Free stuff!

NEA Today, Feb 1997

50. "What Do Maps Show" teaches students how to use maps. Designed for grades 4-8, the packet is available from the U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Science Information Center, US 507 Mail Stop, Reston, VA 22092. Yes, there are even more ways to get free stuff.

NEA Today staffer Karen Gutloff, who compiled the resources above with intern Muthoni Wambu, has uncovered another batch of 50 hot finds. You can get a copy of these extra freebies-plus the 50 printed herequickly via E-mail or the World Wide Web. You're also invited to send in your own sources of free stuff that others would find useful.

To get a copy of the list:

Send your E-mail request for the second group of 50 "free stuff" listings to freethings@neatoday.nea.org.

Or check out NEA's home page on the World Wide Web at http://www. nea.org. At the bottom, you'll find a button labeled the Resource Room.

One click takes you to a screenful of 50 free stuff items, which you can print for your own use or to share with your colleagues.

To share "free stuff" listings of your own:

At the bottom of the free stuff list on the NEA Web page, you'll find directions for submitting your own ideas for getting free stuff.

If you aren't surfing cyberspace yet, you can find many of these items in future issues of NEA Today (see Heads Up) or get a copy via snail mail. Write to Free Stuff, NEA Today, 1201 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036.