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Zina S

Iran-Iraq War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War

iran iraq war 5LWh

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  • The war began when Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980 following a long history of border disputes and fears of Shia insurgency among Iraq's long-suppressed Shia majority influenced by the Iranian Revolution. Although Iraq hoped to take advantage of revolutionary chaos in Iran and attacked without formal warning, they made only limited progress into Iran and within several months were repelled by the Iranians who regained virtually all lost territory by June, 1982. For the next six years, Iran was on the offensive.
Marius S

2004 French-Ivorian Clashes- Wikipedia - 1 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Ivorian-French_War

5LWh Conflicts

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    • Marius S
      Marius S on 30 Oct 09
       
      Map of the conflict
Antara V

world war 2 - Google Images - 0 views

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worldwar1

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  • Antara V on 30 Oct 09
     
    great pics on world war 1.
Luke Whitehouse

Inquiry Learning and Information Literacy Models - 1 views

ictnz.com/infolitmodels.htm

instruction inquiry research information pedagogy models inquiry_learning informationliteracy

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    • Luke Whitehouse
      Luke Whitehouse on 27 Oct 09
       
      Another way of breaking down research skills and information location and retrieval
  • Luke Whitehouse on 27 Oct 09
     
    Page with about 20 models on it, some with links, some with great diagrams.
Katie Day

World Digital Library Home - 0 views

www.wdl.org/en

libraries digital international world united_nations culture archives images history online research G5_voices

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  • Katie Day on 22 Oct 09
     
    images / cultural artefacts from around the world, e.g., old maps - thinking this would be good for the Voices from the Past unit of inquiry
Katie Day

RESPOND - Geographic information services for the Humanitarian Aid community - 0 views

www.respond-int.org/respondlive

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shared by Katie Day on 24 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Respond is an alliance of European and International organisations working with the humanitarian community to improve access to maps, satellite imagery and geographic information. As a community response to real and urgent User need for global humanitarian mapping, Respond began during 2004, as one of the 2nd tranche of ESAs GMES Service Element (GSE) projects. Stage 2 began in November 2006 and will run until the end of October 2009.
  • Katie Day on 24 Oct 09
     
    For the lending a hand UOI
Katie Day

Reuters AlertNet - alerting humanitarians to emergencies - 0 views

www.alertnet.org

G5_conflict G5_help global_concerns aid humanitarian news emergencies

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  • Katie Day on 24 Oct 09
     
    news website for conflicts and issues around the globe
Katie Day

Emmanuel Jal: The music of a war child | Video on TED.com - 0 views

www.ted.com/..._the_music_of_a_war_child.html

G5_conflict music ted_talks war children

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  • For five years, young Emmanuel Jal fought as a child soldier in the Sudan. Rescued by an aid worker, he's become an international hip-hop star and an activist for kids in war zones. In words and lyrics, he tells the story of his amazing life.
  • Katie Day on 24 Oct 09
     
    Would need to screen before showing it to kids -- I forget how disturbing his story is....
Katie Day

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

www.guardian.co.uk/...ne-frank-video-release-youtube

G5_conflict war children anne_frank videos WWII

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  • 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.
  • Katie Day on 24 Oct 09
     
    Published 2 Oct 2009
Katie Day

International Day of Peace, 21 September - 0 views

www.un.org/...2009

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  • The International Day of Peace, observed each year on 21 September, is a global call for ceasefire and non-violence. This year the Secretary-General is calling on governments and citizens to focus on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. On 13 June 2009, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a multiplatform campaign under the slogan WMD – We Must Disarm to mark the 100-day countdown which lead to the International Day of Peace on 21 September.
  • Katie Day on 26 Oct 09
     
    We actually have a picture book called "Peace One Day" about the guy who got the idea for the International Day of Peace and how it got the UN to officially recognize it.
Katie Day

War Child International - international home page - 1 views

www.warchild.org

G5_conflict war children

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  • 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.
  • Katie Day on 24 Oct 09
     
    there are also separate War Child sites for specific countries, e.g., Australia, Canada, Holland, UK
Katie Day

Food Experts Worry as World Population and Hunger Grow - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...22food.html

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  • Scientists and development experts across the globe are racing to increase food production by 50 percent over the next two decades to feed the world’s growing population, yet many doubt their chances despite a broad consensus that enough land, water and expertise exist.
  • The number of hungry people in the world rose to 1.02 billion this year, or nearly one in seven people, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, despite a 12-year concentrated effort to cut the number.
  • Agronomists and development experts who gathered in Rome last week generally agreed that the resources and technical knowledge were available to increase food production by 50 percent in 2030 and by 70 percent in 2050 — the amounts needed to feed a population expected to grow to 9.1 billion in 40 years.
  • Katie Day on 24 Oct 09
     
    article published Oct 21, 2009 For the lending a hand UOI
Victoria B

Pygmies - Pygmy Kleinood(how can we help them) - 0 views

www.pygmee.nl/pygmy_algemeen2.html

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    • Zoe P
      Zoe P on 14 Sep 09
       
