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Solving the math/science riddle: the way out of our most serious educational challenge may lie in a host of new digital curriculum supplements.(hardware & software)

Publication: T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)
Publication Date: 01-FEB-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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WHEN PLUTO LOST its planetary status recently, science teachers found themselves in a bit of a bind. Their textbooks were suddenly out of date, leaving them scrambling to explain a changing solar system without a sufficient reference.

Of course, outdated textbooks and inadequate resources...

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...are nothing new in the educational arena--nor a problem limited to science. Science and math teachers in particular, though, may be disinclined to wait for textbooks to catch up when information is readily available online. Fortunately, they have plenty of choices when searching for digital science and math curriculum supplements, as new technologies have inundated the market and entered classrooms across the country.

Making a Science Connection

Discovery Education (education.discovery.com), a division of Maryland-based Discovery Communications (corporate. discovery.com), is set to go live in early spring with Science Connection. Featuring a web-based interface used in tandem with Discovery's Unitedstreaming database of digital video content, Science Connection acts as a multimedia toolbox stocked with interactive video, science simulations, and virtual labs designed for the middle school level, the stage at which students often plateau in knowledge and skill sets.

Science Connection's annual subscription...

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