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Imagine Science Film Festival New York

Imagine Science Film Festival New York, October 15 – 24, 2009 – This year’s Imagine Science Film Festival includes 50 Films (4 features and 46 shorts) which will be shown over 10-days. The 2009 FILMS and SCHEDULE are now online.

Near Space Pictures on Budget of $150

1337arts Project Site – On Sept. 2, 2009, we launched a digital camera into near-space to take photographs of the earth from high up above…for less than a grand total of $150.

New Earth Science Reference Tables for 2010

New York has updated the Earth Science Reference Tables for 2010. Several of the diagrams are much easier to read.

Amazing Time-Lapse of Milky Way

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party – One of the most amazing time-lapse videos I have ever seen.

Hubble Images of ‘Butterfly Nebula’

CNN.com – Amazing images of the Butterfly Nebula from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Apple Computer Automation

Apple Computer Automation – If you are using Apple Computers in your classroom. This automation tutorial is a must watch (opens in iTunes). Requires: Apple Remote Desktop.

Science & The Arts Fall 2009 Events

Science & The Arts Fall 2009 Events – Reykjavik, Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through M.I.T’s Male Math Maze, Science Film Shorts, The Theory of Everything, DJ Spooky and the Science of Terra Nova

Telescopes to show universe soon after Big Bang

CNN.com – “the powerful devices will be able to show what the universe was like when it was just a few hundred million years old and emerging from a period of total darkness after the Big Bang.”

Online Education Beats the Classroom

NY Times Blog – “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”

Target Field Trip Grants

Target Field Trip Grants – Up to $800 to take students out of the classroom. Deadline is November 3, 2009.