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Free PB Wiki for all WSST Members

Posted Sun, 11/09/2008 - 12:27 by Dale Basler

PBwiki is happy to provide members of the Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers (WSST) with a free premium educational wiki (regular price: $250/year) when they sign up as part of the PB Wiki Education Partners Program before November 30, 2008.

Students go to DC with The Weather Channel

Posted Mon, 08/25/2008 - 09:58 by Dale Basler

This December The Weather Channel is hosting the Forecast Earth Summit:

The Weather Channel’s Forecast Earth Summit is a conference for select future environmental leaders held in Washington D.C., December 5-7, 2008. The Weather Channel will provide free trips to D.C. for 20 high school students who are passionate about the environment.

Here is some information about last year's event.

Doyle appoints science advisor

Posted Thu, 08/14/2008 - 20:00 by Dale Basler

Governor Doyle has appointed James Dahlberg, a professor of biomolecular chemistry in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health as the first scientific advisor for Wisconsin after the position has been on hiatus for several years.

Build a tornado in your room

Posted Fri, 05/05/2006 - 15:51 by Dale Basler

I've been seeing all these little tornado machines online. They're impressive but you can do better.