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"educational geography video games for enlivening your lessons and raising your students' geography IQ."

"The use of computers and computer languages in education has been impressive in the last couple of years.  More and more school going kids use computers in the heart of all academic and personal development than ever. Such use has been phenomenal in helping improve classroom interactive learning, bettering student grades and improving competitiveness in a modern education setting, among others."

"Among the many ways of measuring teacher success is the ability to engage students in teaching practices which excite and encourage their natural curiosity for learning. When these best practices are used in the classroom, then all other measures of success follow"

Encouraging students to use critical thinking is more than an extension activity in science and math lessons, it is the basis of true learning.

"Just Apps to accelerate learning with your iPads"

"Writing in math is an excellent way to determine if students' understand or do not understand the math they are learning about."

Students can learn about Creative Commons licenses by watching this slideshow explaining Creative Commons. Creative Commons licenses grant permission to use an author's work with proper attribution (meaning you have to credit the person who shared the image).

high school program - two online aviation courses, lecture material, educational video, 3D animations, interactive questions, and other multimedia learning tools.

Create the perfect paper airplane! Learn how to fold a paper airplane in this free arts and crafts video from an expert

Online Activities Learn by doing! A variety of online activities test your knowledge and demonstrate the principles of aviation and spaceflight.

The National Air and Space Museum offers a variety of free educational programs for school groups and organized youth groups. Here you will find information on educational activities at the Museum as well as resources provided for classroom learning.

2011 NASA Academy The NASA Academies offer a ten-week summer experience for college students with emphasis on immersive and integrated multi-disciplinary exposure and training. Activities include laboratory research, a group project, lectures, meetings with experts and administrators, visits to NASA centers and space-related industries, and technical presentations. Students learn how NASA and its centers operate, gain experience in world-class laboratories, and participate in leadership development and team-building activities.

aviation-related charities receive grants during 2010. All of those that were nominated are already doing "good" for aviation. We want to come along side to help build awareness and increase funding opportunities. And, we want to mobilize the pilot community to learn more about them and get involved.

more than two thousand educational games for middle school and high school age students. If that library doesn't have what they're looking for, teachers can create custom games using twelve different templates provided by What 2 Learn.

NBAA's scholarship program, generously supported through sponsorships, offers nearly $100,000 annually in cash awards as tuition reimbursement for enrolled students, and that number is nearly matched in monetary and training awards for working professionals. NBAA currently offers six scholarships to qualified students studying aviation-related curricula at institutions of higher learning. The Association also sponsors seven monetary and training scholarships to promote professionalism and the advancement of careers for aviation professionals, such as flight department managers, flight attendants, maintenance technicians, schedulers and dispatchers.

to improve educational proficiency in the areas of math and science, using relevant aviation based learning

Aviation Discovery for Women encourages young women, ages 15-18, to explore their interest in aviation and aerospace. Explore fields such as Flight, Maintenance Technology, Air Traffic Control, Engineering, Meteorology, and Space with industry professionals in a learning environment.

six day intensive overview of the Aerospace Engineering program This program is designed to demonstrate fundamental concepts of engineering in a fun, hands-on environment. learn the Science of Flight, how materials stress, strain, and break, and the principles of Aerospace Design. a variety of fields relating to Aerospace Engineering

The student will have an opportunity to learn about the Properties of Gas,and Laws of Conservation, they will also visually see both biological principles hands on. The students will pose a hypothesis and use the scientific method to interpret their hypothesis.

The blind spot is the area on the retina without receptors that respond to light. Therefore, an image that falls on this region will NOT be seen. It is in this region that the optic nerve exits the eye on its way to the brain. Students will determine their blind spot by shifting the blind spot tester within their range of vision. Students will also learn the function of the parts of the eyeball, as well as the role the eyeball plays in the nervous system.