| STC PROGRAM Update
Fall 2003
 For
many educators the start of a new school year brings
anticipation and excitement. To help you make the transition
from summer back to teaching a smooth and peaceful one, this
issue is full of new and practical ways your classroom of new
faces can discover STC®
and STC/MS™
curricula.
Here are product updates, useful teaching tips, and the benefits
of using STC®
to teach students with emotional disabilities.
Thank you,
Cindy Dillon
In this issue
- Featured article: Electric
Circuits Generates High-Voltage Excitement
- Coming soon:
STC® enhancements
- STC®
and STC/MS™
news
Featured article:
Electric Circuits Generates High-Voltage Excitement
A state facility in Indiana recently conducted a study to find out
how students with emotional disabilities perform in classrooms where
teachers use STC®
units. The study helps teachers understand how inquiry-based science
can enhance the learning of their students with special needs.
Read about the study's amazing results
Coming soon:
STC enhancements
Almost any outing to a movie theater means you get to see not only
the feature film, but also a few movie trailers—previews of films
not yet released. It’s a tantalizing sneak peek at what’s in store:
the actors, special effects, suspenseful scenes, and more. Carolina
hasn’t added movie trailers to the long list of multimedia products
that it offers, but we do want to give you a sneak peek at something
coming next year—STC program enhancements!
More about STC enhancements
STC®
and STC/MS™ news
This past spring, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture notified Carolina that land snails can no longer be
shipped throughout the United States. In the interim, land snails
used in the STC®
Animal Studies unit were replaced with pill bugs and sow bugs.
Since then the NSRC, developer of the STC® program, decided the best
replacement for the land snail is the millipede. Therefore, on
September 2, 2003, Carolina began shipping millipedes, instead of
land snails, for use in Animal Studies. Find out how to adapt
your Animal Studies activities to this living material
change.
More
Catastrophic Events was honored with a national award this summer.
The STC/MS™ module is one of the recipients of the 2003 Mark Trail
Award presented by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA). Catastrophic Events was recognized
because it demonstrates to students the importance of the NOAA
Weather Radio.
Click here for more information
Order STC® refurbishment sets and STC/MS™
consumables sets from Carolina by December 31, 2003, and receive 25%
off plus free shipping.
Learn more about this
special discount
(PDF)
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