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RESOURCES diseases account for millions of school days lost each year for K-12 public school students in the United States. In fact, nearly 22 million school days are lost each year due to colds alone. Students who are absent miss critical instruction time. Motivating students to strive for better health can result in improved classroom success, school attendance, and healthier lives. That's why the NEA is working with LYSOL® and its other partners to make health and good hygiene more focal through the Healthy Habits Program. As part of the initiative, the partners will celebrate the first-ever Healthy Habits week on September 23. Members of the NEA will also have access to a Healthy Habits toolkit, which features resources appropriate for students of all ages, including ready-to-use lesson plans, a school supply list and materials from the CDC to teach good hygiene practices. LYSOL® will also launch the LYSOL® Healthy Habits TourSM, featuring a bus turned into a science museum on wheels that will visit dozens of schools in the fall and give students an interactive way to learn about health and wellness. Visitors to the LYSOL® Facebook page can enter a contest to win a stop on the Healthy Habits Tour, as well as thousands in grant money for their school. Visit www.lysol.com/healthyhabits for information about the initiative, the toolkit, and the tour contest. P. Buckley Moss Foundation: Grants for Teachers of Children Who Learn Differently P. Buckley Moss Foundation Education Grants aid and support teachers who wish to establish an effective learning tool using the arts in teaching children with learning disabilities and other special needs. New or evolving programs that integrate the arts into educational programming are eligible for this $1,000 award. Apply online by September 30, 2013 at mossfoundation.org/national-educators-grants-0. Do Something: Seed Grants Do Something Seed Grants for youth can be used towards project ideas and programs that are just getting started, or to jump-start a program and realize ideas for the first time. These grants can also be used towards projects that are already developed and sustainable, towards the next steps of a project and organization as it looks to expand and grow impact. Community projects that are youthled and driven are eligible for this $500 award. Fall.13advo.indd 36 Apply online at www.dosomething.org/grants/ seed-grants. Arizona Geographic Alliance GeoConference This is a premier Arizona conference for all K-12 Social Studies teachers and curriculum specialists. If you are familiar with the Arizona Geographic Alliance (AzGA), you already know about their free, high-quality outline maps and K-12 classroom-ready lessons available FREE on their website at geoalliance.asu.edu/azga. If not, now is the time to make the Alliance resources a part of your teacher's tool kit to make your job of teaching easier! The GeoConference will be held September 28, 2013, from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., at Scottsdale Community College, 900 W. Chaparral Road. Register online at geoconference2013.eventbrite. com. What can you expect from GeoConference? •New classroom lessons & activities that integrate geography with STEM •An array of National Geographic Geography Awareness Week materials and activities to support this year's theme: The New Age of Exploration •Sessions on technology in the Classroom - GIS, GPS, Google Earth, Google Lit, and other useful tools •Classroom ready lessons from this GeoConference to take back to your classroom and teach the next day – All updated with Common Core Standards for math and ELA •Geography content lectures by geographers •Networking with other teachers •Door prizes •Receive 6.5 professional development hours NSTA: Making a Difference Award The Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association "Making a Difference" Award recognizes excellence in a science program developed and implemented by middle-level science teachers, grades 6-8. Entries must show innovative and effective teaching strategies combined with a science program that has influenced students to explore and investigate science and its application to global problems. Winners will receive $2,500 to be used to enhance or expand the winning science program; the winning school's lead science teacher and principal will be awarded coach airfare and two nights' hotel accommodation to attend NSTA's National 36 Fall 2013 x AEA Advocate 8/7/13 2:35 PM