Monday, April 21, 2008

Science comes to life at Bay Village school

bay VILLAGE--Students at Prevailing Westerly Elementary have got their ain out-of-door scientific discipline lab, complete with fish, turtles, squirrels and a Blue Heron.The Bay Village simple school just won an awarding as a Wild School Site, from the Buckeye State Department of Natural Resources. It's one of three in Cuyahoga County.Children usage the out-of-door schoolroom twelvemonth around. They supervise the weather, pool alterations and wildlife habitats. Teacher Martha Fisherman began the undertaking back in the 1990's and it's go a cherished portion of the school. Children compose in their diaries in this space and complete scientific discipline assignments.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

First China-US environmental science and technology cooperation ... - People's Daily Online

The First China-US environmental scientific discipline and engineering cooperation seminar, offered by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, open ups today in Beijing. Participating environmental men of scientific discipline will research greater cooperation in three areas: unafraid and safe imbibing water, new engineering and identifying environmental technology, and greenish communities.Liu Yanhua, frailty curate of Science and Technology, said that China's environmental pollution have go complex; and environmental science and engineering work was placed at an unprecedented height. It is hoped that through these seminars we can promote China's scientific research establishments to set up a long-term and stable strategical partnership with the United States Environmental Protection Agency national labs and research centers; and to collaborate in research and development projects.The seminar is the first of import activity between the two sides since October 2006, when the United States signed the "Memorandum on environmental scientific discipline and engineering cooperation".By People's Daily Online