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Zoe P

BBC - Children of World War 2 - 0 views

  • BBC HomepageBBC History BBC Schools Children of WW2 Contact UsLike this page?Send it to a friend!  ../images/warhome/detail/and
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    Home A wartime home BBC Homepage BBC History BBC Schools Children of WW2 A wartime home Rationing challenge Evacuees' letters Research room Teachers and Parents Contact Us Like this page? Send it to a friend! Move your mouse over the picture and click on the highlighted objects. Picture of Vera Anderson shelter Plants Curved panels The entrance Benches/bunks Suitcase/box Curved panels: These curved steel panels are joined in the middle to make the roof and the side walls of the shelter. The steel panels have ridges and grooves (they are 'corrugated'), which makes the metal stronger.
Katie Day

BBC - A History of the World - Home - 0 views

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    "This site uses objects to tell a history of the world. You'll find 100 objects from the British Museum and hundreds more from museums and people across the UK. What will you add to the collection? "
Antara V

War in Afghanistan (2001-present) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • The War in Afghanistan is an ongoing coalition conflict which began on October 7, 2001, as the US military's Operation Enduring Freedom that was launched, with help from the British military, in response to the September 11 attacks. The UK has, since 2002, led its own military operation, Operation Herrick, as part of the same war in Afghanistan. The stated aim of the invasion was to find Osama bin Laden and other high-ranking Al-Qaeda members and put them on trial, to destroy the whole organization of Al-Qaeda, and to remove the Taliban regime which supported and gave safe harbor to Al-Qaeda. The United States' Bush Doctrine stated that, as policy, it would not distinguish between terrorist organizations and nations or governments that harbor them.
Luke Whitehouse

Rainforest Facts :: Environmental Facts :: Young People's Trust for the Environment - 0 views

  • There are about 1,000 indigenous tribes in the rainforests of the world.
  • Those nearest the equator, where the climate is very hot and wet all through the year, are evergreen because the trees can grow all the time and so are always in leaf
  • Cloud forests are yet another type of rainforest, so-called because they can be found high up mountains, where they are nearly always in cloud. The climate here is very cool but extremely wet.
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  • (One hectare is equivalent to the area covered by two football pitches). More than a hectare of rainforest is lost every two seconds,
  • there will be no rainforest at all in just 40 years.
  • Logging only began in Indonesia ten years ago. It is estimated that in just ten more years, the timber stock will have been totally destroyed. In Thailand, 80% of the country's original forest has been cut down in the last 40 years.
  • Since the end of the Second World War about half the world's rainforest has been felled.
  • Forests are destroyed for a number of reasons:-Population GrowthTropical HardwoodCattle Grazing
  • A shortage of money prevents these countries from carrying out suitable conservation programmes.
  • It is estimated that every minute, 80 football pitches of rainforest are destroyed!
Aman DC

who is epic arts? - 0 views

  • Epic Arts is an arts charity established in 2001. We organise and run visual art, drama, dance and music projects for people with disabilities in the UK, Cambodia and other international locations. Our projects celebrate the creative potential of those with whom we work, by offering new skills and giving each participant an outlet for their creative expression. Epic Arts works with the philosophy that Every Person Counts (EPiC).
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      Gives A Good Desciption Of What This Organization Does
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      Gives information on site and what it does.
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    All about Epic Arts
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    This Is The Site For Epic Arts
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    This is the homepage for the organization Epic Arts.
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    A good site for people who are learning about support and education
Thomas C

Access World News - Search Results - 0 views

  • Bangladesh, April 25 -- Education provided by the primary schools of our country is the root of all education on which depends the future of our country. But the bleak position of most of our government primary schools weakens the contribution to building up the foundation of our children. Almost every year the government is recruiting the teachers in the primary school through a written test and a viva voce. But very often many applicants fail to get the required marks in the exam but they...
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      Is Bangladesh corrupt? Please answer.
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      Yes Thomas. Bangladesh is very corrupt indeed.Actually, bet you didn't know this but Bangladesh has been voted the most corrupt country in the world for 5 years straight. No kidding Thomas. If you don't believe me go this site and read all about it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4353334.stm
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    Wow! Lots and Lots of education!
Katie Day

