MY NASA DATA (Mentoring and inquirY using NASA Data) is an effort to develop microsets of Earth science data that are interesting and useful to the K-12 and citizen scientist communities. The datasets can be used with...

This site features a Nintendo Wii pre-launch video clip showing the immersion capability of this new gaming platform. The video opens the opportunity to discuss how one could use this for an educational platform to...

Many faculty members of Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences have created digital educational resources for their students. In the interest of sharing these excellent resources, the Open Educational...

This article from the American Physical Society's Forum on Education from the Fall of 2007 discusses PER-CENTRAL, a ComPADRE collection designed specifically to serve as an informational touch-point and online community...

To determine genetic variation on salmon populations, students learn molecular techniques for DNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and other protocols. Participating classes enter results in a web database...