•  www.flinnsci.com   From Flinn Scientific a great resource for teachers offering information in all science areas. Free demonstrations are just a part of what you will find.
  
  Flinn Safety Notes Keep up to date with the latest in classroom safety issues as well as what the law requires. Shows how to read an MSDS sheet and what it means

          Gender Equity in the Sciences

The American Association of University Women Educational Foundation and the National Science Foundation are among the top supporters of gender equity projects in the sciences.  Under the Microscope: A Decade of Gender Equity Projects in the Sciences addresses the following questions:

• What can we learn from a decade of gender equity efforts in the sciences?
• What types of gender equity projects in the sciences have been supported and promoted during the past decade?
• Which STEM disciplines and project approaches have been favored and which have been overlooked?
  
  
• Michigan Department of Education
  
• MI CLiMB
  
• MASER
  
• Michigan Curriculum Framework Benchmarks and Standards
  
• MI BIG
  
• Michigan Teacher Networks
  

• NEW AND IMPROVED:  Science MEAP review page
       

• Michigan Science Teachers Association
  
• National Science Teachers Association
  On this website, you can sign up to receive Science Class, NSTA's monthly electronic newsletter for science educators. Every month, Science Class features a curriculum topic that is supported by a range of NSTA-approved teaching resources: news stories, Internet "SciLinks®," NSTA journal articles (sorted by grade range), books, and more. In addition, every issue includes a column on professional development, as well as NSTA news highlights.
  
  Virtual Travel  The Bay Arenac ISD. Provides this wonderful opportunity for all to experience a virtual field trip. Now you can have your class visit places across the US. that relate directly to what is going on in your classroom at the time. All trips are done locally or at two sites at the ISD.Contact Jeannie Wolicki - Nichols 989-667-3245   
  or virtualtravel@baisd.net  To see more visit www.twice.cc 
  
  
  
  SPOTLIGHT ON ASSESSMENT
  Assessment in today's education system has to determine so much: Are students meeting new federal guidelines detailed in No Child Left Behind? Are the teachers' adequately covering the material assessed by standardized tests? Are students really "getting it?" It's no wonder if you are overwhelmed, confused, and frustrated. We've chosen to focus this issue on how teachers are managing to keep it all together including their testing requirements, their curriculum guidelines, and their passion for teaching.

  Assessment in the News
  Nowhere is the conflict about assessment more evident than in today's headlines. This month's news stories report that national indicators are not in agreement about what students are achieving, that big states are better at monitoring standards, and that exit exams are here to stay.

  Article summaries provided by the NSTA WebNews Digest (Visit http://www.nsta.org/mainnews for nationwide news for science educators).  Click here to read more:  http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2004-03/news_stories_high.htm

  Assessment on the Net
  In this month's high school journal, The Science Teacher, NSTA members read "Student Poster Sessions." The link to that article is:
  http://www.nsta.org/gateway&j=tst&n=49072
  
  SciLinks® is a web-based service from NSTA that provides online content chosen for printed articles and books. It does so through keywords; the keyword from this issue is:
  Intertidal Zones: http://www.scilinks.org/retrieve_outside.asp?sl=926356991033104435

  NSTA Articles on Assessment
  The following NSTA journal articles provide you with ideas for classroom lessons and activities related to assessment.

  Click here to read more:
  http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2004-03/high_school.htm

  Books, Books, Books
  Click here to view a list of books from the NSTA Catalog that deal with assessment. http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2004-03/books_high.htm

  Click here to view the newest titles from NSTA Press:
  http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2004-03/newbookshigh.htm