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"Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. "

NASA G.I.R.L.S. Mentoring Project - Registration Now Open To jump start the future of potential explorers, Women@NASA has created a 5-week summer mentoring project that offers a one-of-a-kind experience for middle school girls. Participants will get to explore the possibilities of a career in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Click here for more information. Registration closes June 15th, and mentoring occurs July 9-August 10.

"The laboratory will provide online access to data from real physical instruments and equipment - developing cutting-edge technology including: remote access to laboratories and observatories: students can operate real physical equipment controlled remotely - a method already established in astronomy virtual laboratories and instruments, such as the virtual microscope: interactive screen experiments will include photo-realistic recordings of physical experiments and replicate the behaviours of real specimens online field investigations: these can involve electronic access to a conventional field trip or offer a virtual experience using satellite-borne and remotely-operated sensors citizen science: a distributed way of gathering data, where non-professionals collect or process data as part of a scientific enquiry. This data can be combined to offer new insights.

"Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center is being opened to limited numbers of tourists for the first time as an add-on the normal NASA tours."

a resource for teachers who are interested in having a classroom blog. The wiki includes class videos explaining the benefits of blogging, how to compose a quality comment, and the importance of the Creative Commons license. I chronicle the steps I've taken to teach my students how to compose quality comments and have tips to help teachers develop their own online communities. Included are links to other educational bloggers and sample posts organized by subject matter. I hope that teachers will find the wiki helpful and will open up their classrooms through educational blogging.

"Get free Math courses from the world's leading universities. You can download these audio & video courses straight to your computer or mp3 player.

"Over 100 videos taped in Florida schools! Choose the lessons you wish to view from the matrix at left. They are presented in a brief, open-ended style to make them easy to adapt to many situations"

""Save the World Through Science & Engineering" 2012 Kavli Foundation Science Video Contest Make a video that dazzles and wows us with the POWER of science! Show us how science and engineering can help save our planet and improve our lives. Winners will be honored in a special festival Awards Show and receive cash prizes! Contest opens Oct 1,2011 and closes Mar. 21, 2012"

"examine how OER can attract and support girls in STEM education, including additional support services necessary to ensure high levels of success. OER are high-quality educational materials that are openly licensed and shared at no cost, allowing learners and educators to use, adapt, change and add information to suit their education goals"

"A report by Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project indicated that 73 percent of teachers use cell phones for classroom activities. Educational apps open a world of possibilities for teachers and students. The growing pool of grade- and subject-specific apps can keep students engaged and make teachers' lives easier."

world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Despite being the work of one man, Salman Khan, this 1600+ video library is the most-used educational video resource as measured by YouTube video views per day and unique users per month. user-paced exercises--developed as an open source project to become the free classroom

The FAA Academy provides technical and managerial training and development for our workforce and the aviation community. Since courses have different admissions criteria, prospective participants are admitted on a course-by-course basis. Certain courses may not be open to the general public, but many courses are available to other government agencies, industry, and international civil aviation authorities.

MENTORING Tomorrow's Professional Pilot Leaders - one-on-one mentoring by an experienced professional who shares her knowledge, connections, and guidance personally with you. Mentoring is key to your personal success as a pilot, and also to our collective advancement in aviation. The Ninety-Nines has potential mentors for you in every conceivable pilot career, from ballooning scenic tour operator to Shuttle Pilot. Even better, get matched to a woman professional pilot mentor in your area of interest through our formal mentoring program. The 99s Professional Pilot Leadership Initiative aims to provide highly motivated women pilots with the tools necessary to develop their pilot careers and leadership, through guided activities and formal mentoring partnerships with women pilot professionals, in a three-phase 18 to 24 month structured program. Get the latest PPLI Fact Sheet. Get a mentor - be a leader! Participation is open to 99s members who are in or plan to pursue a pilot career. For more information and application

The first four test missions of the Space Transportation System (STS) - flights STS-1, 2, 3, and 4 - are covered.

"The basic design requirements of the Open Course Library are simple enough. The material must be available online and accessible to anyone, says Mr. Green. Faculty designers, hired for their teaching experience and expertise in the subject, can use material from anywhere and anyone, as long as they abide by licensing agreements. Instructors can then use and revise the material as they see fit, dropping and adding components to customize the course for their own students. And now they have peer-vetted syllabi, lecture notes, and teaching materials, available with a few clicks of the mouse."

Internet opens up new opportunities for so-called citizen scientists. And as millions of people get involved in these participatory projects, scientists are grappling with how best to harness the amateurs' enthusiasm.

Registration is open for the 18th Annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race. High school and college students are challenged to design and build a vehicle that addresses a series of engineering problems similar to those faced by the original lunar-roving vehicle team. The race will take place April 1-2, 2011, in Huntsville, Ala., at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.

NASA has opened online voting for the agency's OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award student video contest. The public is invited to vote for its favorite videos, made by students in grades three through eight, developed to help educate America's youth about the benefits of NASA's technologies.

FREE TO USE learning resources that you can use to supplement your own course materials or learning. Some of these are from BC-based projects while others are from Open Educational Resource projects from around the world."