To all science teachers from the Denver Earth Science Project:

 Toyota Motor Sales,   U.S.A., Inc., and National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) are   pleased to announce the 19th annual Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers program. This year Toyota will award $550,000 in grants to
   K-12 teachers of science. A total of 50 large grants of up to $10,000
   each, along with 20-30 mini-grants of up to $2,500 each, will be
   awarded. Categories include environmental science, integrating
   literacy and science, and physical science. Toyota has awarded 986
   grants totaling over $8 million in this premiere
   nationwide grant program.  For further information and to begin the
   application process online, please visit the Toyota TAPESTRY website,
   http://www.nsta.org/pd/tapestry/,.  The online applications are now
   available. All 50 large grant winners receive an all-expenses paid
   trip to the NSTA National Conference on Science Education in New
   Orleans. The deadline for submission of online entries is Jan. 21,
   2009.