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Science Bob's Experiment Blog - Science Bob's featured experiments all on one page! Check this out for fun do-it-yourself science experiements.

The Loom - Discover Magazine - Carl Zimmer's blog featuring timely and interesting information on all things science.

Making Science Fun - Official Blog of Steve Spangler - Check out ideas for making science fun and resources for teachers.

Disinfectants May Promote The Growth of Superbugs - Using disinfectants may cause bacteria to become resistant to both antibiotics and the disinfectant itself. This finding may have serious implications for the spread of infections in hospital settings.

Wired Science - News For Your Neurons - A blog featuring topics of interest, informative images, and interesting video clips.

RealClimate - Climate science from climate scientists.

Confessions of a Science Librarian: Best Science Books of 2009: New Science - Recommendations for some great science reads.

Education Week: Teacher Magazine - BlogBoard -Teacher Magazine's look at what's new and noteworthy in educator blogs.

NIH SciEd Blog - The National Institutes of Health's Office of Science Education Blog. Check out this blog for updated information regarding STEM education initiatives.

The White House Blog: Education - This blog features information on the Educate to Innovate campaign, awarding excellence in science and math teaching, mentoring, and many other pertinent topics concerning education today.

Scitable: Student Voices -A blog about science for students, by students. Topics include emerging research, strange animals, health issues, alternative energies, and whatever else catches the interest of these student bloggers.

NASA-STS-130 Launch Coverage  - Follow the countdown to launch space shuttle Endeavour as Steve Siceloff blogs from the Firing Room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. 

NGM Blog Central - National Geographic's Magazine editors and photographers blog on all aspects of science.  

The Science of Food - This blog highlights, views, and discusses all topics related to the science of food including food chemistry, microbiology, engineering, process technology and nutrition. 
 

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The Curriculum Frameworks are of high quality, results driven, and focus on world class standards. What is important to remember is that each of the curriculum frameworks will always be considered as works in progress, and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will continue to refine them to strengthen them and to keep them current. Local communities will use the frameworks to develop more specific curriculum. The Department will base the new student assessment program on the frameworks.

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Math Standards is an internet resource to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students based on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.