sunday, October 20
* Writing for Webheads: World friendship thru lang. learning
5:00-6:00am PDT/8:00-9:00am EDT/12:00-13:00 GMT
* Euro Language Teachers Forum
1:00-2:00pm PDT/4:00-5:00pm EDT/20:00 GMT
Read about this discussion online at
http://www.tappedin.org/info/calendar/oct02.html#lang.
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Respectfully submitted,
BJ Berquist
Associate Educator, TAPPED IN
mailto:bjb@;tappedin.org
http://www.tappedin.org/info/members/bj.html
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:02:40 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Halloween Projects
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:57 PM
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (fwd) Resource: Halloween Projects
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
http://markbutler.8m.com/monsterlist.htm
'Tis the season to celebrate that some find us a little scary...
Steve
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:03:24 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Preserving Leaves, Spider Bread, Glitter Gel
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:57 PM
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (fwd) Resource: Preserving Leaves, Spider Bread, Glitter Gel
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Fall Fun: How to Preserve Leaves with Glycerin
http://www.easyfunschool.com/GlycerinLeaves.html
Here are very simple instructions for making long-lasting,
color-maintaining, preserved leaves using glycerin.
Fall Fun: How to Preserve Leaves with Glycerin
http://www.easyfunschool.com/GlycerinLeaves.html
Here are very simple instructions for making long-lasting,
color-maintaining, preserved leaves using glycerin.
Fun Food: Spider Bread
http://www.easyfunschool.com/FunFoodSpiderBread.html
This is a fun snack to use with a thematic study of spiders and other
arachnids
Crafty Fun: Glitter Gel
http://www.easyfunschool.com/GlitterGel.html
This is a real fun activity to use with costumes, face paint, etc.
Its skin safe and uses aloe vera, but please test a small section for
any possible allergies.
Steve
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:03:59 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Kool Aid Tye Die, Jell-o playdough, Preserving Corn
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:57 PM
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (fwd) Resource: Kool Aid Tye Die, Jell-o playdough, Preserving
Corn
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Home Ec Lessons: Preserving Corn
http://www.easyfunschool.com/HomeEcCorn.html
Different methods for preserving corn have been around for centuries.
The methods below include canning, freezing, and drying. Always
remember to follow safe food handling practices, both in the
preservation process and in serving your harvest.
Jello Playdough
http://www.easyfunschool.com/JelloPlaydough.html
Wondering what to do with all of that jello you bought on sale but
never seem to have the time to make into something? Here's a really
cute recipe for using it to make scented playdough. The kids love it!
Kool Aid Tye Dye
http://www.easyfunschool.com/KoolAidTyeDye.html
This is just too much fun! Great for any size group and its super
inexpensive as well.
Steve
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:04:32 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Glow in the dark chalk, preserving pumpkin
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:57 PM
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (fwd) Resource: Glow in the dark chalk, preserving pumpkin
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Fall Fun: Glow in the Dark Chalk
http://www.easyfunschool.com/GlowInDarkChalk.html
To make the chalk "glow" draw designs on the sidewalk, and turn
lights or a flashlight on it. As darkness approaches, you should
start to see it glow.
Home Ec Lessons: Preserving Pumpkin
http://www.easyfunschool.com/HomeEcPumpkin.html
Here is a wide range of recipes to use when preserving pumpkin. The
methods below include canning, freezing, and drying. Always remember
to follow safe food handling practices, both in the preservation
process and in serving your harvest. I've also included recipes for
using preserved pumpkin.
