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Unrelated People Who Look Like Each Other

http://twentytwowords.com/2012/12/13/portraits-of-people-who-arent-related-but-look-like-each-other-6-pictures/

Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Middle School Science Minute -- Citizen Science

I was recently reading the November, 2012 issue of Science Scope, a publication of the National Science Teachers Association. In the magazine, Jennifer Fee and Nancy Trautmann, wrote an article entitled "Connecting to Your Community Through Birds and Citizen Science." Within the article they explained what is meant by the term "Citizen Science." They defined a citizen scientist as a person who collaborates with scientists to gather data on projects and contributes to scientific research.

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Teachers are talent scouts

Spotting talent and helping students see their own gift is one of those things that makes teaching so intoxicating to me. I get to do this? I am a talent scout. Are you?

http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2012/12/teachers-are-talent-scouts.html

Web Spotlight:

Bomb Sight Mapping

http://bombsight.org/#16/51.5034/-0.0987

INFOGRAPHIC: A POWER HUNGRY INTERNET

http://www.infographicsarchive.com/tech-and-gadgets/infographic-a-power-hungry-internet/

Amazing Anamorphic Illusions!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBNHPk-Lnkk&sns=em

Anatomy of Preservation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VwT6RLsYe1c#!

Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital Laboratory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=doN4t5NKW-k

How long will we live — and how well?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/health/healthy-life-expectancy/

Taking Responsibility

This was apparently from a group project.

http://i.imgur.com/mEOv7.jpg

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