Archive for the 'Science' Category

ARKive: a free multimedia resource for educators

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

ARKive, www.arkive.org is a centralised library of films and photographs of the world’s endangered species. Hailed as the digital Noah’s Ark, it has won numerous conservation, education and communication awards since its launch by Sir David Attenborough in 2003, and has now profiled over 2,500 of the world’s endangered species, using over 3,000 movie clips [...]

Teachers’ Domain: multimedia resources for the K-12 classroom

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

This website (http://www.teachersdomain.org/) is a growing collection of downloadable multimedia resources and lesson plans. Currently the majority of resources are in the Science field (listed below) but they are planning to add Language Arts, Social Sciences and Mathematics resources. It has a free registration although you need to align yourself to your educational institution.
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Google Earth: updated and fabulous for educators!

Monday, March 31st, 2008

When Google Earth was launched in 2005, a highly motivating and different perspective of the planet became available to millions of computer users. At first, educators used it to find their school and students’ houses, to explore the local community ‘from above’ and to ’fly around’ tourist attractions, geographical features and historical landmarks. In recent [...]

Google Earth: 3D buildings, Google Sky and more …

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Google Earth combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips. From Google Earth home page (http://earth.google.com/)

Fly to a famous geographical landform or historical location.
View the area from above and zoom in to see roads, buildings and geographical features.
Tilt and rotate [...]