KidsGCCI

A great list of sites to use and examples to see for digital storytelling, ideal for ESL

"5) Nonetheless, if I had to choose one of two bumper stickers for our car - CLIMATE CRISIS or ENERGY QUEST - I'd choose the latter. "

Great 'sponges'/icebreakers and activities that can be use more than once in a classroom

GLAND, SWITZERLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 09/02/09 -- The new report, Arctic Climate Feedbacks: Global Implications, outlines dire global consequences of a warming Arctic that are far worse than previous projections. Peer-reviewed by the world's top climate scientists, this report reinforces that there's no time to waste in tackling climate change, because this meltdown will have major implications for people around the world - not just in the Arctic.

shorten multiple urls works like a slide show

From Colorado to Washington state, an unprecedented, years-long epidemic of mountain pine beetle has killed 2.6 million hectares (6.5 million acres) of forest. The insect has struck even more devastatingly to the north, in British Columbia, where clouds of beetles have laid waste to 14 million hectares (35 million acres) - twice the area of Ireland. It is expected to kill 80 percent of the Canadian province's lodgepole pines before it's finished. Farther north, in the Yukon, the pine beetle isn't endemic - yet. Here it's the spruce bark beetle that has eaten its way through 400,000 hectares (1 million acres) of woodland, and even more in neighboring Alaska, in a 15-year-old epidemic unmatched in its longevity and extent.

A majority of Americans continue believe that climate change is correctly portrayed or even underestimated in the news media, but a record high 41 percent believe risks are exaggerated. It's a vocal 41 percent, and they draw on a stock set of arguments to attack the credibility of scientists, politicians and environmentalists who claim that humans are spurring dangerous climate change. Like me, you may wonder where these arguments come from and whether they have any validity. The most common argument, and the one I will focus on in this first of several installments, is that many credible scientists dispute the theory of anthropogenic (or human-caused) climate change asserted by U.N. scientists in the 2007 IPCC report that found that humans were almost certainly causing the climate to change.

A majority of Americans continue believe that climate change is correctly portrayed or even underestimated in the news media, but a record high 41 percent believe risks are exaggerated. It's a vocal 41 percent, and they draw on a stock set of arguments to attack the credibility of scientists, politicians and environmentalists who claim that humans are spurring dangerous climate change. Like me, you may wonder where these arguments come from and whether they have any validity. The most common argument, and the one I will focus on in this first of several installments, is that many credible scientists dispute the theory of anthropogenic (or human-caused) climate change asserted by U.N. scientists in the 2007 IPCC report that found that humans were almost certainly causing the climate to change. San Francisco Chronicle : The Thin Green Line : Cameron Scott

Some fun in the classroom, with a little learning going on in the background.

Here are 8 things to do that will make life easier, and your studies more fulfilling.

The thoughtful/reflective effort it took to write this has made this one of the most powerful things I've done for professional development as a teacher.

Fair warning, you could easily eat up a big chunk of your day following the links in this post! Buy hey, you'll be helping out the world a bit in the process. Here's what I found :

This post will be printed in a Grade 8 Language Arts Text by Pearson Education. "Who did you help today?" It is simple. It inspires empathy. It shows what we truly value… and I look forward to the day when my daughters 'favorite part of the day' is also the answer to 'who did you help today'.

What happens when you: Allow students to determine what they need to learn, and then enable students to manage their own learning activities?