SEPGuide: Science Education Partnership  

Engage: The Science Speaker Series is a pilot program where UW PhD students build their skills of communicating with the public about their work.

You can sign up for the Engage: The Science Speaker Series email list on their website http://engage-science.com.

SEP Teacher Connie Franks hosted a team of students at the Kent School Disrict Tech Expo. Her students used SEP kit equipment in demonstrations for the large crowds. See the video

http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/Page/4101#ooid=85dHY2OTow11Gi0iHjH9pp33FpI-aHbi

SEP offers professional development, created by teachers and scientists, for secondary school teachers in Washington State.

This video article from the New York Times shows how technology for movies like Avatar is melding with molecular biology to create something spectacular. (Requires Flash Player)

Around 6 a.m. local time each day, the Sun, Earth, and one of NASA's geosynchronous satellites form a right angle, affording a nadir (straight down) view of the terminator, the edge between the shadows of nightfall and the sunlight of dusk and dawn. The shape of this line between night and day varies with the seasons, which means different lengths of days and differing amounts of warming sunshine. (from NASA's Image of the Day website)

Check it out!!