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Waterfall at Sycamore Mills Dam, Ridley Creek State Park

From the Ridley Creek State Park website:  "Ridley Creek State Park encompasses over 2,606 acres of Delaware County woodlands and meadows. The gently rolling terrain of the park, bisected by Ridley Creek, is only 16 miles from center city Philadelphia. Within the park boundaries was a small 18th century village, which grew up around the site of a mill. Now known as Sycamore Mills, the area had been previously named Bishop’s Mill and Providence Mill. The miller’s house, the office and library, and several small mill workers’ dwellings are currently used as private residences. The park area has been designated as the Ridley Creek State Park Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. Park property was purchased in the 1960s with Project 70 funds, and developed with Land and Water Conservation Fund moneys. Park facilities were dedicated to public use in August of 1972."

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New Educational Video Series from AGU

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has launched a new video series entitled Live Education Activity Resource Network (LEARN) with AGU. This series of short Earth and space science-related videos for K-12 educators gives you the tools you need to try new hands-on activities with your students, complete with teacher guides and other resources.

AAG Offers Geography Resources for Teachers

The Association of American Geographers (AAG) offers an array of web resources for K-12 and college-level instruction. Reinforcing this year’s Earth Science Week theme of “Mapping Our World,” these materials support geographic approaches to Earth science education:

The Unknown Moon

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The Lunar and Planetary Institute and JHU’s Applied Physics Laboratory will be holding a free week-long institute about the Moon this summer at Laurel, MD, for high school science teachers.  An application form are available online at http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/workshops/unknownMoon/. 

We do hope many high school teachers are able to apply.

NAGT-Eastern Section Spring Field Conference, Lock Haven, PA, May 30-June 2, 2013

The National Association of Geoscience Teachers-Eastern Section (NAGT-ES) is hosting their spring conference, titled “Geological Excursions in the Allegheny Plateau and Valley and Ridge sections,” in Lock Haven, PA.  Lock Haven is situated between the Allegheny Plateau Province and the Valley and Ridge Province on the shores of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, in proximity to the Allegheny Front structural escarpment.  The history of the area is closely tied to the regional geology.  The river was used for transporting lumber to the mills.  Friday of the conference will be spent l

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Thursday, May 30, 2013 (All day) to Sunday, June 2, 2013 (All day)

March 2013 PAESTAR

This month, we recognize Theresa Lewis-King, middle school science teacher at AMY Northwest in Philadelphia. Theresa's accomplishments are significant and wide-ranging, especially with regards to PAESTA. Theresa is the founder and chair of the PAESTA Teacher Advisory Committee, and she continues to work to improve PAESTA online resources and to mentor teachers as leaders in the organization.

News and Notes from PAESTA - March 2013

The March 2013 News and Notes from PAESTA has been sent out. You can view it online via this link.

NSTA's New Science Teacher Academy: Now Accepting Applications

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The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) offers second- through fifth-year middle and high school science teachers the opportunity to participate in the New Science Teacher Academy, a yearlong professional development and mentoring program co-founded with a grant from the Amgen Foundation. Emphasizing quality science teaching, enhanced teacher confidence, classroom excellence, and solid content knowledge, participants (Academy Fellows) enjoy top-notch face-to-face and online support and access to comprehensive educational resources.

NASA looking for middle school girls to help change the world through STEM

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Women@NASA has created five-week virtual mentoring projects for middle school (grades 5-8) female students. Through Skype or Google Chat, girls are mentored by a NASA employee – it could be an engineer, accountant, scientist, or astronaut. For updates and application information, visit: http://women.nasa.gov/nasagirls/

Rocky Run, Media, PA

This image, taken on a rainy day, is the stream bed of Rocky Run, with approximately one foot of the channel anchored with plant roots exposed, at Tyler Arboretum in Media, PA.

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