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Keystone Science Network participants received the The Weekly by email throughout the school year. The archives are listed below. Volumes are aligned with school years (most recent issues appear first), and the key topics featured in each issue are listed below the issue dates.

Volume 4
(2002-2003)

September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May

Volume 3
(2001-2002)

September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May

Volume 2
(2000-2001)

September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May

Volume 1
(1999-2000)

September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May


Volume 4

May 19, 2003: vol. 4, issue 30
Introduced species, evidence of seasons on Neptune

May 12, 2003: vol. 4, issue 29
Space Station science picture of the day, butterfly optical wing signals

May 5, 2003: vol. 4, issue 28
Technology in the home, Earth Day bags

 

April 28, 2003: vol. 4, issue 27
Earth science from NASA, green transportation festival

April 21, 2003: vol. 4, issue 26
Forensic science, 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA

April 14, 2003: vol. 4, issue 25
KidsGardening, cannibalistic dinosaurs

April 7, 2003: vol. 4, issue 24
Peters projection map, Jupiter moons, food and agriculture workshop

 

March 31, 2003: vol. 4, issue 23
Sci4Kids, Space Day 2003

March 24, 2003: vol. 4, issue 22
Science.gov, biodegradable plastic that imitates bacteria

March 17, 2003: vol. 4, issue 21
The Magic School Bus, doughnut-shaped universe

March 10, 2003: vol. 4, issue 20
New classroom experience, Excellence in Science, Technology, and Math Education (ESTME) Week

 

February 24, 2003: vol. 4, issue 19
Topographic maps, free science workshop

February 10, 2003: vol. 4, issue 18
How chocolate works, classroom experiences

February 3, 2003: vol. 4, issue 17
African Americans in science, classroom experiences, space shuttle Columbia information

 

January 27, 2003: vol. 4, issue 16
NASA SCIence Files, new moons of Neptune, NASA's Educator Astronaut program

January 13, 2003: vol. 4, issue 15
Science-worthy science fiction, KSN featured in Digital Dozen, NSTA conference

January 6, 2003: vol. 4, issue 14
Winter storms, primate language, science and technology conference

 

December 16, 2002: vol. 4, issue 13
Animal survival in winter, science teacher prepares for space mission

December 9, 2002: vol. 4, issue 12
Kit use in action: Electric Circuits (STC), artistic satellite photos of Earth

December 2, 2002: vol. 4, issue 11
BioInteractive, new mammal species discovered

 

November 25, 2002: vol. 4, issue 10
Teaching the real Thanksgiving story, food facts, dog domestication

November 18, 2002: vol. 4, issue 9
StarChild, Leonid meteor shower

November 11, 2002: vol. 4, issue 8
OLogy, Mars draws nearer to Earth

November 4, 2002: vol. 4, issue 7
Virtual frog dissection, tax deduction for educators

 

October 28, 2002: vol. 4, issue 6
International Space Station

October 21, 2002: vol. 4, issue 5
New photoessay, taking pictures of Earth from space, massive black hole

October 14, 2002: vol. 4, issue 4
Kit use in action: Models and Designs (STC), remote sensing, newly discovered space object, book for educators

October 7, 2002: vol. 4, issue 3
Private Universe Project, toy challenge, math grant

 

September 30, 2002: vol. 4, issue 2
Final Curricular Companion: Models and Designs, rockets, cell regeneration

September 23, 2002: vol. 4, issue 1
Keystone Online changes, tree identification

 

Volume 3

May 20, 2002: vol. 3, issue 32
Sun safety, Jupiter's newly discovered satellites

May 13, 2002: vol. 3, issue 31
North Pole web cam, rare planetary alignment

May 6, 2002: vol. 3, issue 30
Kit use compilation, urban legends, a giant flower

 

April 29, 2002: vol. 3, issue 29
Kit use in action: Variables (FOSS), Global Science and Technology Week

April 22, 2002: vol. 3, issue 28
New Curricular Companion: Plant Growth and Development, A Guided Tour of the Visible Human

April 15, 2002: vol. 3, issue 27
Kit use in action: Levers and Pulleys, Space Day, future asteroid nearing Earth

April 8, 2002: vol. 3, issue 26
Process Skills scrapbook, Earth Day, how females choose mates

April 1, 2002: vol. 3, issue 25
Kit use in action: Magnetism and Electricity, April Fool's Day

 

March 25, 2002: vol. 3, issue 24
USGS Learning Web, Governor's Institutes

March 18, 2002: vol. 3, issue 23
Kit use in action: Mixtures and Solutions, climate change and geoscience workshop

March 11, 2002: vol. 3, issue 22
NYT Learning Network, science standards conference, National Pi Day

March 4, 2002: vol. 3, issue 21
Kit use in action: Weather, teaching math in America, hardy bacteria

 

February 25, 2002: vol. 3, issue 20
Site Visit Journal Update, share at NSTA, mouth bacteria study

February 19, 2002: vol. 3, issue 19
Kit use in action: Microworlds, NASA educational product testing

February 11, 2002: vol. 3, issue 18
Environmental resources, The Great Backyard Bird Count

February 4, 2002: vol. 3, issue 17
Kit use in action: Landforms, Photo of the Day, dinosaurs

 

January 28, 2002: vol. 3, issue 16
Kit use in action: Motion and Design, solar energy research in space, Southwestern science workshop

January 14, 2002: vol. 3, issue 15
Colloquium photos, math, PA state standards

January 7, 2002: vol. 3, issue 14
Weather, Australian wildfires

 

December 17, 2001: vol. 3, issue 13
KidsGardening.com, cocoa, Darwin Day

December 10, 2001: vol. 3, issue 12
New Curricular Companion: Material Properties and Change, inventors, and science achievement

