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Ten Fun and Challenging Geography Games for Students of All Ages Over the years I've tried dozens of online geography games for students of all ages. Many have come and gone over the years but the following geography games are still going strong. WikiWhere is a neat map-based trivia game. The goal of the game is to identify cities based on their descriptions. The descriptions come from Wikipedia entries. The browser-based version of Google Earth has a bunch of geography games for students to play including a few versions of Where In the World is Carmen San Diego? GameOn World is a multiplayer geography game developed by a high school teacher and his student in Portland, Maine. GeoGuessr shows you a Google Street View image and a clue to try to guess where in the world the imagery was captured. Quizzity is an online geography game that uses a familiar concept. City-Guesser is a challenging map-based game. Capital Toss is a free geography game from ABCya. Spacehopper is a game based on Google Maps Street View imagery. Bonus: Make Your Own Game!

UFO fans in Indonesia on why extraterrestrial life should be taken seriously in a country wedded to the occult Members report mysterious sightings in the night sky and discuss extraterrestrial-related topics, such as foo fighters (not the rock band, but a second world war term for mysterious aerial phenomena) and plans by the American space agency Nasa and its associates, including the Artemis programme’s aim to send 13 astronauts to Mars. Beta-UFO members believe it is time to take the possibility of extraterrestrial life seriously. “We live in a time where many countries, such as China and India, are focused on exploration, including the possibility of life out there,” says Michael, who thinks Indonesia needs to play a part too. Post Magazine Newsletter Get updates direct to your inbox Thank you for your subscription. The Beta-UFO group, initially established in 1997 as a mailing list, has seen Indonesian interest in UFOs expand over the last two decades. Beta-UFO group founder Nur Agustinus gives a lecture about the community in Jakarta. Beta-UFO members actively blog and vlog on YouTube.

3D en educación: Del cine al aula tic El mundo de la animación ha avanzado de forma muy rápida dentro del campo de la educación en los últimos años, especialmente en EEUU y Reino Unido. Muchas empresas llevan años mostrando proyectores que permiten visualizar imágenes en tres dimensiones con la ayuda de unas gafas especiales. Pero el contenido académico había sido hasta ahora muy limitado para aprovechar esta cara tecnología en clase. Sin embargo, en BETT 2012, la feria más importante de tecnología aplicada a la educación, se presentaron interesantes aplicaciones de software con contenido académico en 3D, aunque mayoritariamente en inglés. Según los centros educativos que llevan tiempo utilizando estas herramientas, esta tecnología facilita especialmente el aprendizaje de conceptos complejos y abstractos de forma especialmente cautivadora al ser muy visual. “La clase será como un planetario. Trabajando con estos fines académicos encontramos a Smart Technologies como la empresa más conocida en España.

EquatIO: Add Math to Google Slides FROM PAPER Want your eyes to completely bug out of your head!? You have to try out EquatIO mobile. It allows you to WRITE math on PAPER and then convert to typed math and then magically show up in your Google Slides (or other Google Apps.) m.equat.io 1. You can actually use Docs, Sheets, Drawings, or Forms. 2. EquatIO is a Chrome extension so make sure you’re in Google Chrome. EquatIO Chrome Extension The EquatIO toolbar must be present at the bottom of your Google Apps document to register with m.equat.io. 3. m.equat.io On your phone or mobile device open up Chrome for Android or Safari on iOS. 4. Within Equat.IO you have the option to take a picture of math written on paper, write math with your finger or stylus, or to voice type your math. 5. You can use your finger to draw a rectangle around the parts of the paper that have math. 6. Tap the green checkmark to indicate you are done cropping. 7. Magically in front of your eyes, the math expression on your phone is now on your Google Slides! Like this:

The case for shutting down almost everything, and restarting when coronavirus is gone | John Daley Nobody likes talking about the Covid-19 endgame, but we need to choose one. The appropriate interventions – public health, government spending, and freedom of movement – all depend on the endgame we choose. The differences between endgames amount to tens of thousands of avoidable deaths, hundreds of thousands of avoidable hospital admissions, and deep and systemic impacts on Australia’s economy and society. Many discussions are underestimating the likely political reactions when death counts rise. They are also underestimating the economic and social consequences of an open-ended epidemic that will have enormous real-world impacts on small and medium businesses, as well as many not-for-profit organisations in every sector of the economy and society. We are not facing up to the social consequences if many close, and credit markets collapse. We see three possible endgames. None are attractive, but one is better than the others. Endgame A: flatten the curve It’s not really plausible.

