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NOVA Podcasting []. Podcasts from the producers of the award-winning science documentary show.
 * [|Science Teachers Association of Ontario] (check out the virtual library. There is going to be a fee starting soon.)
 * NASA [|astronomy] picture of the day
 * [|Lots of movie clips and real-life info for Science] and Math
 * TierneyLab Puzzles [] (John Tierney, The New York Times' science columnist, writes challenging word problems that "put ideas in science to the test." Solve and comment on the puzzles and their extra credit extensions.)
 * Want free resources? Schedule regular visits to the [|NSTA Science Teachers Grab Bag].
 * NOVA Podcast: expanding on topics from the T.V. programs
 * NOVA scienceNOW podcast: conversations with scientists and science journalists
 * NOVA Vodcast: video podcasts
 * NOVA E = mc2 podcast: ten explanations of Einstein's famous equation

SMARTBoard Mini-Movies [|__http://www.misterteacher.com/minimovies/minimovies.html__] Enhance your SMARTBoard Notebook presentations with these mini-movies, which are simple Flash animations. Jamie Tubbs has created mini-movies on several Science topics including: Kinetic & Potential Energy, Properties of Light, Thermal Energy, Forces & Motion, Simple Machines.

Tomatosphere, a Canadian science curriculum program is now in its ninth year, and has more than 11 000 classes involved. The enclosed flyer and poster will introduce you to the program which has a focus on grades 3 (plants), grade 6 (space) and grade 9-10 (space, Mars and environment). Best news! Except for the peat pots, it is a FREE program. But, you must register soon in order to get your seeds for spring planting. This year’s seeds are limited because the non-control group has been at the International Space Station for 2 months and the number of seeds available are obviously finite. More information is available at the Tomatosphere web site – [|www.tomatosphere.org] - where you register for the program.