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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, an official government website for Kids

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, an official government website for Kids

ActionBioscience.org examines bioscience issues in biodiversity, environment, genomics, biotechnology, evolution, new frontiers in the sciences, and education. Includes peer-reviewed articles, class lessons, and educator resources. Fundamental Biosciences Life sciences include disciplines of science that are concerned with the scientific study of life – including microbes, plants, and animals, including humans. Biology is an umbrella term for the natural sciences that study life, with the other life sciences serving as subfields. Also, in the area of Life sciences, we aim to promote the understanding of biodiversity of life and improve bioscience literacy to increase global ecological consciousness and promote bioscience education. Goals and Features of Bioscience on ICWB.com To achieve the beforementioned aims, this section features articles written by scientists, scientific educators and science students on a variety of bioscience-related subjects. The record shows time and again that one person or a small group can awaken the public to the importance of an issue and bring about a startling change in the direction of a society.Hal Mooney. Inspired by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)

Budget Homeschool HEM's Homeschooling Information and Resources A new (home)school year begins: | gezellig-girl.com A month ago, I was feeling kind of stuck for blog post ideas, so I threw it out there to Twitter and Facebook — what would guys like to hear about? — and, to my surprise, someone asked me about homeschooling my kid. Huh. I admit, I don’t post much about my kid because, to be frank, I hate to see bloggers use their kid’s life as fodder for posts. But, at the same time, I really see homeschooling as going hand-in-hand with my ideas about voluntary simplicity, and since I was asked, I’m breaking my vow of not making posts about my kid (although I asked her first it she would mind and she was all “sure, whatevs” about it). I never know quite how much detail to delve into when someone asks me about homeschooling my kid — do they want to know why we chose it? So she can get as much science, technology, engineering, and math as she wants, without picking up any “girls can’t do math/science” from teachers or students. So she can ask as many questions as she wants without ever getting told to stop.

SproutClassrooms: Used Classroom & Teaching Materials EasyFunSchool - FREE homeschooling curriculum, lesson plans, unit studies, preschool activities, literature unit, Christian homeschooling history unit study, Charlotte Mason style homeschool lesson plans, curriculum ideas, children's recipes, kids cr Family Unschoolers Network - Unschooling Support Ambleside Online WriteAtHome - Online Writing Tutors for Teens and Tweens Lil’ Explorer Thursdays « Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Come explore 10-noon each Thursday, September-April in the Visitor’s Center. See story time, meet plant and animal visitors, play games and many other fun activities. Each week has a new theme. Lil’ Explorer Thursdays is funded in part by the Minnesota State Arts Board through the arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment.

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