Upcoming Events
July 30, 31 Aug 1, Oct 24, 25, 2008 -Science Olympiad Summer Training Camp
September 1, 2008 -Effective: New Science Endorsement Form
September 2008 -Body Worlds Exhibit at The Leonardo
September 15, 2008 -Deadline to register for Lexus Environmental Challenge #1
September 17, 2008 -iSEE Meeting @ Discovery Gateway
September 26, 2008 -SSECC Meeting (Morning)
September 27, 2008 -Library Square Fesitval of Science and Art
September 30, 2008 -Deadline for Kids in Need Teacher Grants
October 12-18, 2008 -American Geological Institute Earth Week 2008 "No Child Left Inside"
October 12, 2008 -Deadline for Best Buy Teach Awards Program
October 13, 2008 -Competition for 2008 Increase Your Green begins
October 17, 2008 -Deadline for Studying our Earth Contest for Students in K-5th grades
October 17, 2008 -Deadline for Earth Connections Contest for Students in 6th-9th grades
October 17, 2008 -Deadline for Earth Science Contest for all US residents
October 22, 2008 -Deadline for Fairchild Challenge( T-Shirt Design)
November 6, 2008 -SSECC Meeting (Afternoon)
November 3, 2008 -Deadline to register for Lexus Environmental Challenge #2
November 15, 2008 -Deadline for Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program
December 17 , 2008 -Deadline to register for Lexus Environmental Challenge #3
January 21, 2009 -Deadline for submission to Toyota TAPESTRY grants
January 20, 2009 -SSECC Meeting (All Day)
February 17, 2009 -Deadline to register for Final Lexus Environmental Challenge
March 13, 2009 -SSECC Meeting (Morning)
April 24, 2009 -Deadline for AAAS Leadership in Science Education Prize For High School Teachers
This new website is still under construction, if you can't find a link that was found on the old website, click here to browse the Old Science HomePage. (The Old Science Website is no longer being updated.)
This website has been updated July 30, 2008
September Highlights
Science News
June 23, 2008 -Scientists reveal why glass is glass
June 25, 2008 -Fossil of primitive 4-limbed creature found
July 17, 2008 -A Single Boulder May Prove that Antarctica and North America Were Once Connected
July 17, 2008 -Sorry, Charlie, You and Nemo Aren't the Only Fish That Talk
July 20, 2008 -Fourth Dwarf Planet Named For Polynesian God
Aug 11, 2008 -Invisibility Cloak One Step Closer: New Metamaterials Bend Light Backwards
Aug 12, 2008 -Space Shuttle successor will not fly before 2014: NASA
Aug 18, 2008 -New minor planet helps explain comets
Sept 4, 2008 -Molecular evolution is echoed in bat ears
Sept 4, 2008 -Do 68 Molecules Hold The Key To Understanding Disease?
Sept 10, 2008 -CERN launches world's largest particle collider
Sept 11, 2008 -Zoologists capture first photos of okapi in wild