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E-mail
Lists Tell What's New for Kids at Science Web Sites
The Agricultural
Research Service has now made it easy to know when something
new is posted on the agency's popular web sites geared for kids.
Kids and teachers can now sign up for e-mail alerts that arrive
whenever a new story is posted at Science for Kids or
its Spanish-language equivalent, Ciencia Para Niños.
The web
sites are geared mainly for kids age 8 to 13 and are designed
to nurture an interest in science by explaining, often in playful
ways, how science affects everyday life and why it can make an
interesting career.
The English
and Spanish sites can help educators, as well as kids, on three
levels: science, language and computer usage. For kids, it's
just plain fun. On the home page of each site, a landscape of
familiar and odd images invite kids to explore stories about
ARS scientific research on nutrition, plants, insects, animals
and other topics. Each site offers more than 50 different fun-filled
and informative stories and features.
In the center
of the home page stands Dr. Watts, the guide who stands ready
to answer questions kids have about agricultural research.
Science
for Kids is on the Internet at: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids
Ciencia
Para Niños is at: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/espanol/kids
The sign-up
pages for the e-mail lists are at:
English – http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/scientists/subscribe.htm
Spanish – http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/espanol/kids/scientists/subscribe.htm
For more
information contact: Dianne Odland, Agricultural Research Service,
by e-mail at DianneOdland@ars.usda.gov;
or phone 301-504-1633
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