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This site was developed to collect all content, resources and tips developed by Ward’s Natural Science in order to provide a central resource for customers, teachers, and other educators.

New content will be added on a regular basis, so please stop back! To find specific content, please utilize our on-site search or the archive page. You can also browse the site by date, category and tag. (Each article is tagged with keywords relevant to the topic and those tags are grouped, weighted by popularity, and displayed in various places on the site, like the homepage and archives.  Clicking on a tag link will take you to other articles on that topic.)

We also recommend subscribing to our RSS feed, in order to keep up on the latest posts. See the tip section below for more information on RSS and other tips for using the site.

Tips for using the site

Share content with colleagues or friends

At the bottom of each post page, you’ll see the ‘Share This’ icon . Clicking on this icon will open up a dialog box, where you can either bookmark the page using a social bookmarking or news site, like del.icio.us, Digg, Reddit, or Google Bookmarks. You can also email the page to a friend or colleague by selecting the E-mail tab. We encourage you to do both!

Subscribe to our RSS feed

What is RSS?

RSS, which commonly stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary, is a file format that is used to transmit frequently updated web content, such as blog entries, podcasts, and news.

What are the benefits of RSS?

Basically, with RSS you gain access to all of the content and sites you choose, without having to visit every site or news source you want to track – it’s all aggregated in one location, organized in a fashion that makes sense to you, and searchable. It’s a productive way to stay up on the news that matters to you most.

How do I use RSS?

To read and subscribe to RSS feeds, you’ll need something called an RSS aggregator, which is basically a desktop or web-based program that translates the RSS feed code into a readable format. Aggregators also check for and retrieve feed updates to provide you with the latest items from your subscriptions whenever you use the program.

Feeds are available from any website or page you see one of these symbols: RSS Icons

Depending on which program you use and/or which browser you use, subscribing to an RSS feed can be as simple as clicking on one of these icons and confirming your subscription.

For example, if you use Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (highly recommended!), you can set up your browser with the RSS aggregator of your choice:

  • Simply select Tools > Options > Feeds and choose your preferred method using the dialog box. Just select the method you want and every time you click on an RSS icon, you’ll be given the appropriate option to subscribe to that feed.
  • Firefox includes three of the most common web-based aggregators (including Google Reader and Bloglines mentioned in the Recommended RSS Aggregators section below), as well as the option to choose a desktop aggregator, if you have one installed on your computer.

Recommended RSS Aggregators

Web-based, Cross-platform

Desktop (PC)

Desktop (Mac)

Now that you are RSS-ready, don’t forget to subscribe to our feeds!

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