Spellings Highlights NCLB in Rural Alaska
Secretary Spellings joined Senator Ted Stevens and Senator Lisa Murkowski to highlight strides made by Alaska's schools and students under the No Child Left Behind Act during school visits in rural Alaska.Statement on SAT Scores for Class of 2007
Secretary Spellings said, "The College Board's recently released SAT test scores for the class of 2007 reaffirm the need for greater accountability and increased rigor in our nation's high schools in order to prepare students for college and the workforce."08.27.07
Teaching Resources: Calories, Nanoscience, Hawaii and More
Calories and physical activity, the anatomy of hearing, novels, nanoscience, astronomy, photography, and Hawaii are among the topics of new resources at FREE, the website that makes teaching resources from federal agencies easier to find.08.24.07
New — 1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii
recounts the struggle between native Hawaiians and American businessmen for control of Hawaii. This 1897 petition and a lobbying effort by native Hawaiians convinced the U.S. Congress not to annex the islands. But months later the U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana and the Spanish-American War began. The U.S. needed a mid-Pacific fueling station and naval base. (National Archives and Records Administration)New — Science of Energy Balance: Calorie Intake and Physical Activity
helps students strive toward energy balance. Lessons and activities reveal what energy is, how our bodies use it, how students spend their time, how serving sizes on food labels compare with the amounts of food they eat, and how many calories are associated with various foods. They analyze data and design experiments to learn how genetics, food availability, and exercise affect weight changes in mice. (National Institutes of Health)Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics provides data on students, teachers, schools, colleges and universities, and more.Grants to Help Train Early Childhood Educators
ED has awarded a total of $13.3 million to four organizations to help them fund professional development programs for early childhood educators.Spellings Speaks in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Secretary Spellings offered remarks to students of the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Sao Paulo, Brazil, about the importance of two-way international exchanges and partnerships in higher education.08.23.07
New — The Big Read
promotes reading by encouraging communities to choose books to read and discuss. The website provides supporting resources -- discussion questions, author information, teacher guides, and more -- for the novels, including Fahrenheit 451, My Antonia, The Great Gatsby, The Maltese Falcon, A Farewell to Arms, Their Eyes Were Watching God, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Grapes of Wrath, The Joy Luck Club, The Age of Innocence, and Bless Me, Ultima. (National Endowment for the Arts)New — Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945
looks at photomontages, surrealism, war, and other themes and techniques of photography as an art form and a symbol of modernity across Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, and Poland after World War I. (National Gallery of Art)New — How Your Brain Understands What Your Ear Hears
helps students learn how audio and visual cues can help communication, how loudness is measured, how changes in the "hearing pathway" may affect hearing, and how to prevent hearing loss. Animations (under "student activities") show an ear hearing the Gettysburg Address in 5 languages, a graphic display of pitch and volume, and how sounds are converted into electrical impulses and sent to the brain. (National Institutes of Health)New — Nanoscience
explains what nanoscience is, how it is used, and what it means for society. Learn how individual atoms and molecules are being manipulated to create tiny machines the size of human cells. Find out how nanoscience could change the design of many products, from car tires to vaccines to objects yet to be imagined. (National Science Foundation)New — Astronomy and Space
looks at research into fundamental questions: Where did everything come from? What is the universe made of, and how does it work? What is our place in the cosmos? Are we alone? Learn about the Big Bang, dark matter, superstrings, and Einstein's general theory of relativity. See images of galaxies, sunspots, and an area near what is thought to be a black hole. (National Science Foundation)08.22.07
Secretary Spellings Visits Chile
Secretary Spellings met with Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs Alejandro Foxley in Santiago, Chile, while leading a delegation of college and university presidents to Latin America.08.15.07
Statement on ACT Scores for Class of 2007
Secretary Spellings issued a statement on ACT scores for the Class of 2007.Teaching Resources: Engineering, Health, Painting, and More
Engineering, geology, healthy behaviors, mental illness, Independence Hall, Venetian painting, computer science, and careers are among the topics of new resources at FREE, the website that makes teaching resources from federal agencies easier to find.08.14.07
New — Independence Hall: International Symbol of Freedom
recounts the history of the building in Philadelphia where the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence and where, a decade later, delegates to the Constitutional Convention formulated the Constitution: the Pennsylvania State House. The Pennsylvania Assembly, which had been meeting in homes and taverns, moved into the building in September 1735. It was considered the most ambitious public building in the colonies. (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places)New — Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
tells the story of Camp Chase, one of the largest prisoner-of-war camps for Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. Located on the western outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, the camp -- now a cemetery for Confederate soldiers -- played a key role in the evolution of federal policy on marking Confederate graves. (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places)New — Science of Mental Illness
provides six lessons that help students understand what mental illnesses are. PET images show changes in the brain and how treatment can change activity levels and restore functioning. Case studies and other activities explore differences among illnesses, risk factors, and treatment plan goals. Students develop a brochure to inform people about mental illness. (National Institutes of Health)New — Science of Healthy Behaviors
introduces middle school students to the scientific study of behavior. Lessons focus on defining "behavior," what influences it, surveys, and behavioral specialists in health care settings. In role-playing activities as behavioral therapists, students investigate the influences and consequences of behaviors. They also learn how science provides evidence that can be used to understand and treat human disease. (National Institutes of Health)New — Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting
examines a phase of the Renaissance in Venice when three great masters were working side by side (1500 to 1530). The innovations of Bellini, Giorgione, Titian and their contemporaries influenced European art for centuries. Learn about the historical climate, sacred images and stories, allegories and mythologies, and more. (National Gallery of Art)New — USGS Publications
offers 40 online booklets on geology-related topics: acid rain, birth of mountains, building stones of our nation's capital, changing continents, collecting rocks, deserts, earth's interior, earthquakes, fossils, gemstones, geologic history of Cape Cod, geologic time, glaciers, gold, the Ice Age, San Andreas fault, and volcanoes. (U.S. Geological Survey)New — BRUSHster
lets you paint on the web. It offers more than 40 brushes and textures, and a full palette of colors and effects that blur, ripple, and fragment your designs. Click "auto" to see the computer generate screen designs. (National Gallery of Art)08.13.07
Grants to Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities
Tribally controlled colleges and universities in Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin have been selected to receive grants totaling $11,982,128 to assist their efforts to improve and expand their capacity to serve American Indian students.
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