This website is a collection of K-12 outreach programs being offered in conjunction with a large variety of scientific research being done at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. I would recommend linking to SEON from your webpages as well as putting information about the resource in school newsletters. Here is how they describe the resource-
"Connecting cutting-edge science with schools and the community. The University of Alaska Fairbanks offers much more than academic degree programs and scientific research.

UAF science departments and research units at UAF sponsor many education outreach programs and activities, providing judges for local science fairs, school tours of research facilities, K-12 curriculum development, college-bridging programs and science camps, free workshops provided in communities across Alaska, and much more.

The UAF Science Education Outreach Network is a searchable Web site that lists outreach programs and resources available through UAF. Community members, university faculty, staff and students, and K-12 teachers and students can search the site for resources and activities offed through UAF.

• Check back often for the lastest additions.
• Join the listserve for the latest in network news.

For more information, you may contact the UAF Science Education Outreach Network Coordinator at 907-474-7999 or scienceoutreach@uaf.edu.

On February 10th the Golden Heart Reading Council held their monthly meeting at Library Media Services. They received a demonstration of how to create Resource Lists in Destiny as a place to store favorite books, media AND websites located through One Search on the units they develop. A quick look at some of the online resources available for K-8 was offered. The group was also shown some of the new ebooks available in Destiny for all our elementary students. Their evening wrapped up with time to look at the kits, media and book resources in the collection with time for checkout for those wanting to take items with them. It was a successful evening for both the GHRC member and the staff at LMS, who learned about some of the teachers' specific needs.      Katie

Kids Click is a website portal to a wide range of online resources for children. It is owned and maintained by the Kent State University School of Library and Information Science. They point out that it is not an internet filter and does not prevent surfers from moving on to other undesirable websites. Ideally it should be used in conjunction with a filter as would be the case within the district. 
Start by taking a look at the pictures under the 'Quick Search for Media Section.' Lots of cool sites!
This is a site you might consider adding to your library homepage.                   Katie

..and I quote from an article in Discover Magazine by "1. Fire is an event, not a thing. Heating wood or other fuel release volatile vapors that can rapidly combust with oxygen in the air; the resulting incandescent bloom of gas further heats the fuel, releasing more vapors and perpetuating the cycle. 2. Most of the fuels we use derive their energy from trapped solar rays. In photosynthesis, sunlight and heat make chemical energy (in the form of wood or fossil fuel); fire uses chemical energy to produce light and heat. 3. So a bonfire is basically a tree running in reverse." !!!!    (my exclamation marks)
This goes on for 16 more entries.  What a great page to share with students studying photosynthesis, combustion, energy and a host of other areas of science. And you can find the entire one page article by searching in Ebsco's magazine article collection, selecting MasterFILE Premier collection, putting in Discover as the Publication and the article title "20 Things You Didn't Know About Fire."  You don't need to put in the article's author, LeeAundra Keany or the date of the magazine, Oct. 2011, though you can if you like. You will have to login to Ebsco and if you don't know how to do that check with your school librarian.
Once there one can hear the article read out loud at a variety of speeds, download the audio as an MP3 file or have the article text translated into better than a dozen languages. Or you could print it out to share with your students. What a deal!! 
Check it out.

Great Web Sites for Kids is a collection of 7,000 websites selected by the American Library Association for use by students up to and including age 14. The criteria for the selection of these sites includes-
1) Clearly stated authorship
2) Clearly stated purpose
3) Design stability, ie it will be around for a while
4) Has meaningful content that educates, informs or entertains
Much more detailed information about the Selection Criteria is available off the home page for Great Web Sites for Kids. Take a look so you appreciate why these pages were chosen and think about adding a link to this collection on your own web site.

We have the perfect little kit with a very nice selection of books, sample berries, and traditional berry picker in the  LMS Video, Kits and Puppet collection, which is sure to go well with Fall lesson plans   Please go to http://destiny.k12northstar.org   and check it out!!!

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Do all of your teacher know about the "Educator Resources" found in TumbleBooks, which include spelling, grammar and math activities, book report outlines, word searches, and word scrambles, crossword puzzles and more.... all for primary, junior/middles school and high school levels?  After login look for the educator resources at the bottom of the page.  And don't forget the fun "TumbleMailer" also found at the bottom of the page which allows a user to send TumbleCards, TumbleBooks and even Record a Book!  Check it out and

Just learned about this teacher created site for elementary age children called KidsKonnect. I sent the author the address of the ADF&G Wildlife Notebook page to add to her already large Alaska page. Take a look and see if you might want to add it to your library pages and/or list in a newsletter.        Katie

Yes.... SlimeKids !  A great new site created by a teacher/librarian in Minnesota to provide a place where young children have easy, appealing, access to resources and educational games. Slime is an acronym for 
SChool LIbary MEdia   The name and the color choice will catch the attention of young learners and the contents looks appealing too. In an email advertising the site, creator Andy Fine give us permission to link to his site from our webpages with this statement - "Hey everyone,
Check out SlimeKids (slimekids.com), the perfect website for your library/media center.
Share this fantastic resource with your students. They'll love it!
It's free. Create a link on your webpage so they can access it anytime.
Take a look yourselves by going to the link belowhttp://www.slimekids.com/
-- 
Andy Fine, Reading Specialist & Library Media SpecialistRobbinsdale Area Schools, New Hope, MN"

Go here for some possible additions to your library pages from Verizon's Thinkfinity, including resources, lesson plans, features and Today in History. Thinkfinity partners with organizations such as ArtsEdge (John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts), EconEdLink (Council for Economic Education), EdSiteMent (http://www.neh.gov/), Illuminations (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics), LiteracyNetwork (National Center for Family Literacy), ReadWriteThink, (International Reading Association), Science NetLinks (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Smithsonian's History Explorer (Smithsonian's National Museum of American History) and Xpeditions (National Geographic Society) to connect educators and students to quality resources.  Pretty impressive spectrum gathered together in one resource. And these are just the Content Partners. There are a host of State and Supporting Contributors as well. 
I know I'd like to have this resource linked to my webpage!                          Katie