Visit these websites to keep up with the news in Science & Technology:

EARTH HOUR: At 8 pm on March 29, Earth Hour goes global, with cities and towns around the world taking a stand on the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, and millions of people unit5ing to turn the tide on global warming. Take a stand. Turn off your lights for one hour. www.earthhour.org.

The Spring 2008 Quarterly Bulletin of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering is now available online at: http://www.ctcase.org/bulletin/23_1/23_1.pdf   (Teachers. Please note teachers may distribute the Bulletin to students at no charge. AND free electronic subscriptions to the Bulletin can be requested by completed the form on the Academy's website at: http://www.ctcase.org/order.html)

101 WAYS TO CELEBRATE SPACE DAY IN MAY - www.spaceday.org

Page 17 — Science Fair Projects

ISEF Videos -http://youtube.com/groups_videos?name=isef08

Scientific American. May 15, 2008 News from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair - http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=news-from-the-intel-science-fair

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair - http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/index.asp

Scientific American. How to use nature¹s freebies to kill aphids and remove lead - http://science-community.sciam.com/blog-entry/Sciam-Observations/Use-Natures-Freebies-Kill-Aphids/580000914?sc=intel_nws

See Theresa Oei discuss her project -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O72-AztvtQ&feature=user

Page 16 — Making a Career of Forensic Science

Team 8 Investigates: The CSI Effect - http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4446803
The Connecticut Forensic Science Laboratory - http://www.ct.gov/dps/cwp/view.asp?a=2155&Q=296214&dpsNav=|
American Academy of Forensic Sciences: Choosing a Career - http://www.aafs.org/default.asp?section_id=resources&page_id=choosing_a_career

Page 15 — Teens, Marketing, Nutrition & Weight

National Health Museum. Health Question of the Week: Junk food marketing aimed at kids - http://www.accessexcellence.org/HHQ/qow/qow03/qow040830.php
Campaign for a Commercial-free Childhood. Links related to Obesity/Food Marketing - http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/news/obesity.htm
Web MD. Eating Breakfast May Beat Teen Obesity: Study Shows Teens Who Don't Skip Breakfast Eat a Healthier Diet -
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20080303/eating-breakfast-may-beat-teen-obesity
USA Today. Surroundings Contribute to Teen Obesity - http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-09-25-teen-obesity_N.htm PBS. Flawed Media Coverage of Teen Obesity - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/speakout/editorial/obesity_9-29.html
nrg: Powered by choice. Teens lead change for more activity and balanced nutrition - http://www.poweredbychoice.org/about/index.php

Page 14 — What is the Genome? Why Study It?

National DNA Day is April 25. Webcasts, teaching tools, news, and more - http://www.genome.gov/10506367
Genome programs of the US Department of Energy Office of Science - http://genomics.energy.gov/
Repair shops for broken DNA - http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/07nov_repairshops.htm
Genome Sequence Shows What Makes Bacteria Dangerous For Troops In Iraq. Some of Dr. Snyder¹s work - http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Genome_Sequence_Shows_What_Makes_Bacteria_ Dangerous_For_Troops_In_Iraq_999.html Individual differences caused by shuffled chunks of DNA in the human genome. More work from Dr. Snyder¹s lab - http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-09/yu-idc092407.php

Page 13 — Genetically Modified Foods

GMO Crops: A Growing Concern. Pros and cons. Business Week - http://www.businessweek.com/debateroom/archives/2008/01/gmo_crops_a_gro.html
Genetically Modified Foods and Organisms: Benefits and Controversies - http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml

Page 12 — Energy Harvesting/Biofuels

Knee brace generates electricity from walking. University of Michigan News Service
http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=6325

Power Walking: A backpack that Charges Your iPod?. Michigan Tech News/Media. http://www.admin.mtu.edu/urel/news/media_relations/606/

Powering Your Cell Phone Could Be a Walk in the Park. Scentific American
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=powering-cell-phone-battery

Greener Gadgets Conference Spotlights Solar Laptops, Bioplastic Printer. Information Week
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206103753

Page 11— Fossils & Climate Change

"How Does Climate Change Influence Alaska's Vegetation? Insights from the Fossil Record." USGS science for a changing world - http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0071-97/

"In Ancient Fossils, Seeds of a New Debate on Warming." New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/07/science/earth/07co2.html

"Fossilized Midges Provide Clues To Future Climate Change." Science Daily -http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070709111430.htm

"Ancient fossils and modern climate change: The work of Jennifer McElwain." Understanding Evolution: your one-stop source for information on evolution - http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/mcelwain_01

Page 9—Short Takes On Science
MESSENGER Sends Back Photos! NASA MESSENGER website: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/
Click on Gallery to see photos of the side of Mercury, never seen before! Photos were taken by MESSENGER on January 15 during its closest approach to Mercury.

