http://www.educationalblog.com Education, Online Education, Vocational Schools, Colleges and More Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:29:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 en http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2176 http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2176#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:29:00 +0000 Administrator Uncategorized http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2176 invites students to explore energy -- what it is, where it comes from, ways to conserve it. Topics include energy careers, field trips, and science fair projects. Teachers will find lesson plans on energy conservation, electricity, oil, natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar, and more. Teachers, you are invited to submit your lesson plans. (U.S. Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy)

]]> invites students to explore energy -- what it is, where it comes from, ways to conserve it. Topics include energy careers, field trips, and science fair projects. Teachers will find lesson plans on energy conservation, electricity, oil, natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar, and more. Teachers, you are invited to submit your lesson plans. (U.S. Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy)

]]> http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2176/feed/ http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2177 http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2177#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:28:00 +0000 Administrator Uncategorized http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2177 is a brief but comprehensive introduction to energy. Learn what energy is and how it is used. Explore renewable and nonrenewable energy -- oil, coal, gasoline, natural gas, nuclear, hydropower, biomass, biofuels, wind, geothermal, solar, and more. (U.S. Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy)

]]> is a brief but comprehensive introduction to energy. Learn what energy is and how it is used. Explore renewable and nonrenewable energy -- oil, coal, gasoline, natural gas, nuclear, hydropower, biomass, biofuels, wind, geothermal, solar, and more. (U.S. Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy)

]]> http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2177/feed/ http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2175 http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2175#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 15:23:00 +0000 Administrator Uncategorized http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2175 is a collection of essays and stories about how photography shapes our culture and our lives. Explore how photography changes who we are, what we do, what we see, where we go, what we want, and what we remember. (Smithsonian Institution)

]]> is a collection of essays and stories about how photography shapes our culture and our lives. Explore how photography changes who we are, what we do, what we see, where we go, what we want, and what we remember. (Smithsonian Institution)

]]> http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2175/feed/ http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2173 http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2173#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 14:41:00 +0000 Administrator Uncategorized http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2173 offers more than 1,700 movies made by federal agencies. Many are of historical interest. Topics include the American wilderness, atomic attack ("Duck and Cover"), aviation, China, civics, Ellis Island, emergency management, explosions of refineries, F-16, fire protection, first aid, hazards, hydroplaning, military etiquette, mechanical shock, parenting, religions, Vietnam, wetlands, and more. (www.archive.org, Multiple Agencies)

]]> offers more than 1,700 movies made by federal agencies. Many are of historical interest. Topics include the American wilderness, atomic attack ("Duck and Cover"), aviation, China, civics, Ellis Island, emergency management, explosions of refineries, F-16, fire protection, first aid, hazards, hydroplaning, military etiquette, mechanical shock, parenting, religions, Vietnam, wetlands, and more. (www.archive.org, Multiple Agencies)

]]> http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2173/feed/ http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2172 http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2172#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:37:00 +0000 Administrator Uncategorized http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2172 offers electronic field trips that combine live broadcasts and web resources to explore the geology and paleontological resources of Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park. Students are invited to become 'geological detectives' and solve mysteries. Lessons are provided on the rock cycle, erosion, hoodoos, and the Colorado Plateau. (National Park Foundation, National Park Service)

]]> offers electronic field trips that combine live broadcasts and web resources to explore the geology and paleontological resources of Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park. Students are invited to become 'geological detectives' and solve mysteries. Lessons are provided on the rock cycle, erosion, hoodoos, and the Colorado Plateau. (National Park Foundation, National Park Service)

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]]> provides lesson plans on comets, contour mapping, convection, craters, counting, eclipses, the inverse square law, life in the universe, micrometeorites, moon phases, robotic spacecraft, spotting satellites, sunspots, Venus topography, and more. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

]]> http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1677/feed/ http://www.educationalblog.com/2010/03/26/outline-of-the-us-economy/ http://www.educationalblog.com/2010/03/26/outline-of-the-us-economy/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:08:00 +0000 Administrator Uncategorized http://www.educationalblog.com/2010/03/26/outline-of-the-us-economy/ examines the U.S. economy: its evolution, its products, and challenges of this century. Learn how our economy is affected by various factors: geography and infrastructure, competition and culture, government, global engagement, and more. (Department of State)

]]> examines the U.S. economy: its evolution, its products, and challenges of this century. Learn how our economy is affected by various factors: geography and infrastructure, competition and culture, government, global engagement, and more. (Department of State)

]]> http://www.educationalblog.com/2010/03/26/outline-of-the-us-economy/feed/ http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2153 http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2153#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:08:00 +0000 Administrator Uncategorized http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2153 explores innovation. Get ideas about how to innovate right now. Read about nanotechnology in energy, space flight, medicine, and environmental science; social networking used for recycling, fighting poverty, recovering from a disaster, and campaigning; X games; educational video games; new materials for buildings; music therapy; and the future of travel. (Department of State)

]]> explores innovation. Get ideas about how to innovate right now. Read about nanotechnology in energy, space flight, medicine, and environmental science; social networking used for recycling, fighting poverty, recovering from a disaster, and campaigning; X games; educational video games; new materials for buildings; music therapy; and the future of travel. (Department of State)

]]> http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=2153/feed/ http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1121 http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1121#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:05:00 +0000 Administrator Uncategorized http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1121 features over 100 animations and images that illuminate key concepts in earth science. Examples are: coal formation, nuclear fission, growth of a continent, tectonic plate movement, volcanoes and earthquakes, fault motion, geyser eruption, wave motion, tornadoes, hurricanes, and more. (National Science Foundation)

]]> features over 100 animations and images that illuminate key concepts in earth science. Examples are: coal formation, nuclear fission, growth of a continent, tectonic plate movement, volcanoes and earthquakes, fault motion, geyser eruption, wave motion, tornadoes, hurricanes, and more. (National Science Foundation)

]]> http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1121/feed/ http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1599 http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1599#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:02:00 +0000 Administrator Uncategorized http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1599 provides 165 lesson plans developed to bring entire classrooms "on board" for exploration and discovery. Topics include deep-sea hydrothermal vents and their spectacular animal communities, benthic creatures of the Northern Gulf of Mexico (one of Earth's most geologically complex regions), seafloor methane, unexplored deep reef habitats off the Carolinas, the Titanic, and the mystery of the Steamship Portland (lost in a 1898 storm off New England). (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

]]> provides 165 lesson plans developed to bring entire classrooms "on board" for exploration and discovery. Topics include deep-sea hydrothermal vents and their spectacular animal communities, benthic creatures of the Northern Gulf of Mexico (one of Earth's most geologically complex regions), seafloor methane, unexplored deep reef habitats off the Carolinas, the Titanic, and the mystery of the Steamship Portland (lost in a 1898 storm off New England). (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

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