Findings magazine

Dear Science Educators and Professionals:

Check out the latest issue of Findings magazine (http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/findings/), which "puts a face on science" by profiling the work and personality of vibrant scientists.

This issue features Estela Arrese, a biochemist who studies fat storage and regulation in insects and Kevin Tracey, an immunologist and neurosurgeon who studies why our immune systems can make us sick. As with all issues of Findings, this one includes a science-based crossword puzzle and extra online content. Subscriptions are free.

We have many other printed and online resources about medically relevant life sciences. You can order individual copies or classroom sets of printed materials at http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/order/classroom.html. From that same Web site, click on the desired publication to download full-text HTML or PDF versions.

• Award-winning booklets on topics including cell biology, genetics, chemistry, pharmacology, structural biology, and computational biology. Several of the booklets are enhanced with additional online content.
• Interactive games and crossword puzzles that teach science.
• Scientific image galleries containing downloadable photos, illustrations, and videos.
• Video and audio interviews with scientists.
• A monthly electronic newsletter that highlights recent scientific advances.
• Three full-color classroom posters.

These materials are produced by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health. They are not copyrighted and you are free to excerpt content from them to use in the classroom or on a class Web site.

If you know of other people or organizations that would be interested in these free educational resources, please forward this message to them. We also encourage you to include information about our free materials in relevant listservs, Web sites, and newsletters.

If you have any questions about NIGMS science education materials, please contact me at alisa.machalek@nih.gov or 301-496-7301.

Order your free materials now from http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/order/classroom.html!

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Curriculum Supplements

A popular series of curriculum supplements from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aimed at promoting science education achievement is now aligned to individual state education standards in science, math, health and English language arts for grades K-12. This cross-curricular alignment, unique to each state, shows educators how the NIH curriculum supplements will help them meet specific learning goals for students and spells out the usefulness of the series nationwide. This series is FREE to educators upon request.

 The ongoing series—which currently includes 16 supplements on such topics as genetics, infectious diseases, and cell biology—promotes inquiry-based, interdisciplinary learning. The supplements—consistent with the National Science Education Standards—combine cutting-edge science research discoveries and real scientific data from NIH with state of the art instructional materials for grades K-12. The National Institutes of Health—The Nation’s Medical Research Agency—is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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The website below has a complete set of PowerPoint Slides for a course in Green Science and Technology (sustainability science and technology). In addition, the site has a link to others from which can be downloaded a set of slides for a course on green chemistry along with the complete text of a book on this topic, and another to a set of slides for a basic course on environmental chemistry.  These materials are being provided without charge as a service to the Environmental Science education community.