Film footage of Anne Frank posted on YouTube | World news | guardian.co.uk - 2 views

  • The only existing film images of Anne Frank have been loaded on to YouTube by Amsterdam museum the Anne Frank House.The footage, from 1941, is the only time Anne has been captured on film. The 20-second footage uploaded to the museum's recently launched Anne Frank Channel shows Anne's neighbour on her wedding day. A 13-year-old Anne is seen nine seconds into the video, leaning out of a second-floor window to get a better look at the bride and groom.
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    Published 2 Oct 2009
Katie Day

War Child International - international home page - 1 views

  • War Child International is a network of independent organisations, working across the world to help children affected by war. War Child was founded upon a fundamental goal: to advance the cause of peace through investing hope in the lives of children caught up in the horrors of war. War Child works in many different conflict areas around the world, helping hundreds of thousands of children every year.
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    there are also separate War Child sites for specific countries, e.g., Australia, Canada, Holland, UK
Katie Day

Red Nose Day 2009 | BBC| UK - 0 views

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    << Comic Relief was launched on Christmas Day in 1985, live on BBC One. At that time, a devastating famine was crippling Ethiopia and something had to be done. That something was Comic Relief. >> A day when people do something funny for money -- the last one was March 13, 2009.
Kengo M

The Amazon Rainforest - 0 views

    • Kengo M
       
      so this is about the rainforest importance
  • The Amazon Rainforest By Alec The Amazon rainforest has many different plants that can be used as herbal medicines. Some of the most important medicines come from the Amazon. They have been used for hundreds and hundreds of years. These plants can be deadly if taken in large doses, but in small doses they can be very helpful. They can be used to cure headaches, skin irritation, high blood pressures, and many other diseases. Here are some of them. White Trillium The white trillium has three petals, three sepals, and three leaves. If the leaves are chewed, it can help cure snake bites. If the plant’s petals are chewed, they can help ease childbirth, and the sepals if chewed are used to help cure fevers. Cinchona Tree (Cinchona officinalis) The bark of this tree is used to make Quinine, a medicine that helps treat Malaria, a serious disease. A number of various other chemicals can also be made from Cinchona, and these chemicals include cinchonine, cinchonidine and quinidine. However, quinine has been replaced by other drugs such as chloroquine and mefloquine, and now quinine is rarely used to treat malaria. Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) The leaves of this plant contain digitalis, a substance used to treat heart problems. When taken in large doses it can produce palpitations and dizziness, but when taken in smaller doses it can help the heart beat more slowly. This medicine had many effects, and sometimes it cured in miraculous ways, but it mostly produced violent reactions, occasionally killing because it was taken in very large doses. The foxglove tea is used as a morning tea to aid in birth control. Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) The opium poppy is used to make Morphine and Codeine, two drugs that are used as painkillers. The opium gum may be crudely refined and smoked, or converted to morphine and heroin.
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      About amazon can use for Q1 and2
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    good site for amazon rainforest
Ajay V

