Hurricane Erin from SeaWiFS: September 10, 2001 (Version 1)
The SeaWiFS instrument captured this beautiful image of Hurricane Erin on September 10, 2001. The image shows the eye to be located 200 kilometers due east of Bermuda.
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Trainieren Sie Ihr Hörverstehen mit authentischen Materialien. Nutzen Sie die Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Samstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei. ***
Auf dem Sonderparteitag der Grünen in Berlin haben die Vorsitzende Claudia Roth und Fraktionschef Jürgen Trittin für die Zustimmung zum schwarz-gelben Atomausstiegs-Gesetz geworben. Vor mehreren hundert Delegierten verwies Roth darauf, dass der von Schwarz-Gelb vorgelegte Ausstiegsplan einige Verbesserungen d
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Video in het onderwijs Door de technologische ontwikkelingen is het maken en publiceren van video erg eenvoudig geworden en is video is niet meer weg te denken uit ons leven. Ook in het onderwijs staat het gebruik van video in de belangstelling, maar toch wordt …
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4.1 Where to find support There is a range of tools available to support you, including: The DfES financial management standard [accessed 26 January 2007]. See especially the guidance on the role of bursar [accessed 26 January 2007].
Teachernet school finances webpage [accessed 26 January 2007].
Schools Audit Commission [accessed 26 January 2007].
DfES Value for money [accessed 26 January 2007].
Go to Ac
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U.S. house on the prairie where corporate secrecy thrives
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NASA brings heat to hovering robotic lander test
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Gaga's message of support to Japan
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3.2 Case Study 1: Caswell's cockroaches The setting is a class of nine- and ten-year-olds in Toronto, Canada. The curriculum focus is biology. The classroom has been carefully organised to mirror the way in which a real adult scientific research community operates at the University of Toronto's zoological department, local to the school. Over a ten-week period, the young students are given the opportunity to become immersed in a culture of ‘scientific inquiry’ by their teacher, Beverley Caswell, who has chosen to make the
3.1 Introduction We have the obligation to think about the future, precisely because of the type of work we do … Venturing the future is not a risk – it's a necessity of the dignity of humankind. (The Disciplined Mind: Beyond Facts And Standardized Tests, The K-12 Education That Every Child Deserves, Howard Gardner, 2000) This first case study shows the way in which ICT is used within a classroom commu
2 Creative communities and ICT
We oppose ‘any prophetic pedagogy which knows everything before it happens, which teaches children that every day is the same, that there are no surprises, and teaches adults that all they have to do is repeat that which they were not able to learn.’ 4 Performance skills Performance skills are those aspects that set dancing apart from mechanical movement. Often, our attention is drawn to the dancer who is using a range of performance skills effectively, because they stand out from the rest. Performance skills are aspects such as: focus; projection; musicality; timing; emphasis; expression. All of these aspects a 6.2 Citizenship at work Employment is an issue of growing relevance to the lives of young people. In addition to their contact with the world of work through work experience, work-related learning and Citizenship, many young people also combine part-time work with their studies…. Young people need to know about the importance of health and safety at work, how to tackle discrimination and how to exercise their rights. They also need to un
