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Writing Resources Online from U. of Maine's Writing Center. Professional: VOTELINK
VOTELINK is an ambitious interactive polling station published by Alexia Parks, an ex-Washington Post columnist in Boulder, Colorado. Each week polls on national issues are conducted for the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the U.K., as well as for certain U.S. states and cities. Pros and cons are provided before each vote, and you can view the results immediately afterwards. There's also a discussion area attached to each issue. Pulling the handle at the voting booth has never been easier.

Science Ed

Science Education Department at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
U. S. Office of Science Education and Technical Information
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
National Science Foundation
announces its WWW server. The NSF Home Page includes the Guide to Programs and the Grants Proposal Guide. These documents provide information on program initiatives at NSF, along with instructions for preparing and submitting proposals. The Home Page also includes biographies of NSF officials, and a feature on the Alan T. Waterman Award winners. Weekly "What's New" pages provide a summary of new items.

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/

date: 22-Nov-94, Ames Research Center K-12 Home Page. Ames Research Center K-12 Home Page. Welcome to the Home of the NASA K-12 Internet Initiative. Our mission: To provide support and services for schools, teachers and students to fully utilize the Internet, and its underlying information technologies, as one of the basic tools of learning and acquiring knowledge. NASA K-12 Internet Projects: *K-12 education sites all over the world . *General information on the HPCC & K-12 Internet Projects. *Online Interactive projects, Curriculum guides, Internet resources, and More! Quest Gopher Server, Web Documents, Educational Programs at NASA Ames Research Center, * The Ames Teacher Resource Center , *Educational Programs and Services Index. Links to Other Web Home Pages * Ames Research Center Partner Schools * NASA Research Center

NCSA Education Program Home Page
outline: NCSA Education Program Exhibits. excerpt: NCSA Education Program Home Page NCSA Education Program Welcome to the NCSA Education Program's Home Page! As a part of NCSA , the Education Program works to bridge the gap between scientific research and education and make the tools for computational science available in the classroom. We also try to show students and teachers how they may access resources on the Internet. Below are some exhibits that we think help to demonstrate how computers and computer networks may enhance K-12 education. Exhibits * 1994 SuperQuest for Teachers at NCSA High School teachers and teacher support personnel from around the midwest are enhancing their computational modeling skills so they can bring computers and simulations to their classrooms.

NASA Teacher Resource Center Network
outline: NASA Teacher Resource Center Network NASA Education Division NASA Teacher Resource Center Network Teacher Resource Centers TRCs/RTRCs By State Regional Teacher Resource Centers Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE) Other Specialized Resource Centers
excerpt: NASA Teacher Resource Center Network NASA Education Division NASA's Education Division provides educational programs and materials for teachers and students from the elementary to the university level. The NASA Teacher Resource Center Network, a dissemination mechanism to provide educators with NASA educational materials, is one of the programs that has helped science and mathematics teachers over the years. NASA Teacher Resource Center Network Teachers need immediate access to the information that is generated by NASA programs, technologies, and discoveries, so they can bring that excitement into their classrooms. NASA educational materials are related to art, mathematics, energy, physics, careers, spaceflight, aeronautics, technology utilization, physical science.