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Ever get stumped by a question? Explania may have the answer. Animations range from the history of football to the inner workings of the human heart. This is definitely a good resource and could be a good model for student technology projects requiring them to demonstrate understanding of complex topics.

While this research is interesting and may have something to say to all educators, I can't imagine teaching without the art of "asking good questions." Good questions ignite critical thinking on the part of students.

Sponsored by the George Lucas Education Foundation, this is a great resource for research as well as case studies of best practices. They have a feature section on Project Based Learning.

Beth: One of my favorite sites, good resources, good blogs, and plenty of good ideas under key educational issues. Bob

Published Online: September 1, 2011 By Allan Odden and Lawrence O. Picus, Phi Delta Kappan Education budgets are imploding at the fiscal seams. A sluggish economy and falling property values are shortchanging public education budgets across the country. At the same time, there are growing expectations for improved student performance, better teachers and closing the achievement gap. Interesting article about changing the face of schools and teacher performance in the absence of or with declining revenues. A good article to review with some other good resources.

Some shameless self-advertising, and probably of interest only to math logic & curriculum wonks, but I believe there is a good argument for using a more inclusive definition of trapezoids.

Excellent visualizations and explanations on world population growth. Particularly good is the modeling of world population with boxes beginning around 10:30, but the entire talk is definitely worth it!

Share this with your students who have a unique interest in STEM fields. Good resources, ideas, webinars, etc. Bob Ryshke

This site was shared with me. Looks really good for art, biology, evolution, chaos, structure and function, shape, etc.

"Hans Rosling says there's nothing boring about stats, and then goes on to prove it. A one-hour long documentary produced by Wingspan Productions and broadcast by BBC, 2010. "

The data sets are fantastic for teaching about the analysis of real-world data sets. Also good for explaining the pitfalls of data visualization. I've used this with students as young as 8th grade and also incorporated the works of Edward Tufte with it (http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/).

This is a good site Chris. Thanks! Bob

Check out Pepperdine's center for action research. A good explanation of the process.

This site gives a good overview for action research as part of inquiry.

Lots of folks talk about authentic assessment. The terms seem obvious, but here is a good site by a professor in IL that goes into great detail trying to unravel this topic. Good resource for teachers to stimulate ideas around making assessments more relevant and authentic to students.

A good site for browsing for ideas, resources, and tips. Some good education blogs as well.

""Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.""

Some interesting consumer math points that apply to us all -- teachers, students, and broader community.  How can we help our students (and our own minds!) grasp these points?

Great post I found via John Burk

Look at this interesting and rich resource of videos and interviews with scientists. Some good classroom material no doubt.

While watching a brilliant teacher in action, you too may have wondered: "What is it that makes them excellent?" Do we, as an educational community actually realise what makes a true teacher? Is it purely down to perfect pedagogy, rigorous planning and assessing, diligent resource making and clever behaviour management; or is there something more?