NASA is soliciting preliminary proposals for its K-12 Competitive Grants
program. This program will seek innovate approaches to using NASA-themed
content in support of secondary-level teaching and learning, with emphasis
on high school education. Each funded proposal is expected to leverage
NASA’s unique contributions in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics to enhance students’ academic experiences and/or to improve
educators’ abilities to engage and stimulate their students. Approximately
6-8 awards ranging from $750,000 to $1.5 million for a two-year project
period may be made. Eligible are U.S. public secondary schools, school
districts, state-based education leadership, and nonprofit education
organizations that support secondary education. Universities, industry,
education-related companies, and other institutions also may apply through
partnership with the lead organization. Preliminary proposals are due Aug.
22, 2008; invited full proposals will be due Oct. 27, 2008. For more
information, visit: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?
<http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=4241
3> &mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=42413

Art Kimura
Future Flight Hawaii
Hawaii Space Grant Consortium
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/
phone (808) 934-7261

Some information that may be of interest to members of the Hawaii Science Teachers Association:

I have made available on the web some materials that can be downloaded free of charge and that may be of interest to you or your colleagues for the teaching of environmental science. The website below has a complete set of PowerPoint Slides for a course in Green Science and Technology (sustainability science and technology). In addition, the site has a link to others from which can be downloaded a set of slides for a course on green chemistry along with the complete text of a book on this topic, and another to a set of slides for a basic course on environmental chemistry. These materials are being provided without charge as a service to the Environmental Science education community.

http://manahanse.googlepages.com/

I hope you find some of these materials to be useful to you in your teaching endeavors. If I can be of any assistance, please contact me at the following e-mail address:

manahans@missouri.edu

Please feel free to pass this information along to any others with an interest in materials on sustainability, green science, environmental chemistry, and related areas.

Sincerely,
Stanley Manahan
Professor of Chemistry
University of Missouri