Announcing the Second Round of Race to the Top Grant Winners:

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The Department of Education has announced the winners of Phase 2 of Race to the Top: the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island.

Congratulations to all of our educators in these states!

To make sure that happens, we have asked one of our core authors and our Director of Operations, Belinda Basca, to be on hand during the course of your pilot, serving as your resource for all things Science Companion. You will be hearing from her via email.

We’ve also created a Science Companion website specific for Indiana — you’ll find everything you need there.

You can find it by clicking here!

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Science Companion Teacher Lesson Manuals and Student Reference Books  are now available online for easy access anytime, anywhere.

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Science Companion is now available digitally, with all teacher materials  and student reference books bundled into hyperlinked PDF files. From the interactive Teacher Lesson Manual (iTLM), teachers can:

• Jump instantly to all of the other standard materials in the module, including:

• visual packs student science notebook teacher guides
• teacher masters
• student reference books
• assessment books

• Use classroom technology easily and effectively with instant access to images for projector or SMART board

• Plan lessons from anywhere without having to carry books

• Print anything from the digital files except student materials

Our iTLM’s are available as your full curriculum or as an upgrade along with your regular print materials so teachers have the best of all worlds. Download a Flyer here…

Our digital Student Reference Books can allow your students to access their materials from their computer at school or at home.

Contact your rep to ask for samples!

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Science News online has an article about why cichlids are hostile to other cichlids and to their own reflections.

Saturn's Double Light Show

“Capture the extraordinary.”

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The Hubble Telescope site has stunning photos and videos from space. Download free images for your wallpaper, or print them out.

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TED Talks J.J. Abrams traces his love for the unseen mystery –- a passion that’s evident in his films and TV shows, including Cloverfield, Lost and Alias — back to its magical beginnings.

Supplemental Classroom Supplies Kits Now 50% Off!

An end-of-the-school-year, we-love-our-customers sale.

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Supplemental Classroom Supplies Sale Flyer

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Want to see what’s in one? Click here to find your module…

(Then scroll to the bottom of the module page you’ve chosen and click on the link to see a complete list of the supplies.)

If you have purchased any module from us in the past, we’d like to offer you your choice of Supplemental Classroom Supplies kits for 50% off of the retail price from now until the end of the school year.

Our Supplemental Classroom Supplies kits are designed to take the hassle out of collecting all of those incidental items that you need to do science in your classrooms. No more trips to the dollar store! Everything you need in one box!

And at these prices, you’ll save money. Think of that. Organization and thrift right there at your fingertips.

Supplies are limited, so contact us for more information!

Click here to find your rep.

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April’s Virtual Field Trip, just in time for Earth Day:

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Join Science Companion author Colleen Bell and her family on a Spring Wild Walk in Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica. Find monkeys and sloths, frogs and birds, along with a tree that has a completely unusual idea about what bark should look (and feel!) like…

Science Companion Collecting and Examining Life Virtual Field Trip.

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Click here to find it on Scribd.

(If you have trouble downloading it from our website or from Scribd, just email us at team@sciencecompanion.com and we’re happy to send you a copy!)

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