Deforestation in the Amazon - 0 views

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    Home What's New About Contribute Submissions Rainforests Mission Introduction Characteristics Biodiversity The Canopy Forest Floor Forest Waters Indigenous People Deforestation Consequences Saving Rainforests Amazon rainforest Borneo rainforest Congo rainforest Country Profiles Statistics Works Cited For Kids For Teachers Photos/Images Expert Interviews Rainforest News XML Feeds Chinese French Japanese Spanish Other Languages Pictures Books Links Newsletter Education Mongabay Sites Kids' site Travel Tips Tropical Fish Madagascar Contact About this site Providing tropical forest news, statistics, photos, and information, rainforests.mongabay.com is the world's most popular rainforest site. [more] Deforestation in the Amazon DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL: 60-70 percent of deforestation in the Amazon results from cattle ranches while the rest mostly results from small-scale subsistence agriculture. Despite the widespread press attention, large-scale farming (i.e. soybeans) currently contributes relatively little to total deforestation in the Amazon. Most soybean cultivation takes place outside the rainforest in the neighboring cerrado grassland ecosystem and in areas that have already been cleared. Logging results in forest degradation but rarely direct deforestation. However, studies have showed a close correlation between logging and future clearing for settlement and farming. [Português | Español | Français] Deforestation by state Deforestation Figures for Brazil Year Deforestation [sq mi] Deforestation [sq km] Change [%] 1988 8,127 21,050 1989 6,861 17,770 -16% 1990 5,301 13,730 -23% 1991 4,259 11,030 -20% 1992 5,323 13,786 25% 1993 5,751 14,896 8% 1994 5,751 14,896 0% 1995 11,220 29,059 95% 1996 7,012 18,161 -38% 1997 5,107 13,227 -27% 1998 6,712 17,383 31% 1999 6,664 17,259 -1% 2000 7,037 18,226 6% 2001 7,014 18,165 0% 2002 8,260 2
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    TROPICAL RAINFORESTS: Deforestation in Brazil Click Here Home What's New About Contribute Submissions Rainforests Mission Introduction Characteristics Biodiversity The Canopy Forest Floor Forest Waters Indigenous People Deforestation Consequences Saving Rainforests Amazon rainforest Borneo rainforest Congo rainforest Country Profiles Statistics Works Cited For Kids For Teachers Photos/Images Expert Interviews Rainforest News XML Feeds Chinese French Japanese Spanish Other Languages Pictures Books Links Newsletter Education Mongabay Sites Kids' site Travel Tips Tropical Fish Madagascar Contact About this site Providing tropical forest news, statistics, photos, and information, rainforests.mongabay.com is the world's most popular rainforest site. [more] Deforestation in the Amazon DEFORESTATION IN BRAZIL: 60-70 percent of deforestation in the Amazon results from cattle ranches while the rest mostly results from small-scale subsistence agriculture. Despite the widespread press attention, large-scale farming (i.e. soybeans) currently contributes relatively little to total deforestation in the Amazon. Most soybean cultivation takes place outside the rainforest in the neighboring cerrado grassland ecosystem and in areas that have already been cleared. Logging results in forest degradation but rarely direct deforestation. However, studies have showed a close correlation between logging and future clearing for settlement and farming. [Português | Español | Français] Deforestation by state Deforestation Figures for Brazil Year Deforestation [sq mi] Deforestation [sq km] Change [%] 1988 8,127 21,050 1989 6,861 17,770 -16% 1990 5,301 13,730 -23% 1991 4,259 11,030 -20% 1992 5,323 13,786 25% 1993 5,751 14,896 8% 1994 5,751 14,896 0% 1995 11,220 29,059 95% 1996 7,012 18,161 -38% 1997 5,107 13,227 -27% 1998 6,712 17,383 31% 1999 6,664
Lucy C

What are Food Chains and Food Webs - 0 views

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      This is a cool website for food webs.
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    cool
Mahi N

Rainforest Tribes :: Environmental Facts :: Young People's Trust for the Environment - 0 views

shared by Mahi N on 16 Sep 09 - Cached
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    Very good website. must come back for report info.
Thomas C

Borneo Tropical Rainforest Foundation - 0 views

  • The current rampant destruction of rainforest in Borneo is a biodiversity disaster of planetary proportions. Majestic gifts of creation, which took 50 to 100 million years to develop could be totally decimated in just 50 years of frenzied, largely uncontrolled exploitation
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    I might consider donating
Ajay V

