free time lapse photography software for a while now and finally found Perios. Perios is a tiny download and very, very simple to use.
For my first movie I set the software to record one frame every five seconds but I feel I need to continue experimenting for improved results. Once the software captures all the still pics you have to export them as a movie file. I then added all the credits and music in Movie Maker. Too easy!!!
The only hassle I had with the software was trying to get it to work with a webcam. I eventually just stuck with the built in camera in my laptop.
Possible Time Lapse Subjects
- flower blooming / plant growth
- spider spinning a web
- tracking shadow movement throughout a day
- artwork being made
- a classic game of chess
- the classroom working
- lego construction
- snail race
- decomposing fruit
- butterfly hatching
- traffic outside your window for surveys
- is the movement of the lunchtime crowd fractal?
- fill up and ant farm and record tunnel creation
- growing of crystals
- your fish tank
- clouds across the sky / storm coming
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a game called Where in the World & What in the World is Money? For high school students Monetary Mania is a game in which students can test their knowledge of economic theories. Beyond the games, teachers will find complete sets of lesson plans for teaching lesson economics to middle school and high school students.
If you're in need of a good visual representation of the World's economic outlook, check out the IMF's Data Mapper. The IMF Data Mapper allows you to see the current, past, and predicted distribution of wealth around the world. Use the slider tabs on the IMF Data Mapper to change the map's display.
Applications for Education
The IMF's games for students are fun tools for students to play and test their knowledge after you've conducted an economics lesson. The Data Mapper provides students with an excellent view of the distribution of wealth around the world.
a series of nine maps that display the current front page of major newspapers around the world. Little orange colored dots on each map correspond to the publishing location of each newspaper. Placing your mouse pointer on one of the dots generates a preview of that newspaper's current front page. Click on the preview and you can read that front page or click through to the newspaper's website. The screenshot below is of the US Newseum map.