Tech Directions - February 2008 - (Page 4) New this month at techdirections.com Project of the Month Cardboard Boat Challenge Students research, design, construct, and race cardboard boats, gaining substantial math, science, communication, and engineering experience. Includes 10 student work sheets, plus an evaluation sheet. This month only, price reduced to $4.95. Save $2! www. techdirections.com/proj_cardboardboat.html Gigantic Poster Sale! Instead of offering just one poster at a special price, we’ve put ALL our posters on sale! Pay $9.95 or less for any poster in our entire collection. Hury! Sale ends Feburary 28, 2008! Visit www.techdirections.com/ posters.html. School Web Site of the Month We’re looking for hot school Web sites to feature on techdirections.com. To be considered, send your site address to vanessa@techdirections.com. Congratulations to February’s winner, www. moodyjrhigh.com, sent in by Pat Gann, Media Specialist, Moody (AL) Jr. High School, whose 7th & 8th grade students do much of the work on the site. NEW Projects! Landscape Architecture: Design and Problem Solving Series of projects introduce students to a variety of issues in landscape architecture. A great companion project to Landscape Architecture Digital Portfolio Project, which includes a rubric that can be used for both. $6.95 Lab-Built BJT Checker Students or instructors can build this handy BJT checker that lets them check the operation of a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) at the proto-board stage. $6.95 Visit www.techdirections.com/projects.html 4 techdirections ◆ FEBRUARY 2008 http://www.techdirections.com http://www.techdirections.com/proj_cardboardboat.html http://www.techdirections.com/proj_cardboardboat.html http://www.techdirections.com/posters.html http://www.techdirections.com/posters.html http://techdirections.com http://www.moodyjrhigh.com http://www.atperesources.com http://www.go2atp.com http://www.techdirections.com/projects.html
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