Great visual of the hearths and diffusion patters of the Five major religions. (NO sound)

Click on the map to hear a short paragraph from various people around the world.

About This Quiz Most of the questions used in this quiz are based on those in the Harvard Dialect Survey, a linguistics project begun in 2002 by Bert Vaux and Scott Golder. The original questions and results for that survey can be found on Dr. Vaux's current website.

This goes ahead to the Religion Unit, but it is a good visual on hearth and diffusion. Granted, it is missing Sikhism and other religions.....Maps-of-War is a multimedia site dedicated to producing diverse, creative visuals that enhance our understanding of war and its history.

Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio traveled the world documenting that most basic of human behaviors - what we eat. Their project, "Hungry Planet," depicts everything that an average family consumes in a given week-and what it costs - laid out in thought-provoking detail.

Hey, I found this on the Lauer WG Folder. It has a few errors and spelling mistakes, but overall it matches the notes. Weather and climate Jeopardy Style Review Game

While sort of basic, this was helpful for my visual learners and students still not grasping what Climate Change can look like. Click on the four different themes (increasing temp, rising sea level what ifs, etc.).

I would not show the entire "documentary" but the small clips of what would happen if .... are interesting to the freshmen....Six degrees of global warming could mean a global wipe-out.

My Kids had a LOT of questions about this....Check this one out...Long-term weather forecasters say it is now unlikely that a strong El Niño will develop this fall, dimming hopes in California for heavy rains that might bring relief from a severe drought.

Interactive map allows you to see what effect rising seas will have on your country.

Click on the "EARTH" icon and choose various options. It is Trippy!!!! An animated map of global wind and weather. Visit the community at https://www.facebook.com/EarthWindMap

Check this one out!!! I will post the World one too.

Hey, NOAA has a large collection of fact sheets and articles here. Good for PreAP.

Collection of USA Climographs

Hey, some of us have been mentioning this event in class; I know a lot of my students have been asking questions. Here are some related to it.

The music is great too. Dramatic.

BBC News looks at how time zones affect all of our lives. Cool little link about time zones. Click "Continue" then scroll down to see the scroll bar. There are various clips about important time zones.

I plan to show this one to the WG/PreAPWG students soon as part of the early discussion of over-generalizing/stereotypes which I find is something common with many students - especially the freshmen. It is a great TED talk.