American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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ComPADRE: Resources for Physics and Astronomy Education

Collection Description:

ComPADRE is a set of communities of teachers and students in physics and astronomy and web-based collections of resources to support their needs. The communities supported by ComPADRE are groups that can benefit from the sharing of materials, information, and experiences in a web environment. Example communities include teachers of specific physics or astronomy courses, societies of undergraduate physics and astronomy students, and teachers addressing specific grade levels, such as high-school or middle-school teachers. Resources included in the collections are chosen to enhance the teaching and learning experience, and include multimedia learning objects, lesson plans, tutorials, laboratories and other student activities, and discussion forums on the use of these materials. The different collections are organized under the ComPADRE umbrella, which provides a central database (the Physical Sciences Resource Center), technical support, support for collection editors and community leaders, and the means to coordinate efforts across the communities.

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Contributor(s)	American Association Of Physics Teachers American Astronomical Society American Institute Of Physics American Physical Society Physics Central Society Of Physics Students
Grade Level	General Public High School Higher Education Informal Education Middle School Vocational/Professional Development Education
Intended Audience	Educator General Public Learner
Link	Http://www.compadre.org/
Resource Type	Article Audio/Visual Collection Community Conference Curriculum Dataset Event Exhibit Experiment/Lab Activity Forum Image Image/Image Set Instructional Material Instructor Guide/Manual Interactive Simulation InteractiveResource Lesson/Lesson Plan Listserv Movie/Animation Periodical Problem Set Reference Material Search Engine Simulation Text Tool Tutorial Workshop
Rights Information	Copyright 2003-2008. For Terms Of Use, See Http://www.compadre.org/portal/webdocs/Terms.cfm
Subject Keyword(s)	Astronomy Physics Space Science

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CSERD: Computational Science Education Reference Desk

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The Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) features resources to help students learn about computational science and to help teachers incorporate it into the classroom. Computational science involves the appropriate use of a computational architecture or computing environment (a computer, calculator, abacus, dice, or the like) to apply some algorithm, or mathematical method, to solve some scientific application, or problem. This combination of application, algorithm, and architecture results in a model that can be used as a scientific tool. The Resources section of the CSERD site provides a permanent collection of materials developed especially for CSERD, including models (pieces of scientific software), activities (lessons or lesson plans that use models), tutorials (short courses designed to teach a specific topic), applications, algorithms, architectures, and several other categories. The Resources form part of a larger catalogue of computational science items gathered by CSERD from around the internet. The catalogue can be searched or browsed by subject, keyword, education level, audience, and resource type. The record for each item includes a link to the resource, title, brief description, education level, and other information.

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Grade Level	High School Higher Education Middle School
Intended Audience	Educator Learner
Language	Eng
Link	Http://www.shodor.org/refdesk/
Publisher / Resource Provider	The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.
Resource Format	Text/html
Resource Type	Activity Collection Database Dataset Instructional Material Interactive Simulation InteractiveResource Lesson/Lesson Plan Model Numerical Model Search Engine Software Text Tool Tutorial
Rights Information	Copyright 1994-2007 Shodor
Subject Keyword(s)	Computational Science General Science Mathematical Models Mathematics Use Of Math In Science

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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"The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, pronounced 'Triple-A-S') is a nonprofit professional society dedicated to the advancement of scientific and technological excellence across all disciplines, and to the public's understanding of science and technology." AAAS's efforts include professional development programs for teachers and production of educational materials.

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Author	American Association For The Advancement Of Science (AAAS)
Grade Level	Graduate/Professional High School Higher Education Informal Education Middle School Undergraduate (Lower Division) Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Intended Audience	Educator Learner Researcher
Language	En
Link	Compadre.org:223
Publisher / Resource Provider	American Association For The Advancement Of Science
Resource Format	HTML Image/gif Image/jpeg Text/html
Resource Type	Collection Community Organization Organizations Professional Society Reference Material Service
Rights Information	Has A Copyright Or Other Licensing Restriction.
Subject Keyword(s)	General Science Organizations -- Organizations A Other Sciences Professional Society Science Science -- Science Education Organizations Science Advancement Science Online