Education
http://www.worldhungeryear.org/fslc/
From World Hunger Year (WHY), this online Food Security Learning Center was created to provide site visitors "with an in-depth look at common hunger and poverty issues facing many U.S. communities." The Food Security Learning Center contains subject categories regarding Rural Poverty, Domestic Hunger & Federal Food Programs, Family Farms, Migrant & Seasonal Farms Workers, and Nutrition. The site also contains a Community Food Security section with subcategories pertaining to Community Supported Agriculture, Community Gardens, Food Policy Councils, Farmers' Markets, Farm to Cafeteria, and more. In addition, the Center links to several funding opportunities, an extensive Hunger & Poverty Resource Guide, and current Action Alerts. [NL]
http://www.tapirback.com/tapirgal/students.htm
Are you looking for information about tapirs? The Tapir Gallery website (first reported on in the September 15, 1999 Scout Report for Science & Engineering) is as an information resource about tapirs from the Tapir Preservation Fund. This section of the Tapir Gallery site is designed specifically for students searching for information about tapirs for school reports and other such assignments. The site offers basic information about the four species of tapir: Mountain, Malayan, Baird's, and Lowland. The site provides a collection of links to more information about each of these species as well. The website also contains images of tapirs, a list of interesting facts, an extensive bibliography (mostly useful for professionals and older students), and a FAQ section. [NL]
http://www.ars.org/About_Roses/rose_care_articles.htm
This website from the American Rose Society offers a variety of online articles about caring for roses, and related rose information. The site includes articles under such categories as Planting Roses, Pruning Roses, Spraying Roses, Propagation of Roses, Diseases of Roses, Watering, and many more. In regard to rose varieties, article categories include Old Garden Roses, Miniature and Mini-Flora Roses, Old(er) Roses-the Classic Roses, and Shrub Roses. The site even features articles on the culinary uses of roses with recipes for Rose Ice Cream, Rose Petal Salad, and Rose Jelly Cookies. Aficionados will no doubt enjoy viewing photographs of The World's Favorite Roses in the site's Rose Hall of Fame. Visitors with questions will appreciate the directory of Rosarians who will answer region-specific as well as topic-related queries. [NL]
http://www.ipminstitute.org/supersleuth.htm
Integrated Pest Management is an agricultural approach which works to minimize the use of pesticides. This interactive, kid-friendly website was created by the IPM Institute of North America to teach students in grades one through seven about Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The site utilizes a combination of word searches, crossword puzzles, matching and concentration games, and quizzes to introduce IPM concepts. The complete 114-page IPM Super Sleuth Document is also available for download. Site activities can be downloaded separately as well. For teachers and parents looking for additional information resources related to IPM, the site provides a helpful selection of annotated links. [NL]
http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/whale.ev.html
From the Evolution & the Nature of Science Institutes, this archived website contains a 45-minute lesson about evolutionary links between whales and terrestrial mammals. Through the lesson, high school biology students "experience the historical discovery of fossils which increasingly link whales to earlier land-dwelling mammals. This experience reveals how scientists can make predictions about past events, based on the theory and evidence that whales evolved." The lesson website contains concise sections addressing Principal and Associated Concepts, Assessable Objectives, Preparations, and Procedures. Downloadable materials for the lesson are provided as well. The site also includes a useful collection of Extensions and Resources. [NL]
http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/HistoryPublicHealth/
This Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) course about the history of public health is offered free to the Internet public through the JHSPH OpenCourseWare program. The course (taught by Graham Mooney during the spring semester of 2005) examines "the historical experience of health and illness from a population perspective." The site provides a brief description of the course, a downloadable reading list, and lecture notes available in MP3 format. Lecture headings include Quarantine!; Body Spaces: From Inoculation to Immunization; Education and Mothering; The Sanitary Idea; and more. Forthcoming JHSPH OpenCourseWare courses include Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology, and International Nutrition. [NL]
http://www.eurekalert.org/scienceforkids/stories.php
This online collection of kid-friendly science news stories is part of the Science for Kids website from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This is a great resource for introducing students to the amazing world of scientific discovery. The site currently contains 97 stories in chronological order dating from June 2003 to the present month. The science stories address a wide variety of subjects such as dinosaurs, cheese color, tiny marine animals, brown bear migration history, glowing bacteria, and many more. Kids can link to the stories by browsing an annotated list of hyperlinked titles. The brief stories include photographs with captions, contact information, and printing and email options. [NL]
The National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) "seeks to advance agricultural education and promote the professional interests and growth of agriculture teachers as well as recruit and prepare students who have a desire to teach agriculture." In addition to information about membership and the upcoming NAAE Convention, the site features resources and information relating to advocacy. The Advocacy section contains Legislative Alerts, information about communicating with members of Congress, and downloadable issues of the NAAE's Advocacy in Action Newsletter. The NAAE website also offers an electronic mailing list, and information about a variety of scholarships and awards. [NL]
