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Catalogue of Life - 4 views

www.catalogueoflife.org taxonomy species nature biodiversity database biology animals plants fungi
shared by Camilla Elliott on 23 May 13 - Cached
  • Camilla Elliott on 23 May 13
     
    Gateway to online database of the world's known species of animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms
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Apple's Data Centers are Now Fully Sustainable. But is Our Gadget Habit? - 2 views

www.tcgeeks.com/is-our-gadget-habit-ios-rumors sustainable sustainability energy apple
shared by John Pearce on 17 May 13 - No Cached
  • John Pearce on 17 May 13
     
    "THE Customer DATA centers run by Apple are now entirely fueled by renewable energy, as are 75% of all its corporate facilities, according to the company's recently released 'Apple and the Environment` report. But despite the commitment demonstrated by building one of the world's largest solar arrays, as well as a biogas plant, beside its new iCloud facility in Maiden, North Carolina, the annual review of environmental impact also acknowledges that the total greenhouse gas emissions attributable to Apple's products and operations rose by 34% in 2012."
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Take your Class on a Global Virtual Field Trip with GeoGuessr - 1 views

www.fractuslearning.com/...virtual-field-trip-geoguessr GeoGuesser googlemaps geography tools
shared by Rhondda Powling on 03 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Rhondda Powling on 03 Jun 13
     
    "GeoGuesser makes students to use their eyes and become more observant of what is around them. They have to find the indicators (evidence) to guess where they are (virtually).They could discuss their ideas with fellow students. When going through GeoGuesser they learn about geography, how places look different in terms of plants, soils, colours and the architecture of different places of the world. 

Is English Language So Popular because of the USA? - 0 views

started by puzznbuzzus on 17 Feb 17 no follow-up yet
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Ugly font may improve learning › News in Science (ABC Science) - 4 views

www.abc.net.au/...3230801.htm readability eBook font ABCScience literacy
shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 05 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • "It's important to remember that a good third of our visual cortex ... is devoted to literacy, reading. This 5000-year-old cultural invention has usurped a huge chunk of the brain," he said. "One of the trade-offs of this is that people who can read are a little worse at 'quote-unquote' reading the natural world and remembering objects such as plants and animals, because so much of our visual vortex is devoted to letters, syllables and words."
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 05 Jun 11
     
    Inspired by comic strips and hated by font designers, new research suggests Comic Sans may help people remember what they read.
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Atlas of Living Australia - 6 views

www.ala.org.au Australia biodiversity research atlas plants animals science CSIRO project
shared by John Pearce on 14 Jul 11 - Cached
  • John Pearce on 14 Jul 11
     
    "The Atlas of Living Australia is a national initiative focused on making Australia's biodiversity information more accessible and useable online. It is a partnership between CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, the Australian natural history collections community and the Australian Government."
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