ABC TV Four Corners Program - The High Frontier: outer space open for business

Check out this ABC TV Four Corners program about Outer space is open for business. Four Corners reports on this booming $50 billion/year industry. Some interesting discussions regarding space exploration as big business.

Draw The Scientist Test

In week one we asked you to draw your image of what a scientist means to you and a lot of you discovered that you drew basically the same image. Judith Nuno from the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education has conducted research into this area. You will be able to find more information about Draw the Scientist Test by searching the net. I have included a research paper on e-reserve link titled: Primary-school children's attitudes towards science, engineering and technology and their images of scientists and engineers by Anne Silver and Brian S. Rushton.

Wiley InterScience

Introduced in 1997 and launched commercially in January 1999, Wiley InterScience® (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/) is a leading international resource for quality content promoting discovery across the spectrum of scientific, technical, medical and professional endeavors. In nearly a decade, Wiley InterScience has built its reputation by regularly adding new content and functionality; offering sophisticated search and navigation capabilities; and providing robust online manuscript submission and management tools.

Today, Wiley InterScience reaches a worldwide audience with must-have content from journals, books, reference works, databases, laboratory manuals and The Cochrane Library, which is the world's best-known resource for evidence-based medicine. More than half of Wiley's journals on Wiley InterScience are digitized back to Volume 1, Issue 1 as part of the development of the journal backfile initiative. When the initiative is completed in 2007, in conjunction with Wiley's Bicentennial, Wiley InterScience will be one of the largest archives of its kind with content dating back to 1799 and over 1.5 million articles of scientific and scholarly research.

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The Perth Declaration on Science & Technology Education

The Perth Declaration on Science & Technology Education The recent CONASTA 56/ICASE 2007 WorldSTE conference held in Perth, 8-12 July 2007, generated the Perth Declaration on Science and Technology Education. The delegates at this conference agreed that urgent action is required to address the current issues involving science, technology, science teaching and learning and the engagement of students in science.

NASA Education

NASA EDUCATION: For almost 50 years, NASA has explored many frontiers leading to new horizons of opportunity. Now, as NASA implements the Vision for Space Exploration, which will carry humans back to the moon, on to Mars and beyond, NASA Education is working to lay the groundwork that will make this ongoing journey possible.

The Vision calls for a program of exploration that will continue for decades, requiring the dedication and ingenuity not only of the scientists and engineers of today, but of generations to come. To ensure those future explorers will be ready to continue the journey, NASA is working with one of its most vital partners -- educators.

NASA recognizes the importance of educators' contributions in making our work possible, and we are dedicated to supporting them in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (also referred to as STEM). NASA provides formal and informal educators unique resources and development opportunities to strengthen the overall teaching of STEM subjects. Using the excitement that NASA's missions inspire, we are working with educators to capture the imagination of students, encouraging them to become the scientists and engineers that we'll need in the future and to strengthen the nation's future workforce. NASA Education also aims to attract and retain students in STEM disciplines through a progression of educational opportunities for students, teachers and faculty and to build strategic partnerships and linkages between formal and informal education providers that promote STEM literacy and awareness of NASA's mission. Read more at the NASA Education website.

Nature News! read all about it!

Nature News aims to provide the best science journalism on the web. Here you will find breaking news, extended features and analysis, acclaimed columnists, blogs and multimedia specials. All of the news and features from the print edition of Nature appear on this site (often days before the journal has been printed), along with further content produced exclusively for online. For unrivalled authority, accessibility and insights into the science news that shapes your world, bookmark Nature News.