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(National Academy of Sciences) As part of its Science & Entertainment Exchange, the National Academy of Sciences today announced that the GameDesk Institute will be awarded $225,000 to develop its Science in Motion project, an "embodied" game that provides a learning experience that actively engages students physically and mentally in difficult science topics.

(National Academy of Sciences) A framework for K-12 science education, new from the National Research Council, identifies the key scientific concepts and practices that all students in these grades should learn.

The framework offers a new vision for K-12 education in science and engineering and embodies a significant shift in how these subjects are viewed and taught.

(National Academy of Sciences) State, national and local policymakers should elevate science education in grades K-12 to the same level of importance as reading and mathematics, says a new report from the National Research Council.

The report recommends ways that leaders at all levels can improve K-12 education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

(National Academy of Sciences) Members and staff of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council will participate.

(National Academy of Sciences) Hailed as a pioneer in the movement to re-establish the importance of science in the Arab and Muslim world, Ismail Serageldin, the founding director of the New Library of Alexandria, has been awarded the Public Welfare Medal, the National Academy of Sciences' most prestigious award.

(National Academy of Sciences) More than 170 participants gathered this week for the eighth annual National Academies Keck Futures Initiative conference in Irvine, Calif.

(National Academy of Sciences) The system put in place by the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 -- which gives universities significant control over intellectual property associated with the results of federally funded research at their institutions -- has been more effective than the pre-1980 system in making research advances available to the public and spurring innovation, says a new report from the National Research Council.

Nevertheless, the current system needs improvement, said the committee that wrote the report.

(National Academy of Sciences) Science, technology, engineering and mathematics instruction is collectively referred to as "STEM education."

(American Chemical Society) American Chemical Society applauded the National Academy of Sciences for releasing a new report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited, which details the essential role scientific and technological innovation plays in stimulating economic vitality.

The report is a revision of the 2005 report of a similar name.

(Leopoldina) Along with the Academy of Science of South Africa and the Network of African Science Academies, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina is advising Namibia in founding its own Academy of Sciences.

The Namibian academy is to provide scientifically founded advice for society and policymakers and represent the country in the international community of academies.

A meeting with a delegation from Namibia and South Africa was held at the Leopoldina in Halle and Berlin from July 12-15.