Technology Education Trends for September 2012

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September 2012

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Curiosity is doing more than killing the cat

Who's got six wheels, a laser and is now on the Red Planet? According to its Facebook page, it is Curiosity, aka the Mars Science Laboratory rover that landed safely on Mars yesterday.

Curiosity is the biggest rover ever sent to Mars. The rover is exploring an interesting region of the Red Planet and will be searching for evidence of past life and environments where life may have existed.

We can keep up with what is happening with Curiosity by 'liking' it on Facebookor following it on Twitter @MarsCuriosity. Curiosity has an engaging personality on its social media platforms.

More information, as well as lesson plans and activities for students can be found on the "PARTICIPATE" tab of NASA's Mars Science Lab website.

Curiosity Rover Mars Landing: 7 Minutes of Terror, ZERO margin of Erro

We Give Books

Combining the joy of reading with the power of helping others

We Give Books is a new digital initiative that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don't have them, simply by reading online. For each book read online,We Give Books will donate a book to a leading literacy group. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3

Read a Book
Choose a Campaign
We Give Books Shares

The organization, a Pearson Foundation Initiative, combines the joy of reading with the power of helping others, providing a platform for caregivers and educators to inspire children to become lifelong readers and lifelong givers. We Give Books also helps some of the world's best, most inspiring, literacy organizations by spreading the word about their great work and by providing books to the young people these organizations support.

The Asia Foundation's Books for Asia program - for each book read We Give Books will donate one new book to support its projects in Indonesia

Todos a Leer donates new storybooks to thousands of children throughout the state of Jalisco in Mexico

Room to Read fills libraries in Asia with colorful books that will help children from disadvantaged communities learn to read. We Give Books will donate children's books to Room to Read libraries in Laos.

Out of the Blocks helps bring the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to classrooms across the United Kingdom. Cisco and the Pearson Foundation have teamed up to develop Out of the Blocks, an exciting math and science workbook series that aims to help students build their skills in these subject areas while exploring the events and venues of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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