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FREE FOR ALLYou'll appreciate the many free opportunities in this issue ranging from online publications and activities to catalogs of books, as well as science competitions and professional development workshops. Free for All in the News Article summaries provided by the NSTA WebNews Digest (visit http://www.nsta.org/mainnews for national news for science educators). Free and Fee-Based Online Science Resources for the K-12 Community (Information Today, Inc.) This article will aid you in your continuing quest to develop stimulating additions to traditional K–12+ science curricula. http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/nov04/lackie_congleton.shtml An Online Resource Room Introduces a World of Books (and the Authors Who Create Them) (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/technology/circuits/19boox.html Free Opportunities for Elementary Teachers Whether you are an elementary science teacher or an elementary teacher who also teaches science, these free resources can help you develop your teaching strategies for next year. Click here to learn more: http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2005-06/elementary.htm Free Resources for Teachers of Science Enrich your teaching materials and strategies with the following free resources and opportunities. Click here to read more: http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2005-06/news_stories_elementary.htm Professional Development The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) serves as a resource for professional development guidelines. Access this information at http://www.enc.org/professional. But act quickly because ENC has lost its federal funding, and its free resources won't be free for much longer. Global Science Teaching Facing the Future: People and the Planet, a Seattle-based not-for-profit organization founded in 1995, educates teachers, students, and the public about the interconnected issues of the environment, population, poverty and equity, consumption, and peace and conflict. They strive to achieve their mission by researching and writing proven global issues and sustainability curriculum materials that meet educational standards, encouraging and supporting the participation of students and the public in action and service learning projects, and delivering educational resources through local, national, and international educator conferences, school district in-services, university preservices, their award-winning websites, and strategic partnerships. Facing the Future's website ,http://www.teacherscorner.org, includes extensive a free curriculum for teaching about global issues and solutions. Access a service-learning project database to bring global issues alive through action at http://www.creativeaction.org/service_learning.htm. NSTA Opportunities Looking for FREE Stuff? NSTA Reports' Teachers' Grab Bag Is Online Well, you've just hit the jackpot. NSTA Reports' ever-popular column—Teachers' Grab Bag—is on the web. NSTA Reports is NSTA's source of news and information for and about science education, published six times a year for NSTA members only. Check out http://www.nsta.org/resourcesgrabbag, where you can find hundreds of free and almost free items such as videos, publications, CD-ROMs, lab kits, and more. The Early Years
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