Daily Archives: December 16, 2009

Exploring the Past: Archaeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley

Walking beside thousand-year-old burial mounds, flaking raw stone into tools, learning how potsherds tell us about human behavior, and understanding how humans adapt to complex, ever-changing environments our 2010 Summer Institute features all this and more. The Mississippi Valley Archaeology … Continue reading

Posted in Opportunities | Comments Off on Exploring the Past: Archaeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley

Design Squad

The PBS engineering show, Design Squad, has a free Teacher’s Guide for middle school educators!  The guide blends hands-on engineering challenges with 3 core science concepts: Force – students build their own blimps Electricity – students design electronic games Sound – students … Continue reading

Posted in Opportunities | Comments Off on Design Squad