For the uninitiated, an ‘Earth Sandwich’ is created when “two slices of bread are simultaneously placed on opposite sides of the Earth” with of course the obligatory ‘pics or it didn’t happen’ from the two people on different sides of the world. Like these below from the Irish Examiner news site. There’s lots of info
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Okeanos Ocean Explorer
The Okeanos Explorer is a US federally funded research ship, assigned to ‘systematically explore our largely unknown ocean for the purpose of discovery and the advancement of knowledge’. There’s a live feed happening between April 27 and May 19, 2017 where the ship will collect information about deepwater areas in the Pacific. During that time the
Tags: living things, ocean explorationSunSmart Training
It’s the summer term here in Australia, which means students have to wear hats during playtime at school. The SunSmart site came up while researching ideas for ‘No Hat/ No Play’ signs for our schoolyard. After a quick registration, I completed the online teacher training. It’s pretty basic – quizzes, animations, text to read – but provides
Spot the Station
NASA has a handy service so you can know ‘when to look up’ and see the International Space Station. Head on over to spotthestation.nasa.gov Clock the ‘Sign up for alerts’ button. Select your country, state / region and city. As a proud South Australian I was limited to four somewhat peculiar choices: Adelaide, Leigh Creek, Peterborough
Tags: ISS, Our Place In Space, Space, Space StationThe Three Billy Goats Gruff: Shadow Puppets
The Three Billy Goats Gruff story lends itself marvelously for drama explorations. With only two characters ‘on-stage’ at any one time it’s also ideal for small-group puppetry. This download is a set of character silhouettes that are ideal for use as shadow puppets. Just cut the shapes out, glue on sticks and away you go. Students
Mars Boarding Pass
Easter Island reforestation project
Rapanui Kickstarter Project
My Google alert feed on all things Rapa Nui (my latest musical ‘Compass Rose’ is set there) suggested this great Kickstarter Project: ‘Vai – The Story of Water On Rapa Nui‘. Paleoecologist Dr. Candice Gossen plans to create a documentary film covering 15,000 years of Rapa Nui history and, in her own words: “Tell you
Animal Classification Posters
My students are studying Animal Classification as part of their Year 7 Science lessons. I made this set of posters detailing the attributes of the more common vertebrates for the classroom.
Tags: amphibian, classification, fish, mammal, Posters, reptile, Science, vertebratesEarthquakes Title Bulletin Board Poster
Here’s a poster of the heading ‘Earthquakes’, suitable for bulletin boards and wall displays. You can either download the png file or the pdf which has pairs of letters on each page. The png would be suitable for printing up to A3 size. The pdf is high resolution. A4 page print outs will make a
Tags: earthquakes, Science