Didáctica de las Ciencias Naturales Parks from Home | National Park Foundation Reason 1,568,345 that we love national parks – there are plenty of ways to enjoy the parks from the great indoors. From family friendly activities to an immersive audio experience, there are a variety of ways you can bring the wonder of our national parks into your home. Family Friendly Fun Take a Tour with Sesame Street Join Elmo, Murray, and park rangers as they explore plants, animals, habitats, and seasons in Grand Canyon National Park and Gateway National Recreation Area. Fill Out an Activity Map Download a free NPF Kids Activity Map and see what facts you can fill out. Become a Junior Ranger Activity based programs in national parks across the country offer young visitors the chance to join the National Park Service “family” as a Junior Ranger. Make a Virtual Escape Immerse Yourself in a 360 Video Take a virtual visit and tour to Channel Islands National Park with Jordan Fisher and Crater Lake National Park with Dierks Bentley. Travel Back in Time Find a Little Zen Get Dreaming

HKMask Manual ( Unofficial ) Power Blocks - Math Game Games >> Puzzle GamesAbout the Game The object of the Power Blocks math puzzle game is to fit the blocks into the square so that all the blocks fit and there are no empty spaces. See if you can complete all 60 levels! Your Game will begin after the ad ---- Instructions Pick up and place a block into the square using your mouse. Move all the blocks around until they all fit exactly into the box with no spaces left. When you complete the puzzle, the game will let you know by saying "Victory"! Tip: Keep moving the blocks around and trying different ideas. This game should work on all platforms including safari and mobile (we hope, but make no guarantees). Games >> Puzzle Games

Virtual Field Trips | Freedom Homeschooling Virtual field trips allow children to visit places around the world without ever leaving their homes. Through virtual field trips, they can visit other states, countries across the globe, and even other planets. This allows children to experience places they wouldn’t get to see otherwise. Free Virtual Field Trips Africam – Watch animals in the African bush live. All About Birds – Watch birds all over the US and world via live webcams. Anne Frank House – Take a 360-degree tour of Anne Frank’s home in Amsterdam. Beyond the Battle Field – Watch a behind-the-scenes video-based field trip of the Museum of the American Revolution. Boeing Aerospace Tour – Join Boeing on a virtual field trip to the Johnson Space Center. The British Museum – View the museum’s galleries online. Buckingham Palace – Tour the famous London palace virtually. Collum’s Lumber Mill – Watch the process of pine trees being made into lumber. Dublin Zoo – Watch giraffes, zebras, rhinos, elephants, and penguins via live webcams.

Achille Mbembe: Necropolitics Key Concept The economic and political management of human populations through their exposure to death has become a global phenomenon. Wars, genocides, refugee “crisis”, ecocide and contemporary processes of pauperization and precarization reveal how increasing masses of individuals are now governed through their direct and indirect exposure to death. In order to unpack those processes, Achille Mbembe came up with the notion of necropolitics, first in 2003 with an essay bearing the same name, and then in 2016, with the book Politiques de l’inimitié, translated and published in English in 2019, as Necropolitics. With this latter notion, Mbembe explores and radicalizes Foucault’s concept of biopolitics. In the last lecture of “Society must be Defended” and in the last chapter of The History of Sexuality (Vol.1), Foucault noticed how biopolitics, that is, the positive power over life can become a deadly form of power. The subjugation of life to the power of death Less human than human

Educational Games We have a variety of educational games including word, puzzle, math, geography, arcade, sports, and typing games. Some are educational games (i.e math, geography, etc.) and some are just for fun (i.e. arcade, sports). The games above provided by Ducksters are relatively simple games that are generally puzzle or educational games. They can be enjoyed by most students of all ages. We are always looking into adding new games, so check back often. Click on the first link to see a listing of all the games along with a description and screen shot. Card and Board Games Have fun with friends and family with Board and Card Games. Card GamesGo FishCrazy EightsOld MaidConcentrationWarSolitaire Board and Other GamesChessCheckersMarblesChinese Checkers Archive of Old Video Games Here are some of our favorite video games out there in the market today. Angry BirdsTiny WingsWii GolfWii BaseballWii BowlingSuper Mario Galaxy 2Mario Kart for Wii Wii Video Game Console We love the Wii as well.

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