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Accession 08-007

National Science Resources Center Department of Communications and Publications

Publication Records, 1988-1998, 2001

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Science Resources Center Department of Communications and Publications
Title:Publication Records
Dates:1988-1998, 2001
Quantity:2 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 08-007
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of publication records which document the publishing activities of the Dept. of Communications and Publications at the National Science Resources Center (NSRC). Particularly well documented is the publishing of "Discovery Deck." Discovery Decks are freestanding packages of resource cards designed to supplement a student's use of the fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade Science & Technology for Children curricular units. Each Discovery Deck includes approximately 32 activity cards and a user's guide with a bibliography. Also included are Carolina Biological Supply Company catalogs which distribute the publications of NSRC, publication cover art materials, programmatic materials from leadership institutes, photographs of NSRC staff used for NSRC publications, and other related publication materials. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, drawings, color photographs and negatives, black-and-white photographs and negatives, and clippings.

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This accession consists of publication records which document the publishing activities of the Department of Communications and Publications at the National Science Resources Center (NSRC). Particularly well documented is the publication of Discovery Deck. A Discovery Deck was a freestanding packages of resource cards designed to supplement a student's use of the fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade Science & Technology for Children (STC) curricular units. Each Discovery Deck includes approximately 32 activity cards and a user's guide with a bibliography. Also included are Carolina Biological Supply Company catalogs which distribute the publications of NSRC, publication cover art materials, programmatic materials from leadership institutes, photographs of NSRC staff used for NSRC publications, and other related publication materials. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, drawings, color photographs and negatives, black-and-white photographs and negatives, and clippings.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 08-007, National Science Resources Center Department of Communications and Publications, Publication Records

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Container List

Box 1

Discovery Deck - General background information, 1991-1995 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Administration, 1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Marketing, 1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Editorial and Production Process, 1994-1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Planning, 1994-1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Budget, 1994-1998

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Copyright Background, 1997-1998, 2001

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Copyright Applications, 2001

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Trademark and Copyright, 1995-1998

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee Proposal, 1997-1998

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Source Cards, 1994-1995

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Amendment to STC Contract, 1990, 1995-1998

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Design Bids, 1994-1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) Discovery Deck Grant Proposal (Technology of Paper), 1998

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Electric Circuits - Editorial notes, 1994-1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Electric Circuits - Expenses, 1994-1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Electric Circuits - Planning, 1994-1995

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Electric Circuits - Photographs, 1994-1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Electric Circuits - Studio shots, digital prints, 1995

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Electric Circuits - Contact sheets - Card numbers 15 and 23, 1995-1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Electric Circuits - Contact sheets - "What's Inside A Battery?" and "Are You A Better Bulb User" - Card number 11, 1995

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Electric Circuits - User guide, 1994, 1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Electric Circuits - Grafik invoices, 1994-1998

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Experiments with Plants, 1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Floating and Sinking, 1995-1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Food Chemistry, 1996-1998

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Land and Water, 1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Magnets and Motors, 1996-1998

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Measuring Time, 1996

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Microworlds - Grafik invoices, 1995-1997

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Microworlds - Planning, 1995

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Microworlds - Photographs, 1995, 1997

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Microworlds - CD-ROM project, 1997-1998

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Motion and Design, 1997

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Technology of Paper, 1995, 1997-1998

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Animal Studies, 1997-1998

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Ecosystems, 1998

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - SI Educational Outreach Fund Proposal, 1997-1998

Box 1 of 2

Discovery Deck - Miscellaneous, 1996-1997

Box 1 of 2

Resources for Teaching Guide - Cover art, 1996

Box 1 of 2

STC - Cover art - Field tests and comps

Box 1 of 2

STC - Cover art - Comps

Box 1 of 2

STC - Cover art in progress, 1997

Box 1 of 2

Literature-based readers - Vicki Cobb proposal, 1992

Box 1 of 2

Hirshhorn transparency - Used for cover of "Science for Children," 1989

Box 1 of 2

Dibner Library - Copy stand photos, 1995

Box 1 of 2

Lesson plans - Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for science, 1996-1997

