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Kids Stuff

Kinetic City: Mission to Vearth is a web-based, interactive science story game that has been developed for 8-12 year olds and for individual use or team play in after-school clubs.

Science News for Kids on EurekAlert!: Science news for kids from the AAAS journal, Science. For current and past stories, click here.

Family Guide to Science: Opportunities to explore and benefit from science abound in your community. To help you find out about science resources in various cities, check out the following online guides to resources in these Partnership for Science Literacy sites. For a print copy of the guide, please e-mail ScienceEverywhere@aaas.org

Education Publications (PDFs)

Consumer Health Information Services in Public Libraries
In Pursuit of a Diverse Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce
Invention and Impact: Building Excellence in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education
Linking Science and Technology to Women's Needs
New Career Paths for Students with Disabilities
Preparing Women and Minorities for the IT Workforce: The Role of Nontraditional Educational Pathways
Science Education Reform for All: Sustaining the Science, Mathematics and Technology Reform
Standing Our Ground: A Guidebook for STEM Educators in the Post-Michigan Era
Your Genes, Your Choices: Exploring the Issues Raised by Genetic Research

International

Ecology and Human Needs

• Atlas of Population and Environment
• Human Population, Biodiversity, and Protected Areas: Science and Policy Issues
• Human Population and Water, Fisheries, and Coastal Areas: Science and Policy Issues
• Water and Population Dynamics: Case Studies and Policy Implications
• Population Dynamics, Migration, and the Future of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (PDF format, 397 kb)
• Changes in Human Population Structure and Implications for Biodiversity Conservation (PDF format, 307 kb)

Africa

• Global Trade and Consumer Choices: Coral Reefs in Crisis: Proceedings from a 2001 AAAS Annual Meeting Symposium
• Stopping the Invasions: International Scientific Efforts to Stop Invasive Species: Proceedings from a 2001 AAAS Annual Meeting Symposium
• Malaria in Africa: Emerging Prevention and Control Challenges: Proceedings from a 2001 AAAS Annual Meeting Symposium
• Emerging Water Management Issues in Africa: Report from a 1997 SCIENCE IN AFRICA symposium
• Enset: The Tree Against Hunger: A special report on a promising drought-resistant food crop
• Malaria and Development in Africa: A Cross-Sectoral Approach: Report and Recommendations from a 1991 study (posted online May 2002)
• Women in Higher Education and Science: African Universities Respond to HIV/AIDS: Report from a December 2001 Nairobi workshop
• Partnerships for Strengthening Conservation Biology in Africa: Report from a workshop held in Nairobi, September 2001
• Science in Mozambique: Opportunities for US Collaboration: Report from a delegation of Mozambican scientists and policymakers, 1999
• US-African Chemical Societies: Report from a 1999 workshop.
• Biodiversity, Biotechnology, and Law Training Course for West Africa: Report from a workshop
• Online Journals Study: Report from a 1999 feasibility study conducted at four African universities

Online Directory

• Consortium of Affiliates for International Programs (CAIP)

Science & Policy

Behavioral Genetics, by Catherine Baker, 2004. ISBN: 0-87168-697-X. Download from AAAS Scientific Freedom, Responsibility, and Law Program (No Charge). To order multiple copies of the print version contact Kevin Alleman ($8; plus $2 S/H).

Human Inheritable Genetic Modifications: Assessing Scientific, Ethical, Religious, and Policy Issues, by Mark S. Frankel and Audrey R. Chapman, September 2000. Available online as PDF (No Charge).

Neuroscience and the Law: Brain, Mind, and the Scales of Justice, Summary Report, by Brent Garland. Produced by AAAS and published by Dana Press; available online at http://www.aaas.org/spp/neuroscience and in print without charge from Dana Press (contact Randy Talley at rtalley@dana.org).

Stem Cell Research and Applications: Monitoring the Frontiers of Biomedical Research, by Audrey R. Chapman, Mark S. Frankel and Michele Garfinkel, November 1999. Available online as PDF or Frame Format (No Charge).

Vision 2033: Linking Science and Policy for Tomorrow's World, proceedings celebrating the 30th anniversary of the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Programs, 2005. Click here to order or download.