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Newton Network Newsletter – October 2007 Newton Network News: Hopefully everyone is settled into their fall classes and each of you is building momentum toward a great school year. As a result of extending our research this month, we have a great newsletter for you. We always keep it brief so you can read it quickly, but there will be some interesting things for you to check out this month. You will read about the growth of our staff this fall, which gives us even more ability to gather information for you as well as allowing us to increase the number of teachers that get this newsletter. Once again, please pass your newsletter on to your colleagues, and let them know that they can sign up for their own newsletter as easily as going to our website (www.unr.edu/newton) and entering a little information. In This Issue: PBS Teacher Line – The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) has a long-standing tradition of supporting education and educators. In this endeavor, PBS offers many resources for professional development as well as many broadcasts of core curriculum materials. Teacherline provides access to courses and related information to assist teachers in professional development. For interested teachers, these services are offered through KLVX (http://www.klvx.org/index.asp?NID=89) in Las Vegas, or KNPB (http://www.knpb.org/teacherline/default.asp) in Reno. Additional courses and services are also available from PBS directly at (http://teacherline.pbs.org/teacherline/). Check them out. Looking into space – The recent lunar eclipse was a great way to spark student interest. Although not as newsworthy as a full lunar eclipse, the daily activities in the sky provide an excellent educational opportunity. The College of Southern Nevada (CSN) Planetarium (http://www.csn.edu/pages/114.asp) in Las Vegas and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Fleischmann Planetarium (http://planetarium.unr.nevada.edu/) offer great opportunities for student excitement and learning. In addition, the CSN Planetarium supports the Nevada NASA Regional Educator Resource Center (http://sites.csn.edu/planetarium/RTRC.html) where you have access to a huge library of outreach and educational materials created by NASA. These materials are all free from NASA, including video materials that only cost you the price of sending them a blank cassette. Next, the Western Nevada College has a very nice observatory (http://www.wnc.edu/observatory/) and a very active astronomical society that supported building it. Finally, the Ott Planetarium at Weber State (http://community.weber.edu/planetarium/k12pac...)has some great activities for several age ranges of Nevada students. All of the people at these facilities would love to have you check in with them to see how you and your class can have a great astronomical experience! This month’s attractions: CSN: “Origins of Life”, “Larry, Cat in Space”, “Season of Life”, and their own production called “Sky Watch”; UNR: “Journey into Amazing Caves” and “Mystery of the Nile” and several other star and light shows. Check out the websites for more information. Evolution of Newton Network – This is the third year of the Newton Network Newsletter. Now that we are established, we are growing the staff a little bit. Robert Newbury, a new PhD student at UNR is taking on more of the day-to-day operations and teacher contact activities while Michael Leverington is moving into more of a consultant and facilitation role as he gets closer to finishing his degrees. We also have an undergraduate student, Alex Fleiner, who will be dedicated to working on some significant changes that we are planning for your website. All three of us are ready to tackle your questions or get you connected to classroom support, so contact us any time. Want more information about the Newton Network?
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