Box 1 of 2

Science for Children: Resources for Teachers, 1988

Box 1 of 2

The Next Step Institute: An Advanced Leadership Institute for Elementary Science - How Children Learn - Program; Seattle Washington, 1997

Box 1 of 2

The Next Step Institute: An Advanced Leadership Institute for Elementary Science - How Children Learn - Resources; Seattle Washington, 1997

Box 1 of 2

"Windows" Magazine (2 folders)

Box 1 of 2

Box 2

Carolina K-8 Science Source catalog, 1995

Box 2 of 2

Carolina K-8 Science Source catalog, 1996

Box 2 of 2

Carolina K-6 Science Source catalog, 1997

Box 2 of 2

Carolina Science and Technology for Children catalog, 1991

Box 2 of 2

Carolina Science and Technology for Children catalog, 1997

Box 2 of 2

Carolina Science and Technology for Children catalog, 1998

Box 2 of 2

My Butterfly Book

Box 2 of 2

Comparing and Measuring - Teacher's Guide, 1992

Box 2 of 2

Ecosystems - Teacher's Guide - Field-Test Edition, 1992

Box 2 of 2

Ecosystems - Teacher's Guide, 1992

Box 2 of 2

Experimenting with Plants - Teacher's Guide, 1990

Box 2 of 2

Food Chemistry - Teacher's Guide, 1990

Box 2 of 2

It's about TIME - Student Activity Book, 1990

Box 2 of 2

Magnets and Motors - Student Activity Book

Box 2 of 2

Electron Microscope Image for Paper Unit, 1996

Box 2 of 2

Photograph - Joe Miller, DuPont

Box 2 of 2

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - "Will Wonders Never Cease" by Jess (Science for Children: Resources for Teachers - cover art)

Box 2 of 2

Slides on loan, 1994

Box 2 of 2

Photographs - Kansas City, 1993

Box 2 of 2

Photographs - United States Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley, 1993

Box 2 of 2

Contact sheet and negatives - Staff party in celebration of recent/upcoming publication, April 1996

Box 2 of 2

Science for all Children - Materials Center photograph

Box 2 of 2

General staff photographs, 1996

Box 2 of 2

Pat Freitag photographs

Box 2 of 2

Doug Lapp photographs

Box 2 of 2

Bruce Alberts photographs

Box 2 of 2

NSRC staff photographs, 1995

Box 2 of 2

Panoramic staff photographs, 1995

Box 2 of 2

Comparing and Measuring - Lesson text

Box 2 of 2

NSRC Planning Conference - Doug Lapp (slides and photograph), 1995

Box 2 of 2

Memoranda and printed STC covers, 1998

Box 2 of 2

Corporate conference biographies, 1994

Box 2 of 2

Corporate conference photographs, 1994

Box 2 of 2

CASME - South Africa - Contact sheet and negatives, 1995

Box 2 of 2

NSRC booklet (includes corrections), 1994

Box 2 of 2

Board meeting - Floating and Sinking demonstration photograph, 1995

Box 2 of 2

Mexico trip - Doug Lapp and Sally Shuler, 1997

Box 2 of 2

Sweden trip - Doug Lapp - Photographs, contact sheets, and negatives; 1997

Box 2 of 2

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) - Photographs, contact sheets, slides, and negatives; 1997

Box 2 of 2

NSTA/Leadership Institute Alumni Reunion - Photographs, contact sheets, and negatives; 1995

Box 2 of 2

Soils - Unused photographs, 1993

Box 2 of 2

NSTA - Photographs, contact sheets, and negatives; 1996

Box 2 of 2

Advisory Board Meeting - Photographs, 1996

Box 2 of 2

Minerals and Rocks - Unused photographs, 1995

Box 2 of 2

Miscellaneous transparencies and negatives

Box 2 of 2

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