Science Fair Central Launched By DiscoverySchool.com

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		Science Fair Central Launched By DiscoverySchool.com

		Discoveryschool.com, Discovery Channels award-winning educational Web site, has launched a new new feature designed to encourage interest and participation in science fair competitions across the country. Science Fair Central launches today with a wealth of resources for teachers, parents and students.
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Components of the new Science Fair Central at Discoveryschool.com include:

Science Fair Studio the ultimate guide to science fair preparation for students, parents and teachers. The Studio contains a comprehensive, step-by-step handbook for students, lists of great science fair project ideas and links to online resources. It also features a bulletin board hosted by science fair expert, Janice VanCleave, author of over 20 books on science projects and science fairs.

Discoveryschool.com, Discovery Channels award-winning educational Web site, has launched a new new feature designed to encourage interest and participation in science fair competitions across the country.

Jakes Attic science personality Jake helps kids learn about science by inviting them to participate firsthand in science investigations. Kids can enter their experiment data, ask questions of Jake and share their conclusions. Secret magic trick recipes are awarded to kids who explain their conclusions. In addition, every week, Jake issues a science challenge a perplexing scientific question related to the experiment topic and challenges kids to research an answer.

Discoverys Young Scientists profiles of the young, middle-school scientists who are finalists in the Discovery Young Scientist Challenge.

Scientists at Work profiles of practicing scientists with exciting and intriguing stories to tell.

QUICK BACKGROUND
Through television programs such as Assignment Discovery and TLC Elementary School, a growing line of videos, an award-winning web site at discoveryschool.com, and the newly launched Science Collections, Discovery Channel School is helping educators, parents and students expand the boundaries of learning. Discoveryschool.com, recently named a favorite of the editors at Newsweek magazine, receives more than half a million visits per month and is one of the top 10 Web sites used by teachers. Discovery Channel School is a division of Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI), a privately held, diversified global media company headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

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