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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NASA Engineering Design Challenge</span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br>
</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Participate
in NASA's engineering challenge</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Primary Topic Channel: <a
href="http://www.eschoolnews.com/search/?tid=131" title=Grants><span
style='color:#003399'>Grants</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Register online to participate inthe NASA Engineering
Design Challenge: Lunar Plant Growth Chamber. During the2007-2008 school year,
K-12 students will design, analyze, build and assessplant growth chambers that
could be used on the moon. Registrants will receivea packet of cinnamon basil
seeds that flew on the STS-118 space shuttle missionand a control packet of
seeds that have not flown. The two sets of seeds willbe used to evaluate the
student-designed plant growth chamber. Sign up for theNASA Express listserv to
receive eMail messages about the challenge, updates tothe challenge web site,
and announcements about NASA education activities. The seeds will be available
to the first100,000 registrants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NASA also has a program called Project Lead
the Way. I’m not sure if they have it in Canada. You can find it at <a
href="http://www.pltw.com">www.pltw.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";
color:blue'> Marge Hebbring </span></i><span style='color:blue'><br>
</span><b><span style='font-family:"MS UI Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>Gear
Up Director</span></b><span style='color:blue'> <br>
</span><b><span style='font-family:"MS UI Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>University
of Wisconsin-Eau Claire</span></b><span style='color:blue'> <br>
</span><b><span style='font-family:"MS UI Gothic","sans-serif";color:#3366FF'>Phone</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"MS UI Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>: (715)
836-5826</span></b><span style='color:blue'> <br>
</span><b><span style='font-family:"MS UI Gothic","sans-serif";color:#3366FF'>Fax:</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"MS UI Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>
(715) 836-5021</span></b><span style='color:blue'> <br>
</span><b><span style='font-family:"MS UI Gothic","sans-serif";color:#3366FF'>e-mail</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"MS UI Gothic","sans-serif";color:black'>
hebbrima@uwec.edu</span></b><span style='color:blue'> </span><span
style='font-family:"Calisto MT","serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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educators-bounces@lists.laptop.org [mailto:educators-bounces@lists.laptop.org] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Michael Saunders<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> educators@lists.laptop.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Educators] Canadian connection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>My
students are mainly grade 11 & 12, some would benefit from
a challenging project, I'd love to see what they could do if they had a
REAL challenge</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Thanks
for your interest </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Mick
Saunders</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Computer
Science Teacher</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Moira
Secondary School </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Belleville,
ON, Canada</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> educators-bounces@lists.laptop.org
[educators-bounces@lists.laptop.org] On Behalf Of Seth Woodworth
[seth@isforinsects.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> February 5, 2008 2:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> educators@lists.laptop.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Educators] Canadian connection</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Excellent! What grade are
your students in exactly (multiple)?<br>
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I'd love to help your class get involved and contribute. What are people
interested in? Right now there are lots of Health projects being
started. Which is great because it combines engineering (hardware EKG and
blood Oxymeter), software to read it, and lots of writing and images to teach
people about health.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Feb 4, 2008 8:02 PM, Michael Saunders <<a
href="mailto:msaunders@hpedsb.on.ca">msaunders@hpedsb.on.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>I
teach computer science and computer engineering at Moira Secondary School here
in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. As a school we took advantage of the 'give 1
get 1' promotion, in fact we gave 5 and recieved 5. We are VERY impressed
with the technology, my students are VERY motivated by the opportunity to work
with an open source project like this. We will use the XO's for developing
expertise in Linux, networking, software development, testing and
troubleshooting. What we would also like to do is make global connections with
schools in other countries that are using the same technology, maybe we could
even collaborate on creating new activities. The learning opportunities
are endless. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Saunders</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Computer
Science Teacher</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Moira
Secondary School </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Belleville</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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