Mary Nix on August 4th, 2008

Rebecca (Becca) Ward, a homeschooler and the second-ranked women’s sabre fencer in the world is a member of the USA Fencing team. USA Fencing announced the 2008 Olympic team at their website here.
Rebecca’s Mom reports that Becca will fence on August 9th. A recent interview, Speaking with Becca Ward By Martin Thorstensson [...]

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Mary Nix on March 7th, 2008

I shared resources for the 2007 Iditarod here, but I’m a little late this year since the
1 ,150 mile March 2008 race is already underway.
There is still time to share another great resource with you. Iditarod , a blog by Northern Light Media is following the race closely offering some great [...]

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Mary Nix on January 10th, 2008

Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
The site’s description reads:

Welcome to Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists, where you’ll meet penguin biologists, glaciologists, cosmologists, geologists, and marine scientists working in Antarctica and the Arctic. We’ve given them cameras and asked them to document their adventures, in real time, so you can follow their research, ask questions, [...]

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Mary Nix on December 20th, 2007

A reader sent along a link to Free World U.

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Mary Nix on November 21st, 2007

“The Just One More Book!! podcast is a thrice-weekly audio-on-demand program in which we discuss the
children’s books we love and why we love them as recorded in our favourite coffee shop.”– Andrea and Mark
I subscribe to this blog so that I don’t miss any of Andrea and Mark’s podcasts. I love books [...]

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“What do you think is NASA’s greatest exploration achievement in the past 50 years and why?” is the question that drives the Second Annual 21st Century Explorer Podcast Competition.What will students create for the competition? Students may choose to enter either a 60-second audio or video podcast that answers the question above. Who [...]

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