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NSDL/NSTA Year 2 Web Seminar 10:
It's Alive: Online Life Science Resources for the Middle School Classroom

The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL have partnered together once again for the 2007-2008 school year, offering another exciting round of web seminars for teacher professional development showcasing NSDL experts and resources.

For seminar 10 (April 1, 2008), It's Alive: Online Life Science Resources for the Middle School Classrooms, NSDL features our experts Chad Dorsey and Joyce Tugel, Science Specialists from the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA).

Through MMSA's PRISMS Project (Phenomena and Representations for the Instruction of Sciences in Middle Schools), teachers can find selected, vetted, and extensively annotated references to resources for middle school curricula. PRISMS (beta version work-in-progress) saves you time to not only find quality resources, but also how to better align these resources to learning goals based on AAAS's Benchmarks for Science Literacy and the National Science Education Standards.

Additional Resources:

• Seminar reference list for online materials related to the seminar
• Powerpoint Slides of Presentation
• Expert Voices: Careers in Science

Upcoming seminars in the NSDL series:

May 27, 2008; 6:30-8:00 p.m. Eastern
Title: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears Series: Integrating Science and Literacy for the K-5 ClassroomSeminar 1: Polar Geography
Presenters: Jessica Fries-Gaither and Dr. Carol Landis

June 12, 2008; 6:30-8:00 p.m. Eastern
Title: Enlightening Experiences with Energy
Presenters: Dr. John Roeder and Dr. Cathy Mariotti Ezrailson