November 1, 2012

We dodged the apocalypse, so let's help some classrooms.

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Science Bloggers for Students: No Apocalypse in Sight(Transcript below)

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Transcript of the video:

Today is November 1, 2012, which means that the prediction that the world would end in October of 2012? Didn't happen. Now what?

After your hard work laying in emergency supplies for the apocalypse, a new day dawns ... and there's stuff to do: dishes to wash, rabbit runs to clean, and public school classrooms that still need help getting funds for equipment, field trips, even basic classroom supplies.

Here's where DonorsChoose comes in: Pick a giving page from the Science Bloggers for Students challenge. Check out the projects and find one that matters to you. Give what you can, even if it's just a buck. And now, until the end of the drive, you can use the match code SCIENCE to double your donation, up to $100. Give a dollar, the project you're funding gets two dollars. Give $100, the project gets $200.

The world didn't end -- this time. So take this opportunity to do some good and help some kids before it does.

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