Page 7— Thermodynamics and Energy

NASA Glenn Research Center: What is Thermodynamics? - http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/thermo.html
RADER¹S PHYSICS4KIDS.COM: Thermodynamics - http://www.physics4kids.com/files/thermo_intro.html
RADER¹S CHEM4KIDS.COM: Chemical Reactions - http://www.chem4kids.com/files/react_thermo.html
CHEMystery: Thermodynamics - http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/thermodyn/

Page 6: December 6, 2007 — A Mysterious Comet

Science @NASA: A Fantastic Monday Morning Sky Show - http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/02nov_nov5.htm
Eureka Alert!: Hubble zooms in on heart of mystery comet - http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-11/eic-hzi111507.php
Scientific American: Comet Holmes' display captivates stargazers - http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=comet-holmes-display-capt
Scientific American: Sheer Luck Holmes A Bright Comet - http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=01402DAC-E7F2-99DF-3551A5FA9FB49 765
Asteroid Shower-- Mark your calendar: The best meteor shower of 2007 peaks on Friday, December 14th. Details at -
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/03dec_asteroidshower.htm?list209824

NIE Page 5: November 15, 2007— Magnetic Levitation
About.com: Inventors: What is Maglev? - http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blrailroad3.htm
How Stuff Works: How Maglev Trains Work - http://science.howstuffworks.com/maglev-train.htm

NIE Page 4: November 1, 2007—Climate Change

Calculate your home’s carbon footprint - http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html
A calculator for determining a school’s carbon footprint - www.earthteam.net/GWCampaign/calculate.html
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - http://www.ipcc.ch/
Climate Choices in the Northeast. A project of the Union of Concerned Scientists - http://www.climatechoices.org/ne/
Environmental Defense: Fight Global Warming—Myths, Facts, Science & more. Download “The Low Carbon Diet” here - http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/
Calculate your personal impact for yourself or your household - http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/carboncalculator.cfm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change - www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html
EPA Climate Change Kids Site - http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/cc.html
Action Steps: What YOU Can do - www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/actionsteps.html
United Nations Environmental Program: Climate Change - http://www.unep.org/themes/climatechange/

NIE Page 3: October 18, 2007—Sputnik, Invasive Species, Nobel Prizes

Sputnik's Designers Didn't Fathom Its Impact. An Interactive Timeline of the Space Age with photos and audio - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14949640
Newseum: The Space Race - http://www.newseum.org/cybernewseum/exhibits/dateline_moon/space.htm
NASA: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Space Age. http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/SpaceAge/ 
National Invasive Species Information Center http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection: Invasive Species http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2702&q=323494&depNav_GID=1641
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection: Aquatic Nusiance Species http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2696&q=322690&depNav_GID=1630
Nobelprize.org  http://nobelprize.org/

