From: The Lahrs (johnjan@lahr.org)
Date: Wed Aug 01 2001 - 05:09:52 PDT
Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20010801060910.00b1e2b0@pop3.norton.antivirus> Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 06:09:52 -0600 From: The Lahrs <johnjan@lahr.org> Subject: Fwd: HowStuffWorks
>Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 09:03:24 -0700
>To: sakamal@bentley.unco.edu, lareins@unco.edu
>From: Nancy Kellogg <nkellogg@earthlink.net>
>Subject: Fwd: HowStuffWorks
>
>
> >
> >Subject:
> > Please help spread the word about a free resource for science
> >teachers
> > Date:
> > Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:44:58 EDT
> > From:
> > Tmmcreative@aol.com
> > To:
> > KKWWHH@aol.com, kenn_heydrick@admin.pflugerville.k12.tx.us,
> >ksparrow@akron.ohio.gov, nmicozzi@ici.net,
> > rsiggens@massed.net, tfang@worldnet.att.net,
> >chargayb@gateway.net, twoods@nnadm.sbo.nn.k12.va.us,
> > jamesm@csufresno.edu, jdughi@whro.net, pegholli@bellsouth.net,
> >nkellogg@earthlink.net, susan.cory@cfisd.net,
> > rhwarwick@prodigy.net, rhotonj@access.etsu.edu,
> > CC:
> > eric_p@nsta.org, pbowers@email.unc.edu
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Dear NSELA Officers and Directors:
> >
> >I'm writing to you because of your involvement with your professional
> >association and your leadership role with science teachers in your area.
> >I'm
> >hoping that you can help pass the word about a great new resource
> >available
> >to middle grades science teachers for the upcoming school year.
> >
> >I'm an educational services consultant with HowStuffWorks Express, a
> >science/technology web site and classroom magazine. Â We've been blessed
> >with
> >a recent surge of sponsorship funding, and can now offer classroom sets
> >of
> >the printed magazine free to schools who request it for next year. As
> >luck
> >would have it, the timing of our funding increase happened near the end
> >of
> >last school year. So, I'm looking for whatever ways we can find to reach
> >
> >teachers through the summer to let them know that this free resource is
> >available to them... all they have to do is sign up online.
> >
> >Please take a look at what we have to offer your members. Â Gerry
> >Wheeler,
> >NSTA executive director, has been very supportive and was quoted in an
> >article in the New York Times on May 24th: Â "Educators may have their
> >pick of
> >smaller web sites to use in class, but they don't have the quality
> >control or
> >sustainability that HowStuffWorks does." Â (If you'd like to see the
> >entire
> >article, please let me know. Â I can send it to you as an attachment.)
> >Â And
> >the May/June issue of NSTA Reports! covered our Free to Schools program
> >on
> >page 31.
> >
> >I'd appreciate any ideas you have and/or assistance you can offer in
> >getting
> >the word out via web sites, publications, e-mails, school contacts, etc.
> >Â If
> >you can add our link to any appropriate sites and announce the Free to
> >Schools Program to teachers and schools in your area, that would be
> >wonderful.
> >
> >A brief article announcing the Free to Schools Program follows:
> >
> >MIDDLE GRADES TEACHERS! SIGN UP NOW for the 2001-02 School Yearâ*|
> >RECEIVE 60 COPIES of HowStuffWorks Express FREE EVERY MONTH!
> >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
> >HowStuffWorks Express,a print and online magazine launched to rave
> >reviews
> >during the 1999-2000 school year, is now available free to middle grades
> >
> >science teachers and their students. Created by the editorial staff of
> >HowStuffWorks, Inc., the four-color tabloid was rated 9.1 on a scale of
> >10 by
> >teachers and students. In fact, typical reviews have echoed the
> >comments of
> >a middle school teacher from Chillicothe Ohio:
> >
> >â*œHowStuffWorks is Number 1. I wish I could have had HowStuffWorks
> >Express
> >for the last ten years of my science teaching career!â**
> >
> >HowStuffWorks Express is designed for grades 5-8 and features
> >attention-grabbing topics such as â*œHow CDs Workâ** and â*œHow
> >Submarines Work."
> >Â It has also been successfully incorporated into introductory-level
> >high
> >school science classes. Science and math principles are presented in a
> >format
> >that students love, and the magazineâ*™s articles are accompanied by
> >rich
> >graphics and striking photography. Â Teachers appreciate the many
> >time-saving
> >features:Â online Teacherâ*™s Guide, lesson plans correlated with
> >national
> >science standards, quizzes, worksheets, experiments, extended learning
> >activities and end-of-grade test support. All instructional materials
> >are
> >created by experienced writers and curriculum experts in cooperation
> >with
> >nationally certified teachers of science, math, and language arts.
> >
> >Regular magazine features include â*œNeatStuff,â** a monthly focus on
> >technology; â*œNo Way,â** highlighting mysteries of science and nature;
> >â*œToy
> >Autopsy,â** in which a popular toy or game is dissected and explained;
> >â*œExpress Quest,â** Internet-based science projects; â*œHow Stuff Will
> >Work,â** an
> >exploration of future worlds and technology; â*œExtraordinary People,â**
> >
> >profiles of notable individuals in science; and a monthly guide to
> >quality
> >sci-tech television programming. The web site also includes a guide to
> >age-appropriate science sites and books and a Homework Wizard containing
> >
> >research tools and links to a wide range of resources, including Science
> >Fair
> >ideas and projects.
> >
> >Click on the link or go to http://www.howstuffworks.com/teacher-info.htm
> >to
> >check out the magazine and sign up to receive your free double-classroom
> >set
> >(60 copies per month, including two Teacher Guides). Donâ*™t waitâ*|
> >act now to
> >reserve your copies for the new school year.
> >
> >Made possible by the generous support of corporate sponsors, the
> >HowStuffWorks Free to Schools Program debuted at the NSTA convention in
> >March
> >to an enthusiastic response. All HowStuffWorks Express print and
> >online
> >resources are provided free to middle school teachers and students.
> >
> >For more information, please contact Tanya Martin, Educational Services,
> >at
> >(919) 345-8129 Â (tanya.martin@howstuffworks.com) or Mark Mine, Editor
> >in
> >Chief, at (919) 674-2090 (mark.mine@howstuffworks.com).
> >
> >About HowStuffWorks, Inc.
> >
> >HowStuffWorks is internationally recognized as the leading online
> >provider of
> >information on how things work. Founded by Marshall Brain, the web
> >site
> >http://www.howstuffworks.com/ explains the mysteries of our world to
> >millions
> >of readers each month and was named one of the Top 100 Web Sites by PC
> >Magazine. Media offerings include books, the classroom magazine
> >HowStuffWorks Express, and newspaper, television, and radio
> >syndication.Â
> >HowStuffWorks is headquartered at Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, North
> >
> >Carolina, and has offices in Los Angeles, California.
> >
> >Thank you for your assistance. Â Please feel free to contact me with any
> >
> >questions.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Tanya M. Martin
> >Educational Services
> >HowStuffWorks Express
> >919-345-8129
> >tmmcreative@aol.com
> >tanya.martin@howstuffworks.com
> >
> >--
> >Peggy W. Holliday
> >President, Safety and Science Education Consultants, Inc.
> >NSELA Executive Director <www.nsela.org>
> >NCSTA Conference Coordinator <www.ncsta.org>
> >NIOSH Safety Trainer
> >PO Box 99381, Raleigh, NC 27624-9381
> >Phone: 919.848.8171 Fax: 919.848.0496
> >
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