December 3, 2001: vol. 3, issue 11
Kit use in action: Food and Nutrition, aerial maps and photographs

 

November 26, 2001: vol. 3, issue 10
Kit use in action: Experiments with Plants, National Geographic Education Guide

November 19, 2001: vol. 3, issue 9
Kit use in action: Air and Weather and New Plants, Thanksgiving links, classroom acoustics

November 12, 2001: vol. 3, issue 8
Museum collections online, autumn skywatching

November 5, 2001: vol. 3, issue 7
Site visit journal update, more space sites

 

October 29, 2001: vol. 3, issue 6
Kit use in action: Food Chemistry, space sites, National Chemistry Week

October 22, 2001: vol. 3, issue 5
Kit use in action: Plant Growth and Development, virtual field trips

October 15, 2001: vol. 3, issue 4
Games and puzzlers, field-test teachers sought

October 8, 2001: vol. 3, issue 3
Bizarre stuff you can make in your kitchen, grant information

October 1, 2001: vol. 3, issue 2
Air and Weather Curricular Companion, inquiry and achievement, Summer Institute scrapbook, Educator's Night Out

 

September 24, 2001: vol. 3, issue 1
Earth Science Week, mini experiments, evolution

 

Volume 2

May 14, 2001: vol. 2, issue 31
Biomes research

May 7, 2001: vol. 2, issue 30
Site visit to Northeast Regional Alliance, environmental news source

 

April 30, 2001: vol. 2, issue 29
Logging contributed time, sounds from the natural world

April 25, 2001: vol. 2, issue 28

April 9, 2001: vol. 2, issue 27
Photos from "Focusing Online" colloquium, NSTA online resources

April 2, 2001: vol. 2, issue 26
Human Body Science Curricular Companion

 

March 26, 2001: vol. 2, issue 25
Free science experiments

March 19, 2001: vol. 2, issue 24

March 12, 2001: vol. 2, issue 23
Balancing and weighing

March 6, 2001: vol. 2, issue 22
Upcoming Spring Colloquia information, How Stuff Works

 

February 26, 2001: vol. 2, issue 21
New KSN participant group (SEPARSI), Space Day

February 19, 2001: vol. 2, issue 20

February 12, 2001: vol. 2, issue 19
Mini-grant recipients announced

February 5, 2001: vol. 2, issue 18
Mini-grant opportunity, new site visit journals

 

January 29, 2001: vol. 2, issue 17
Internet Public Library, online KSN brochure

January 22, 2001: vol. 2, issue 16
Organisms and Their Needs Curricular Companion

January 16, 2001: vol. 2, issue 15
Online science movies

January 8, 2001: vol. 2, issue 14
Kit user registry

 

December 11, 2000: vol. 2, issue 13
General science resources

December 4, 2000: vol. 2, issue 12
Human body science

 

November 27, 2000: vol. 2, issue 11
Website evaluation

November 20, 2000: vol. 2, issue 10

November 13, 2000: vol. 2, issue 9
Search engines

November 6, 2000: vol. 2, issue 8
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse resources

 

October 30, 2000: vol. 2, issue 7
Our Changing Earth Curricular Companion

October 23, 2000: vol. 2, issue 6
Composting

October 16, 2000: vol. 2, issue 5
Inquiry

October 9, 2000: vol. 2, issue 4
Earth Materials Curricular Companion, Keystone Science Conversations

October 2, 2000: vol. 2, issue 3
Microbes

 

September 25, 2000: vol. 2, issue 2
Environmental resources for teachers

September 18, 2000: vol. 2, issue 1
Summer Institute photos

 


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May 23, 2000: vol. 1, issue 27

May 8, 2000: vol. 1, issue 26
Sperm whales

May 1, 2000: vol. 1, issue 25
Website Hall of Fame, ThinkQuest

 

April 17, 2000: vol. 1, issue 24

April 10, 2000: vol. 1, issue 23
Assessment

April 4, 2000: vol. 1, issue 22

 

March 27, 2000: vol. 1, issue 21
Timekeeping, Weather

March 21, 2000: vol. 1, issue 20
Food Chemistry

March 13, 2000: vol. 1, issue 19
Ecosystems: School Yard Habitats

March 6, 2000: vol. 1, issue 18
Short Movies about Science, Health, and Technology

 

February 14, 2000: vol. 1, issue 17
Electric Circuits: Diodes

February 7, 2000: vol. 1, issue 16
Electric Circuits

 

January 28, 2000: vol. 1, issue 15
pH

January 24, 2000: vol. 1, issue 14
Robotics, Earth Science (Caves)

January 18, 2000: vol. 1, issue 13
Modeling Electron Flow in Circuits

January 10, 2000: vol. 1, issue 12
Magnetism, Astronomy

 

December 13, 1999: vol. 1, issue 11
Models and Designs

December 6, 1999: vol. 1, issue 10
Space Station Update, Microworlds

 

November 22, 1999: vol. 1, issue 9
Microbes, Neuroscience

November 15, 1999: vol. 1, issue 8
Online Kit Resources, Meteors

November 8, 1999: vol. 1, issue 7
Chemistry

November 1, 1999: vol. 1, issue 6
MRI Scans, Online Activities from The Franklin Institute

 

October 25, 1999: vol. 1, issue 5
Weather Images

October 18, 1999: vol. 1, issue 4
Light

October 11, 1999: vol. 1, issue 3
Web Design Tips, Truth in Advertising

October 5, 1999: vol. 1, issue 2
Design and Browser Tips

 

September 27, 1999: vol. 1, issue 1
Earth Science

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