NIE Page 2: October 4, 2007—Analytical Chemistry

NIE Page 1: September 20, 2007—Green and Sustainable Buildings

Web sites for Science & Technology News

Science Daily. Breaking news about the latest discoveries and hottest research projects in everything from astrophysics to zoology—updated several times daily. www.sciencedaily.com
EurekAlert! Online, global news service operated by AAAS, the science society. http://www.eurekalert.org/pubnews.php
Kids’ science news at http://www.eurekalert.org/kidsnews/
Connecticut Science Center    http://www.ctsciencecenter.org/
Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering  http://www.ctcase.org/
Connecticut Academy for Education   http://www.ctacad.org/
Connecticut Informal Science and Nature Centers
American Clock & Watch Museum, Bristol    www.clockmuseum.org
Ansonia Nature & Recreation Center, Ansonia     www.ansonianaturecenter.org
Bartlett Arboretum, Stamford  http://www.bartlettarboretum.org/
Bauer Park (Madison Beach & Rec. Dept.), Madison      http://madisonct.org/bauerpark.html
Bruce Museum, Stamford  www.brucemuseum.org
Bushy Hill Nature Center, Ivoryton  www.bushyhill.org
Children’s Garbage Museum, Stratford      www.crra.org/pages/edu_museums.htm#strtfd
Children’s Museum of SE Connecticut, Niantic    www.childrensmuseumsect.org
Clean Air-Cool Planet, New Cannan   www.cleanair-coolplanet.org
Connecticut Audubon Center at Bent of the River, Southbury  www.audubon.org
Connecticut Audubon Center in Greenwich   www.greenwich.center.audubon.org
Connecticut Audubon Center in Sharon      www.sharon.audubon.org
Connecticut Audubon Society at Fairfield  www.ctaudubon.org
Connecticut Audubon Society at Glastonbury      www.ctaudubon.org/visit/glastonbury.htm
Connecticut Audubon Society at Ragged Hill Woods, Brooklyn      www.ctaudubon.org/visit/raggedhill.htm
Connecticut Audubon Society at Trail Wood, Hampton    www.ctaudubon.org/visit/trailwood.htm
Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum at Fairfield      www.ctaudubon.org/visit/birdcraft.htm
Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Milford Point, Milford      www.ctaudubon.org/visit/milford.htm
Connecticut Audubon Society Center at Pomfret Center  www.ctaudubon.org/visit/pomfret.htm
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, East Hartford   www.ccat.us
Connecticut Children’s Museum, New Haven        www.childrensbuilding.org
Connecticut College Arboretum, New London       http://arboretum.conncoll.edu
Connecticut Forest & Parks Assoc., Rockfall           www.ctwoodlands.org
Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority Visitors’ Center & Trash Museum, Hartford      www.crra.org
Connecticut River Museum      , Essex     www.ctrivermuseum.org
Connecticut Science Center, Hartford      www.ctsciencecenter.org
Connecticut Science Center Collaborative, New Cannan  www.sciencecentercollaborative.org
Connecticut Sea Grant   www.seagrant.uconn.edu
Connecticut State Museum of Natural History     www.cac.uconn.edu/mnhhome.html
Connecticut Trolley Museum, East Windsor  www.ct-trolley.org
Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, Bridgeport   www.beardsleyzoo.org
Copernican Observatory & Planetarium at CCSU, New Britain   www.ccsu.edu/astronomy
CT Energy Education, Windham  www.ctenergyeducation.com
Danbury Railway Museum  www.danbury.org/drm/museum.htm
Darien Nature Center    http://www.darien.org/dnc/
Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Mystic       www.dpnc.org
Devil’s Den Preserve, Weston  (860) 226-4991
Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill     www.dinosaurstatepark.org
Discovery Center at Ridgefield      www.ridgefielddiscovery.org
Discovery Museum, Bridgeport  www.discoverymuseum.org
Earthplace, The Nature Discovery Center, Westport     www.earthplace.org
Eleanor Buck Wolf Nature Center, Wethersfield   www.wethersfieldct.com/rec/nature_center
Eli Whitney Museum, Hamden    www.eliwhitney.org
Farm Implement Museum, Bloomfield
Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust, Woodbury www.flandersnaturecenter.org
Historic Ship NAUTILULS/Submarine Force Museum, Groton      www.ussnautilus.org
Imagine Nation Children’s Museum, Bristol www.imaginenation.org
Kellogg Environmental Center, Derby www.ct.gov/dep/education
Kidcity, Middletown     www.kidcitymuseum.com
Lock 12 Historical Park, Cheshire   www.cheshirect.org
Lutz Children’s Museum, Manchester  www.lutzmuseum.org
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk  www.maritimeaquarium.org
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, Mashantucket  www.pequotmuseum.org
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury   www.mattatuckmuseum.org
Menczer Museum of Medicine & Dentistry, Hartford      http://library.uchc.edu/hms/menczer.html
Millstone Discovery Center, Niantic      
Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration           www.mysticaquarium.org
New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park, Kensington     www.newbritainyouthmuseum.org
New Canaan Nature Center      www.newcanaannature.org
New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks     www.neam.org
New England Science Center Collaborative  (603) 444-1110
New Pond Farm, West Redding   www.newpondfarm.org
Northwest Park and Nature Center, Windsor       (860) 285-1886
Norwalk Seaport Museum, South Norwalk     www.seaport.org
Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven    www.yale.edu/peabody
Project Oceanology, Groton    www.oceanology.org
Quinebaug Valley Trout Hatchery, Plainfield     (860) 564-7542
Regional Water Authority—Whitney Water Center   www.rwater.com
Roaring Brook Nature Center   www.roaringbrook.org
Science DNA Epicenter (Only open to education groups), New London www.dnaepicenter.org/
Sessions Woods Conservation Education Center, Burlington    www.ct.gov/dep
Sheffield Island Lighthouse, Norwalk      www.lighthouse.cc/sheffield
Shoreline Outdoor Education Center, Guilford    www.shorelineoutdooreducationcenter.org
Shoreline Trolley Museum, East Haven      www.bera.org
SmartPower, Hartford    www.smartpower.org
SoundWaters, Stamford   www.soundwaters.org
Stamford Museum & Nature Center     www.stamfordmuseum.org
Stepping Stones Museum, Norwalk     www.steppingstonesmuseum.org
Sunny Valley Preserve (The Nature Conservancy), New Milford www.nature.org
Talcott Mountain Science Center, Avon     www.tmsc.org
The Childrens Museum, West Hartford www.thechildrensmuseumct.org
The Institute for American Indian Studies, Washington www.birdstone.org
Timexpo Museum, Waterbury     www.timexpo.com
Tomasso Nature Park, Plainville     (860) 747-6022
West Rock Nature Center, New Haven      www.cityofnewhaven.com/parks/parksinformation/westrockpark.asp
Westmoor Park, West Hartford
www.west-hartford.com/leisureservices/RecreationFacilities/westmoorpark/westmoorpark1.htm
White Memorial Conservation Center, Litchfield  www.whitememorialcc.org
Woodcock Nature Center, Wilton      www.woodcocknaturecenter.org