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1. Next Generation Science Standards to be Released Today, May 11
2. Transit of Venus Event Registration
3. Late Abstracts Deadlines for Astronomical Society of the Pacific meeting: "Communicating Science"
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1. Next Generation Science Standards to be Released Today, May 11

1. Data Visualization Awards - $30,000 in Prizes (Entries Due May 31)
2. New TED-Ed Website
3. PURSUIT OF LIGHT -- NASA Movie Thinks Big, Goes Deep
4. Center for Astronomy Education (CAE) Introductory Astronomy & Space Science Teaching Excellence Workshops
5. Relevant news from CAISE, the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education
6. NASA.gov Wins Two 2012 Webby Awards
7. AAS Astronomy Week and Student Outreach Event

Act Now – Upcoming Deadlines/Events:
• May 16-18 – Heliophysics / Planetary Science E/PO Community Retreat

From the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education:

Conference on Public Participation in ScientificResearch: August 4-5, 2012; Portland, Oregon.

NASA’s website, www.nasa.gov, has won awards in two categories as the best government site in the 16th Annual Webby Awards. The site received its fourth consecutive People’s Voice Award, its fifth overall, and for the first time won the judges’ Webby Award in the category.

To read more, visit http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/may/HQ_12-145_2012_Webby_Awards.html.

Hello Friends-of-the-Year-of-the-Solar-System!

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April’s topic for NASA’s Year of the Solar System (YSS) – Ice!
Join us in April as we explore ice and its properties, locations, and what it tells us about the solar system. This month, we will also celebrate Earth Day on April 22!

Hello Friends-of-the-Year-of-the-Solar-System!

Please share this message far and wide with your colleagues, audiences, social media avenues, list-servs, and partners! Many thanks!

March’s topic for NASA’s Year of the Solar System (YSS) – Shadows of the Sun!
Join us in March as we celebrate Sun-Earth Day and prepare for a rare transit of Venus! Between June 5-6, 2012, people around the world will see the planet Venus move across the front of the Sun, creating the last Venus transit as seen from Earth until the year 2117!

Blog Post - How Can Scientists Actively Engage with the Media?
This post, written by Jacquelyn Gill, a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, offers some insight into communicating science to journalists, and what objectives both parties should keep in mind when working together. The post links to a number of valuable resources on science communication. http://contemplativemammoth.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/how-can-scientists-...

Attendees of thisworkshop will discuss the development of a program within the American Geophysical Union (AGU) to strengthen the role of two-year college Earth and space science students in the future workforce. Support to attend the meeting will be provided for approximately 30 two-year college Earth and space science faculty who are currently engaged in research with their students, or who have a strong interest in developing a research program. Also encouraged to apply are four-year college faculty who are currently partnering on research programs with two-year college faculty.

1. AGU Fall Meeting Dates Have Changed!
2. Planning Workshop for Two-Year College Faculty (Apply by April 2)
3. NSTA 2013 Session Proposal Deadline Approaching (April 15)
4. NASA's policy on Swag (Executive Order 13589 -- Promoting Efficient Spending)

Act Now – Upcoming Deadlines/Events:
• March 29-April 1 – NSTA 2012 Annual Conference - http://www.nsta.org/conferences/2012ind/
• April 3 – NSF I-Corps Webinar - http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/i-corps
• April 15 – Deadline to Submit Sessions – NSTA 2013 http://www.nsta.org/conferences/sessions.aspx

This week, the National Wildlife Federation released a report on how climate change will affect the state of mental health among Americans. Many in the scientific and policy communities are familiar with the existing and prospective physical effects of planetary warming, but there has been less study and assessment of how it will impact American from a psychological standpoint. To download the report, visit http://bit.ly/GLT816.