Click the link below to take the LMIC 9th grade Orientation Follow-up Survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cH45Qm1fe2iYlucUox0inQ_3d_3d

Teen Top Ten Announced!

The 2008 Teens' Top Ten
The vote is in! More than 8,000 teens voted on this year's winners. The 2008 Teens' Top Ten is:
1. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
4. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
5. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
6. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
7. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
8. Extras by Scott Westerfeld
9. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
10. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
- from YALSA website

Book Club

Has every one been able to get a copy of The Adoration of Jenna Fox? If so what do you think so far? Careful not to give anything away!

Teen Read Week 2008

The theme of Teen Read Week 2008 is Books with Bite @ Your Library and the list of nominees for the Teens' Top Ten has been released. Click on the link below to see the list. Start reading these books now so you'll be ready to vote during Teen Read Week 2008 October 12-18. Many of them are already available in the LMIC!
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenstopten/2008_nominees.pdf

Controversies in Science and Medicine

Stem Cell Research

PBS - Science Now
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3209/04.html

Embryonic Stem Cell Research
http://www.mbbnet.umn.edu/scmap.html

Creating Stem Cells for Research
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/stemcells/sccreate/

Research Ethics and Stem Cells
http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/ethics.asp

Medical News Today - Embryonic Stem Cell Research
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/
Type "stem sell research" into the search box.

NY Times - Stem Cell Research
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
Type "stem cell research" into search box.

Genetic Engineering

Time - The Genetics Revolution

http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/genetics/

PBS - Harvest of Fear

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/

NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
Type "genetic engineering" into the search box.


How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/search.php

Type "genetic engineering" into the search box.

Genetic Engineering and Its Dangers

http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/GEessays/gedanger.htm

Organ Donation

PBS Online Newshour - Organ Donation

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/organ-donation/

NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html

Type "organ donation" into the search box.

Medical News Today
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/
Type "organ donation" into the search box.

Twlight - the movie

Click the link below to see pictures of the cast of Twilight. I'm not crazy about the choice for Edward. Anyone else have an opinion?
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_movie.html

Women's History Month

National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org

Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Collection
http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html

Akron Women's History
http://www3.uakron.edu/schlcomm/womenshistory/

By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html