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This is a list of resources from the NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar, "Thinking Like a Scientist: Teaching and Learning with Current Science Issues"

Laboratory of Aquaculture Graduate School of Biosphere Science Hiroshima University

Teaching & Learning with the New York Times

Aerosols Altered Asian Monsoons Summer monsoons provide much of the water for farming on the Indian subcontinent, but the pattern of rain shifted dramatically during the last half of the 20th century. In a study appearing online 29 September in Science, researchers pin the blame on soot and other aerosols from human activities. From 1951 to 1999, central-northern India became drier while Pakistan, northwestern India, and southern India got wetter. To determine whether these changes were due to natural variability or human interference (greenhouse gases or aerosols), climate scientists Massimo Bollasina, Yi Ming, and V. Ramaswamy of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA in Princeton, New Jersey, compared the history of rainfall with simulations that singled out each climate "forcing" factor to observe its impact. Although greenhouse gases would have increased rainfall over north-central India, the aerosols, they found, caused the "very pronounced drying trend," Ming says. Here's why: Under normal conditions, the northern hemisphere receives more energy from the sun from June to September; that imbalance drives the ocean-atmosphere circulation that powers the monsoons. But atmospheric aerosols shaded the northern hemisphere relative to the southern hemisphere, altering the energy balance between the two-weakening the circulation and altering where the rain falls.

"A free, searchable catalog of standards-based science teaching materials fro K-12 educators and learners. The database can be browsed by topic or searched by keyword. The site also contains Special Collections - groups of resources organized around themes, such as Climate Change and Mammals."

Asynchronous social networking of science teachers!

LIFEONTERRA is a collaborative filmspace and laboratory exploring the questions and ideas on the cutting-edge of science and at the farthest horizons of the natural world. The "TERRA: The Nature of Our World" video podcast launched in October 2005. TERRA films have been downloaded over one million times. LIFEONTERRA is committed to keeping ALL content free & easily accessible in perpetuity. To this end, we host past & present content in a digital archive. All our shows are available as a Medium Quality Flash 8 or High Quality Quicktime (.m4v) . This is a permanent resource for everyone: fans, educators, students, and anyone who is simply curious about the natural world. We are a worldwide crossroads, a forum for compelling issues, and a stage for the awesome diversity of our planet.

COSEE Network: The overall mission is "to spark and nurture collaborations among research scientists and educators to advance ocean discovery and make known the vital role of the ocean in our lives." Although each Center is funded individually, the Network of Centers has established its own set of goals: 1) Fostering the integration of ocean research into high-quality educational materials 2) Enabling ocean researchers to gain a better understanding of educational organizations and pedagogy 3) Enhancing educators' capacity to deliver high-quality educational programs in the ocean sciences 4) Promoting a deeper understanding of the ocean and its influence on each person's quality of life and our national prosperity

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