Steve
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:05:19 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MISC> Congressional Report Cards
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:57 PM
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (fwd) Resource: Congressional Report Cards
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
>From the site:
Find out how our Congressional Report Cards can help you evaluate
members of the United States Congress
List All Advocacy Groups currently included in the Report Cards
My Report Card - learn about the advocacy groups, compare your
position on legislation with theirs
Congressional Report Card Sample #1, Sample #2
Join Voter Information Services (required to access the Report Cards)
Get Report Card for any member of Congress
http://www.vis.org/visweb/html/ratings.htm
Steve
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:05:54 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RESOUR> It's Aurora Season
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:58 PM
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: (fwd) Resource: It's Aurora Season
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
http://www.exploratorium.com/learning_studio/auroras/index.html
Visit this University of California Exploratorium site to learn all
about auroras and to see some awesome photos of them. Then plan an
aurora party. Of course you can't always plan aurora parties. Even
when predicted they don't always appear. And when not predicted they
often surprise us with a magnificent show. But it's worth a try!
Steve
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:06:48 -0500
From: Gleason Sackmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: K12> Women in Mathematics Contest
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:58 PM
Subject: (fwd) Resource: Women in Mathematics Contest
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
http://awm-math.org/biographies/contest.html
"AWM Essay Contest:
Biographies of Contemporary Women in Mathematics
The 2002 contest is sponsored by the Simulation Enabled Product
Realization Program at Sandia National Lab.
About the Contest
To increase awareness of women's ongoing contributions to the
mathematical sciences, the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
is sponsoring an essay contest for biographies of contemporary women
mathematicians and statisticians in academic, industrial, and
government careers.
The essays will be based primarily on an interview with a woman
currently working in a mathematical sciences career. This contest is
open to students in the following categories: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-
12, Undergraduate, and Graduate. At least one winning submission will
be chosen from each category. Winners will receive a prize, and their
essays will be published online at the AWM web site. Additionally, a
grand prize winner will have his or her submission published in the
AWM Newsletter.
Contest Rules
Who can enter?
This essay contest is open to students in the following categories:
Grades 6-8
Grades 9-12
Undergraduate
Graduate Student
At least one winning submission will be chosen from each category.
What is the subject of the essay?
Your essay should be based primarily on an interview with a woman
currently working in a mathematical career. The submission must be in
essay form, not just a transcript of your interview.
How long should the essay be?
The essay should be approximately 500 to 1000 words in length.
Who can I write about?
You may interview and write about any woman currently working in a
mathematical sciences career.
You are encouraged (but not required) to seek out an interviewee that
you do not already personally know.
If you would like to be put in contact with someone who has agreed to
be interviewed for this contest, please contact Dr. Victoria Howle
(contest organizer) at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What should I ask in my interview?
Some suggested questions for the interview and essay are:
What motivated you to pursue a career in the mathematical sciences?
What is your educational background?
What is your family and cultural background?
Describe the kind of work you do?
What advice would you offer students who are interested in pursuing
careers in the mathematical sciences?
What are some of your other interests or hobbies?
How will essays be judged?
Essays will be judged by a panel of mathematicians on content,
grammar, and presentation.
What do I need to submit?
A valid submission will contain the following information:
A biographical essay, based primarily on an interview, of
approximately 500-1000 words in length, on a woman currently working
in a mathematical career.
A short (approximately 100 words) biographical sketch of the student
contestant. This biographical sketch should include the student's
name, grade level, school, and mathematical interests.
Information about the student:
student's name
address of student (or parent)
phone number or email address of student (or parent)
Information about the subject of the biography:
name
address
phone number and/or email address
All information must be submitted using the online submission form
(coming soon).
When is the deadline?
All submissions must be received by November 1, 2002.
How should I submit my essay?
All submissions must be made via the online submission form (coming
soon).
If you have any problems submitting your essay, please contact Dr.
Victoria E. Howle (contest organizer) either by email
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or at the following address:
Dr. Victoria E. Howle
Sandia National Labs
MS 9217, PO Box 969
Livermore, CA 94551
All submissions become the property of the Association for Women in
Mathematics.
Seeking Volunteers to be Interviewed
We are currently seeking women mathematicians to volunteer as the
subjects of these essays. For more information or to sign up as a
volunteer, contact Dr. Victoria Howle, the contest organizer, by
email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] "
Steve
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