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Teaching Math Without Words

Through visual math games that are interactive with visual feedback, students learn math with amazing results.

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 Erica Metzger
Erica Metzger
Social Media Extraordinaire
Call: 717-606-6265

Case Study: Monaca, Pennsylvania

Monaca, a borough of 5,700 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania is situated 25 miles north of Pittsburgh on the Ohio River. It is two square miles. Originally incorporated in 1840 as Phillipsburg,

 Lehigh County Authority
Lehigh County Authority

1053 Spruce St.
Allentown, PA 18106
Call: 610-398-2503

Small Scale Coal-Biomass to Liquids Production Facility Grants

Domestically abundant coal has the potential to be a significant primary energy source for the production of liquid fuels, particularly when energy security is a driver.

Katherine Wojcik, GPC
President
KWG Grant Consultants, LLC
3611 Mabank Lane
Bowie, MD 20715
Call: 301-312-9035

Green Chemistry

"Being green'" is not just about markets and funding, it is about chemistry as well. This informative video from the EPA helps us understand how basic chemistry is moving the clean and green energy agenda forward.

President Jan Jarrett
Jan Jarrett
President
Penn Future
610 N. Third Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Call: 717-214-7920

New Training Program Announcement-March 26

Training enhances the performance of employees and the entire organization. Find out how yours can benefit from these new course announcements.

Bill Vinsko
Medico Industries, Inc.
1500 Highway 315
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
Call: 570-825-7711

Rural Community Development Initiative

The RCDI grant program includes an initiative called the Rural Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge. For FY 2011 and the FY 2012 RCDI funds

President Gordon Anderson
Gordon Anderson
President
Paragon House Publishers
1925 Oakcrest Avenue, Suite 7
Minneapolis, MN 55113
Call: (800) 447-3709

Small Business Innovation Research Grants

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program stimulates technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns

Analyst Stephen Hibbard
Stephen Hibbard
Analyst
National Energy Brokers Organization-Texas
Call: 682-234-2500

New Training Announcements; March 19

New training programs released, with locations in numerous states and on-line conferences galore!

 John Groh
John Groh
Boro of Edinboro
Call: 814-449-7264

Energy 101-Wind Power

Our animated correspondent "Little Lee Patrick Sullivan" explains how the wind can be used to generate power,

Analyst Don Slepian
Don Slepian
Analyst
NEBO
Call: 570-406-2178

New Training Programs Released

New training programs released, with locations in numerous states and on-line conferences galore!

Secretary Alan Biehler
Alan Biehler
Secretary
PA Dept. of Transportation
1101 S. Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17104
Call: 800-932-4600

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