K-12 teachers & students
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which they're asking their question. Our service is not intended to
do homework or perform research which can be carried out on the
WWW or in the
school library.
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archives and
MadSci Library to see if existing
information answers their question.
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as a class, rather than submitting duplicate questions.
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Using our site describes how you can track
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Please understand that we are a purely volunteer organization. Answers
may come as quickly as two hours after we receive a question, but usually
take longer.. :)
We aim for a turn-around time of 2 weeks. Within this time
we are generally able to respond to 90% of questions.
Looking for Lesson Plans and Activites?
If you are a K12 teacher in search of lesson plans, we recommend
visiting sites such as The Educator's Reference Desk
or teachers.net
which list a number of K-12 Lesson Plans for free.
The MadSci Library lists additional
sites in the Science
Education section. Links to sites with demonstrations can found
in the Demos section,
or in the Edible/Inedible
Experiments Archive on the MadSci Site.