How can you use The Why Files?
- Teachers
- What good are The Why Files in the classroom? We'll never know -- until you use them. Since our theme is "science behind the news," we think they'd be an excellent supplement to curriculum, particularly if you use current events as a springboard for classroom activities. If, for example, you were teaching a unit on electrochemistry, you could explore the role batteries are playing in the development of electric cars.
In any case, we'd like to hear your ideas about how The Why Files can be most useful to you and your fellow science teachers. Suggest a story; expand on a pet theme; surprise us!
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Students
- The Why Files are free for your exploration. You can start from the top and get the latest on science behind the news. Or you can check out musty, dusty, but trusty files for stories that interest you. And we've even set up a place where you can give us a piece of your mind.
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Everyone Else
- Remember that TV clip about a promising new AIDS drug? Did you catch the headline about ancient insects entombed in amber (just think of it -- the first mosquito bite in history). Or perhaps you heard the last half of a radio story about a new way to predict earthquakes. Then you lost that fascinating story to info-fog -- half remembered, half forgotten, generally worthless. Maybe it's in our old files.
- Funding
- The Why Files is a project of the National Institute for Science Education, which is funded by the National Science Foundation.
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