      That is a good part about food
  • Infectious diseases unwittingly brought by the Europeans or transferred from the Bantus are taking their toll amongst the pygmies: in a typical community about 20% of the population is ill. They suffer particularly from malaria, eye diseases such as endemic river-blindness, intestinal worm diseases, framboesia, lung- and viral infections and from wounds which easily go septic in this tropical environment. Many children catch measles and suffer from polio and their mortality rate is very high. Adequate health care is expensive and local resources are extremely limited. The unique pygmy people need our support. With the help of the many friends of the pygmies around the globe we provide essential health-care and assistance in education and agriculture - but with more funds we could do so much more. A little money goes a very long way. For example, for only Euro 30, -- you can send a pygmy child to school for a whole year. We can pay the teacher and provide educational materials and medical care for the pupil. We need your support
  • Pygmies - page 2
  • Zoe P on 14 Sep 09
     
    a bit about THe Pymies
Victoria B

Tropical rainforest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Tropical_rainforest

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  • tropical rainforests are considered a type of tropical wet forest (or tropical moist broadleaf forest) and may also be referred to as lowland equatorial evergreen rainforest
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Intro for report.
  • and may also be referred to as lowland equatorial evergreen rainforest
  • Rainforests are home to half of all the living animal and plant species on the planet.[2] Tropical rain forests are called the "world's largest pharmacy" because over one-quarter of modern medicines originate from its plants.
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Intro for report.
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  • The rainforest is divided into five different layers, each with different plants and animals, adapted for life in the particular area. These are: the floor layer, the shrub layer, the undercanopy layer, the canopy layer and the emergent layer. Only the emergent layer is unique to tropical rainforests, while the others are also found in temperate rainforests.
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Useful for my Q2.
  • The emergent layer contains a small number of very large trees which grow above the general canopy, reaching heights of 45-55 m, although on occasion a few species will grow to 70 m or 80 m tall.
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Useful for my Q2.
  • Eagles, butterflies, bats and certain monkeys inhabit this layer
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Useful for my Q2.
  • Those animals include: snakes, toucans and tree frogs.
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Useful for my Q2.
  • Many animals live here including jaguars, red-eyed tree frogs and leopards. There is a large concentration of insects here.
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Useful for my Q2.
  • Giant anteaters live in this layer
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Useful for my Q2.
  • A tropical rainforest is an ecosystem usually found around the equator. They are common in Asia, Australia, Africa, South America, Central America, Mexico and on many of the Pacific Islands. Within the World Wildlife Fund's biome classification,
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Intro for report.
  • Minimum normal annual rainfall between 1,750 millimetres (69 in) and 2,000 millimetres (79 in) occurs in this climate region. Mean monthly temperatures exceed 18 Â°C (64 Â°F) during all months of the year.[1]
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Intro for report
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Intro for report.
  • The undergrowth in a rainforest is restricted in many areas by the lack of sunlight at ground level.[4] This makes it possible for people and other animals to walk through the forest. If the leaf canopy is destroyed or thinned for any reason, the ground beneath is soon colonized by a dense tangled growth of vines, shrubs and small trees called a jungle.[5]
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Intro for report.
  • able to withstand the hot temperatures and strong winds.
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Useful for my Q2.
  • Canopy - This is the primary layer of the forest and forms a roof over the two remaining layers. Most canopy trees have smooth, oval leaves that come to a point. It's a maze of leaves and branches. Many animals live in this area since food is abundant.
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Useful for my Q2.
  • Under canopy - Little sunshine reaches this area so the plants have to grow larger leaves to reach the sunlight. The plants in this area seldom grow to 12 feet
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Useful for my Q2.
  • Shrub layer/forest floor - This layer is very dark. Almost no plants grow in this area, as a result. Since hardly any sun reaches the forest floor things begin to decay quickly. A leaf that might take one year to decompose in a regular climate will disappear in 6 weeks
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Useful for my Q2.
  • An increase in tourism has increased economic support, allowing more revenue to go into the protection of the habitat. Tourism can contribute directly to the conservation of sensitive areas and habitat. Revenue from park-entrance fees and similar sources can be utilised specifically to pay for the protection and management of environmentally sensitive areas. Revenue from taxation and tourism provides an additional incentive for governments to contribute revenue to the protection of the forest. Tourism also has the potential to increase public appreciation of the environment and to spread awareness of environmental problems when it brings people into closer contact with the environment. Such increased awareness can induce more environmentally conscious behavior. Tourism has had a positive effect on wildlife preservation and protection efforts, notably in Africa but also in South America, Asia, Australia, and the South Pacific.[14]
    • Gurupranav G
      Gurupranav G on 25 Sep 09
       
      Useful for my Q4.
    • Victoria B
      Victoria B on 08 Oct 09
       
      HAve to use for project
  • Tall, broad-leaved evergreen trees are the dominant plants, forming a leafy canopy over the forest floor. Taller trees,
    • Victoria B
      Victoria B on 08 Oct 09
       
      Must use for project
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