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This interactive Flash applet helps students explore concepts of ratio and proportion. It displays two containers, each with its own tap that can be set to deliver different-colored liquids in units of 1 to 10. A main tap can be set to deliver multiples of the amounts on the left- and right-hand taps. Proportion can be modelled using the drain container, which receives whatever is in the left- and right-hand containers.

Budd:e is education about the risks people take by going online, and the possible consequences of those risks. It's also education about the technical and behavioural measures we can all use, to help reduce our risk, and bolster online security - security for people, for internet devices, and for personal data.

"high school students - Green Your City. What's an idea using Science, Technology, Engineering or Math that can help green your city? Almost 90 high school students from around the country submitted entries, each answering the question in their own creative way. With over 2,500 YouTube "Like" votes and a combined 15,000 views of the 15 finalist videos,

"Girls With Wings is pleased to announce that we have developed an additional scholarship for 2012. Girls With Wings has traditionally offered a Private Pilot Scholarship to help defray the cost of flight training lessons in pursuit of a private pilot certificate. This scholarship is targeting those individuals who have soloed but have not completed the Private Pilot Course. The Private Pilot Scholarship is an award in the amount of $1000.00."

"Do you think we can save the world through science and engineering? Join hundreds of the world's leading scientists, engineers, thinkers, and innovators as we tackle mankind's greatest challenges and help to build our future."

"A Thunk is a beguilingly simple-looking question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you start to look at the world in a whole new light."

"This page covers the simple case of driving LEDs directly with Arduino pins. The same information would be helpful to users of PICs and other sources of digital output lines. It does not go into the more interesting matter of multiplexed LEDs."

"LearningToday shares with everyone two beautiful posters, that help us remember Bloom's Taxonomy: the Blooming Butterfly and the Blooming Orange"

"A simple App made in 40 minutes to help students make a story using the story spine technique. Copy the result and paste it into wherever you want."

APPitic is a directory of apps for education by Apple Distinguished Educators (ADEs) to help you transform teaching and learning. These apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies and classroom settings."

"A British stuntman jumped from a helicopter 2,400 feet above the ground Wednesday in Oxfordshire, England, making him the first man to successfully skydive without a parachute from such a height, the 42-year-old Englishman wore a wingsuit, which helped him glide toward the ground while managing speeds of around 80 mph, according to the Independent. "

"The Drop Out! It was seriously addictive, we just couldn't put it down! "The Furrie little creatures are stuck and they need help! Grab a Boo in this thrilling physics world and drop them to safety but beware the Evil Furries have a plan of their own.""

"Year 5 classes to document which apps they use to concrete their own learning"

"Power Searching with Google Google Search makes it amazingly easy to find information. Come learn about the powerful advanced tools we provide to help you find just the right information when the stakes are high."

"A bionic eye has given an Australian woman partial sight and researchers say it is an important step towards eventually helping visually impaired people get around independently. Dianne Ashworth, who has severe vision loss due to the inherited condition retinitis pigmentosa, was fitted with a prototype bionic eye in May at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. It was switched on a month later."

"GenYES is an innovative program that creates 21st century leaders and learners. GenYES students help teachers use technology in classrooms, supporting effective technology integration school-wide. Fourteen years of research proves GenYES empowers students and changes the way teachers integrate technology in their lessons."

"The Sage Garden Project makes it possible for schools to bring together the elements to help students really learn the "how and why" of nutrition, as well as the joy of good eating and good health. The program gets schools started, with facilities and staff for hands-on lessons during the school year. There is also opportunity to use the garden and cooking classroom for after-school programs and summer sessions."

"Burns was one of 18 schools in the world selected to participate in a program that relies on amateur radio volunteers to help connect schoolchildren with astronauts while in orbit. The Daytona Beach Amateur Radio Association teamed up with the Oak Hill school to make the project a success. "

"Be a Part of Aviation History (Seriously) It's not every day that a giant paper airplane is released high over the Arizona desert. In fact, it's never been done. But that's exactly what we're doing in February, 2012. But first, we need your help. On January 14, 2012, The Pima Air & Space Museum will be hosting a Paper Airplane Fly-Off. And the winning kid gets his or her name on the biggest paper airplane of its kind ever built."

"The key to solving math word problems is to have a plan or strategy, which works in any math word problem solving situation. For children having problems with math word problems, the following 12 tips are provided for helping children become good problem solvers."