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# About this Website

This website (serc.carleton.edu) is hosted by the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College.

- More about the Science Education Resource Center, including contact information.
- Terms of Use for materials on this site.
- Privacy policy for personal information collected on this site.

## Financial Sponsors

The National Science Foundation (NSF) was created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about $5.5 billion, NSF is the funding source for approximately 20% of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities.

## Sponsoring Organizations

The National Association of Geoscience Teachers works to foster improvement in the teaching of earth sciences at all levels of formal and informal instruction.

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