Cryptid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Scientific premises in Verne's Journey
Listen to a discussion on new findings about the earth's inner core at Journey to the Center of the Earth on National Public Radio (1996) here
Monday, February 21, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Geological history of Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Read about the Earth's Geologic History on Wikipedia here
See the Geologic Time Scale on Wikipedia here
Look at Google images of Geologic Time Scale here
Do this fantastic interactive tutorial here from Berkley Education (and more here)
How do you like to visualize the history of the earth?
See the Geologic Time Scale on Wikipedia here
Look at Google images of Geologic Time Scale here
Do this fantastic interactive tutorial here from Berkley Education (and more here)
How do you like to visualize the history of the earth?
- vertically? (like this with the most recent history at the top)
- horizontally? (like this or this)
- like a spiral? (like this one with the past on the bottom)
- like a clock? (like this or this)
- like the Science Centre walk here
- like books back-to-back (like this)
- like a staircase (like this)
- like a calendar (like this)
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
First experiences creating a PowerPoint-like presentation
The desertification project asked for a PowerPoint presentation so we used open source Impress from OpenOffice (a free and open productivity suite similar to Microsoft Works).
Zack navigated easily the standard features of this programme (e.g., inserting slides, text boxes, fonts, transitions). For slide backgrounds, he lightened up images in Paint.Net. He created collages using Picasa Collage Maker (a fun free app from Google). Impress developed a lag that I have yet to work out.
The main challenge really was to try to explain to him what exactly a slide presentation is. He's never sat through slide presentations so hasn't experienced the agony of the boring misconceived, poorly executed show. It was harder to for him to grasp the necessity of condensing information to the essential to support an oral presentation. There is lots to still learn in this area, but considering that many adults have a great deal of difficulty communicating, it is a real bonus to be starting at 11 years old.
When the assignment was complete, Zack could not send it using Wilostar3d, so I told him about SlideShare, and he made an account, uploaded it, and sent the link to his teacher. We were then able to embed the slideshow into this blog. He is learning more about the cloud.
Zack navigated easily the standard features of this programme (e.g., inserting slides, text boxes, fonts, transitions). For slide backgrounds, he lightened up images in Paint.Net. He created collages using Picasa Collage Maker (a fun free app from Google). Impress developed a lag that I have yet to work out.
The main challenge really was to try to explain to him what exactly a slide presentation is. He's never sat through slide presentations so hasn't experienced the agony of the boring misconceived, poorly executed show. It was harder to for him to grasp the necessity of condensing information to the essential to support an oral presentation. There is lots to still learn in this area, but considering that many adults have a great deal of difficulty communicating, it is a real bonus to be starting at 11 years old.
When the assignment was complete, Zack could not send it using Wilostar3d, so I told him about SlideShare, and he made an account, uploaded it, and sent the link to his teacher. We were then able to embed the slideshow into this blog. He is learning more about the cloud.
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