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Live | JASON Learning JASON Live is proud to announce our STEM Career Role Model series schedule for January through June, 2014! We have an exciting and diverse mix of scientists and engineers coming your way. Save these dates and be sure to connect with these fascinating role models LIVE! All events begin at 1:30pm Eastern unless otherwise noted. January 16Jason Osborne Neurobiological Instrument & Systems Designer January 23Nina Davuluri Miss America 2014, STEM Education Advocate January 30James Bryant Electrical Engineer & Consultant February 6Mike Brennan Archaeologist & Oceanographer, JASON Argonaut Alumni (1997) February 13Dan Norton Video Game Designer, Filament Games February 20Diane Stanitski Climatologist, "Climate: Seas of Change" curriculum Host Researcher February 27Lisa Jones Shark Biologist March 6Paul Gignac Paleobiologist, JASON Argonaut Alumni (1997) March 13Walter Smith Geophysicist, "Tectonic Fury" curriculum Host Researcher March 20 - 1:30pm & 4:30pm EDTTony Castilleja, Jr.
25 Awesome Virtual Learning Experiences Online - Virtual Education Websites Just because you’re online doesn’t mean that you can’t experience the world first-hand — or as close to first-hand as possible. Here are websites that feature virtual learning experiences, exposing online visitors to everything from history to geography, astronomy to anatomy, literature to government. 7 Wonders Panoramas – 360-degree views of the Seven Wonders of the World. Arounder Virtual Tour of the Moon – 360-degree panoramic views of the moon, courtesy of the Apollo 11, 12 and 17 missions. (Many other Earth locations also available on arounder.com.) Frissiras Museum – A virtual art gallery from Athens, Greece that allows you to explore paintings by clicking through their entire collection. Google Earth – Explore the geography of both land and sea (free download). Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Vital Signs: Understanding Cardiovascular Diseases – A virtual gallery teaching about heart disease. Louvre Virtual Tour – Virtual tour of the world-famous Louvre museum in Paris. Mount St.
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Mindpicnic | Smarter learning. Why Use Primary Sources? Primary sources provide a window into the past—unfiltered access to the record of artistic, social, scientific and political thought and achievement during the specific period under study, produced by people who lived during that period. Bringing young people into close contact with these unique, often profoundly personal, documents and objects can give them a very real sense of what it was like to be alive during a long-past era. 1. Engage students Primary sources help students relate in a personal way to events of the past and promote a deeper understanding of history as a series of human events.Because primary sources are snippets of history, they encourage students to seek additional evidence through research.First-person accounts of events helps make them more real, fostering active reading and response. 2. Many state standards support teaching with primary sources, which require students to be both critical and analytical as they read and examine documents and objects. 3. Top
Chaos theory A double rod pendulum animation showing chaotic behavior. Starting the pendulum from a slightly different initial condition would result in a completely different trajectory. The double rod pendulum is one of the simplest dynamical systems that has chaotic solutions. Chaos: When the present determines the future, but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future. Chaotic behavior can be observed in many natural systems, such as weather and climate.[6][7] This behavior can be studied through analysis of a chaotic mathematical model, or through analytical techniques such as recurrence plots and Poincaré maps. Introduction[edit] Chaos theory concerns deterministic systems whose behavior can in principle be predicted. Chaotic dynamics[edit] The map defined by x → 4 x (1 – x) and y → x + y mod 1 displays sensitivity to initial conditions. In common usage, "chaos" means "a state of disorder".[9] However, in chaos theory, the term is defined more precisely. where , and , is: .