Tropical Rainforests - Reasons for their Destruction - 0 views

  • Farmland is made.
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      is this a good enough reason to cut down rainforest
  • The wood cut down is sold as timber and used as fuel.
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      people used timber to make fuel
  • There are also social reasons for cutting down the trees. Transport links. Roads and railways are needed to move goods and people. Settlements. Modern cities such as Manaus in Brazil and Jakarta in Indonesia have been developed in areas that were once were tropical rainforest.
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      Social resons to cut down rainforests venkaQ3
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  • There are economic reasons for countries to cut down their rainforests. Farmland is made. This is both arable land which is used for tropical crops such as cassava and bananas, and grass land which is used for livestock farming, mainly cattle ranching. This farmland, as well as providing food, gives employment and earns money in export earnings for the country. The wood cut down is sold as timber and used as fuel. Tropical hardwoods are much in demand for use in building and furniture. The main markets for the tropical hardwoods are in the developed world. It will allow the mining of minerals. Many important ores such as bauxite and iron ore have been found in tropical rainforest areas. The most economical way to remove the rocks is often by opencast mining, which means that the trees have to be cut down. The produce power and water supplies. Rivers have been dammed to make large reservoirs for Hydro-Electric Power schemes. An example is the Sobradino Dam on the San Francisco River in Brazil.
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      Very good reasons (on a timber worker's perspective) on why they should cut down trees
Luke Whitehouse

BBC - WW2 People's War - War Through the Eyes of a Child: Plymouth Blitz - 0 views

  • When the siren started to wail I would put on my suit and shoes and make sure my younger brother did the same. Then I would pick up a torch and we would go downstairs ready to go into our air raid shelter. My mother would have already put my grandmother into the shelter and she would have made certain that at least two candles were alight. We had to enter our Anderson shelter (which was in the front garden) by a small doorway, go down four rungs of a small ladder, close the wooden door behind us and pull a blanket over the whole entrance. My father was away in the Royal Navy serving on board H.M.S. Exeter, so I felt I was the man of the house.
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      How would you be feeling if it was you?
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    World War 2, a child's memories of the war.
Mahi N

Rainforest Tribes :: Environmental Facts :: Young People's Trust for the Environment - 0 views

shared by Mahi N on 15 Sep 09 - Cached
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    Good website
Zina S

Rainforest Animals :: Environmental Facts :: Young People's Trust for the Environment - 0 views

shared by Zina S on 09 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Animals of the rain forests are provided with a variety of habitats in the different layers of the forest trees. Some live at the top of the tallest trees while others live in the lower zones. Some animals, live on the ground level or even below the surface and so we have this vast and complex pattern of plant and animal life which has been evolving steadily for millions of years.
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      change to own words and put in report
  • Animals of the rain forests are provided with a variety of habitats in the different layers of the forest trees. Some live at the top of the tallest trees while others live in the lower zones. Some animals, live on the ground level or even below the surface and so we have this vast and complex pattern of plant and animal life which has been evolving steadily for millions of years.
Thomas C

The top predator of Borneo. - 0 views

  • div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } A leopard can, after all, change its spots: a new species of big cat has been identified for the first time in almost two centuries. The big cats prowling the jungles of Borneo and Sumatra had long been assumed to be the same clouded leopards that are found in mainland Asia. Genetic analysis and comparisons of fur patterns have now shown the two animals to be as distinct as the lion and the tiger, the WWF announced yesterday. Among the findings that convinced scientists was the realisation that the Bornean cat has changed the number and prominence of its spots.
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      That cat is totally diffrent from a leapord. those scientist got it wrong big time!
  • The cats have now been reclassified as the Bornean clouded leopard, with the name Neofelis diardi, to distinguish them from other clouded leopards, Neofelis nebulosa. The two species, both endangered, are shown by genetic analysis to have separated 1.4 million years ago, after the animals used a land bridge, now covered by water, from mainland Asia to reach Borneo and Sumatra.
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    Wow! I didn't Know that Borneo had its own species of cat! Great website.
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