NSTA and NOAA take teachers online and underwater.High school educators aiming to ramp up Ramp Up To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand. Notes: A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product. See also: Demand, Economies of Scale their coral reef lesson plans have a new resource at their fingertips. The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA NSTA National Science Teachers Association NSTA National School Transportation Association NSTA National Spasmodic Torticollis Association NSTA National Substitute Teachers Alliance (Fresno, California) ) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Noun 1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and (NOAA NOAA abbr. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Noun 1. NOAA - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; ) have partnered to produce the Coral Ecosystem SciGuides. As part of NSTA's SciGuides offerings, the Web-based guide is designed to help teachers use the Internet in the classroom. The Coral Ecosystem SciGuides provides one-stop shopping for lesson planning, says NOAA Education Specialist Bruce Moravchik. And it's like an online textbook, explains Stacey Rudolph, NSTA SciGuides program manager. It includes and organizes expertly vetted links related to three coral reef themes: biology, ecosystem and conservation. Teachers can tap into specific topics by searching keywords. For example, the keyword "habitat" lists and organizes numerous resources, including Australia's Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef, largest complex of coral reef in the world, c.1,250 mi (2,000 km) long, in the Coral Sea, forming a natural breakwater for the coast of Queensland, NE Australia. . Icons such as "assessment," "hands-on investigation" or "in the news" fine-tune the search. Pedagogy experts reviewed all lesson plans, classroom activities and computer simulations, ensuring all are aligned to national science standards. NSTA constantly updates the guides with new links. SciGuides is like a living resource, says Rudolph. www.sciguides.nsta.org/ |
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