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Martin Burrett

Student's Guide to Global Climate Change - 4 views

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    A good child-friendly site from the US EPA about Climate Change. Learn about why it's happening and what they can do to help. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental
Martin Burrett

Energy and the Environment - Impacts of Generating Electricity - 60 views

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    A well made presentation about energy and the environment, with animated diagrams and lots of child-friendly information. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental
Martin Burrett

Freerice.com - 35 views

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    Quiz on topics including basic maths, English vocabulary and MFL. Help to feed the world's hungry 10 grains of rice at a time. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE,+RE,+Citizenship,+Geography+&+Environmental
Martin Burrett

Chevron - willyoujoinus - Energyville - 44 views

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    A game where players must make decisions to balance the environment with power needs. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE,+RE,+Citizenship,+Geography+&+Environmental
natelangel

Novel and High Volume Use Flame Retardants in US Couches Reflective of the 2005 PentaBD... - 10 views

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      Use this data table for the Socrative Quiz Questions
Elizabeth Resnick

How to Bring Screenwriting into the Classroom | Edutopia - 4 views

  • Younger grades could create scripts for implied scenes in stories they read or films they watched together.
  • Other subject areas could benefit from encouraging students to think about what they can show on a screen to demonstrate understanding: from a documentary on rain in environmental science to historical interpretations of events, students can show their learning (reading screenplays is a nice break from reading essays, too).
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    scroll down for ways to use screenwriting to other grades and other subjects.
Carla Shinn

Help for the High Seas: The Terramar Project - 3 views

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    Who owns the seas? For 64 percent of the world's oceans-the amount that lies beyond national jurisdictions-the answer is no one. The high seas, as they're known, are like the planet's commons: since they don't really belong to anyone, no nation invests enough in offering them the protection they deserve, even though they constitute 45 percent of the planet's surface area.
maureen greenbaum

The Protégé Effect | Psychology Today - 27 views

  • most cutting-edge tool under development is the “teachable agent” — a computerized character who learns, tries, makes mistakes and asks questions just like a real-world pupil.
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  • Student tutors feel chagrin when their virtual pupils fail; when the characters succeed, they feel what one expert calls by the Yiddish term nachas.
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  • Betty’s Brain, who has been “taught” about environmental science by hundreds of middle school students. Even though users’ interactions with Betty are virtual, the social impulses that make learning-by-teaching so potent still come into play
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Kimberly Brosan

The Environmental Literacy Council - Teaching Resources - 0 views

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    Resource with links for topics including Air & Climate, Land, Water, Ecosystems, Energy, Food, and Environment & Society
Holly Barlaam

Project Look Sharp - 4 views

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    "Project Look Sharp is a media literacy initiative of Ithaca College to provide materials, training and support for the effective integration of media literacy with critical thinking into classroom curricula at all education levels." Site includes teacher lessons and resources for many different subject areas.
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