explores innovation. Get ideas about how to innovate right now. Read about nanotechnology in energy, space flight, medicine, and environmental science; social networking used for recycling, fighting poverty, recovering from a disaster, and campaigning; X games; educational video games; new materials for buildings; music therapy; and the future of travel. (Department of State)

examines the U.S. economy: its evolution, its products, and challenges of this century. Learn how our economy is affected by various factors: geography and infrastructure, competition and culture, government, global engagement, and more. (Department of State)

Gerry RainingBird believes that teaching youth to understand and honor their ancestors’ “traditions, hopes, and sacrifices” is an important part of promoting healthy behaviors in tribal communities.

Sudan Radio Service, the first independent radio news service in Africa’s largest nation, has begun construction on a new radio station in Juba, the capital of southern Sudan.

In Malawi, 20,000 primary school teachers gathered for Tikwere Day, an annual training to support educators using EDC’s interactive radio instruction program.

EDC discusses the use of mobile technology, including cellphones and radio, to improve education in Africa. Projects in Zambia and Mali are highlighted, and staff members Rebecca Rhodes, Robert Spielvogel, and Lisa M. Easterbrooks are interviewed.

features over 100 animations and images that illuminate key concepts in earth science. Examples are: coal formation, nuclear fission, growth of a continent, tectonic plate movement, volcanoes and earthquakes, fault motion, geyser eruption, wave motion, tornadoes, hurricanes, and more. (National Science Foundation)

provides 165 lesson plans developed to bring entire classrooms "on board" for exploration and discovery. Topics include deep-sea hydrothermal vents and their spectacular animal communities, benthic creatures of the Northern Gulf of Mexico (one of Earth's most geologically complex regions), seafloor methane, unexplored deep reef habitats off the Carolinas, the Titanic, and the mystery of the Steamship Portland (lost in a 1898 storm off New England). (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

provides 165 lesson plans developed to bring entire classrooms "on board" for exploration and discovery. Topics include deep-sea hydrothermal vents and their spectacular animal communities, benthic creatures of the Northern Gulf of Mexico (one of Earth's most geologically complex regions), seafloor methane, unexplored deep reef habitats off the Carolinas, the Titanic, and the mystery of the Steamship Portland (lost in a 1898 storm off New England). (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

High school students are learning some of the critical thinking and mathematics skills they need to make sensible financial decisions.