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Louie Schwartzberg: Hidden miracles of the natural world

Louie Schwartzberg: Hidden miracles of the natural world
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Body Painter Transforms Humans Into Breathtaking Portraits Of Animals There’s more to this beautiful heron than meets the eye. It’s actually a human body covered intricately in paint. The stunning work was created by artist Shannon Holt, a body painter from Florida who’s known for her ability to transform the human body into a canvas for beautiful art. The piece is part of Holt’s “Florida Wildlife Series,” a collection of several animal portraits, all painstakingly drawn on human bodies. In a May interview with the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Holt explained what it is about body painting as a medium that she loves so much. “You can have a really beautiful work that transforms the body into a human sculpture or abstract piece that touches on art history, or is a master copy of an Italian Renaissance painting,” she told the news outlet. She added that she loves the “ephemeral” nature of body painting. Scroll down to see more images of Holt’s "Florida Wildlife Series." Ryder Gledhill / Shannon Holt / Caters News Honey Bees

Theo’s Story This EFL lesson plan is based on Theo’s Story, a beautiful short film about a visually impaired ten-year old boy, by director David Barnes who has created a series of portraits that tell the story of different children with a range of disabilities. Students predict the content of a short film, talk about visual impairment, use adjectives to describe character and empathise with a person and write about a day in their life. Language level: Upper Intermediate (B2) –Advanced (C1) Learner type:Teens and adults Time: 60 minutes Activity: Watching a short film, speaking and writing Topic: Blindness and visual impairment Language: Comparative forms and adjectives to describe character Materials: Short film Downloadable materials: theo’s story lesson instruction Step 1 Tell the students they are going to watch a short film about Theo, a ten-year boy who is visually impaired. Step 2 Pair the students and ask them to discuss the following question: Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Dictate the following questions:

Free DVD and Online Access for Education - Switch Energy Project Teachers, professors and school libraries can receive a free Education Edition DVD of Switch, plus receive a password for free access to stream and download the film from this site. Host a public or campus-wide screening to engage your whole community. Show the film or select scenes to your class. Or place a copy in the school library and assign it for independent study. The Education Edition DVD includes the complete documentary, a chapter menu breaking the film into 3- to 5-minute scenes on each energy type, and the 14 Energy 101 videos from this site. Teachers and school librarians, please fill out the form below. International educators will receive free online access, and can receive the DVD, but will be asked to pay postage from the US to their country.

Astrophysicist Writes Brutal Response To WSJ Article Claiming Science Has Proven God Exists Recently – Christmas Day, in fact – the Wall Street Journal published an article by a Christian apologist who boldly declared that science was “increasingly” making the case for God, year-after-year. Eric Metaxas is best known as a biographical writer, but he is also lauded (in conservative circles) for his work promoting the pro-life movement and making sweeping, outrageous conclusions about the existence of God based on whatever tenuous evidence seems handy at the time. If sweeping, outrageous conclusions be Metaxas bread-and-butter, than his Wall Street Journal article is perhaps his magnum opus. It’s a doozy. After subtitling his work “The odds of life existing on another planet grow ever longer. The arguments aren’t new. Today there are more than 200 known parameters necessary for a planet to support life—every single one of which must be perfectly met, or the whole thing falls apart. Feature image via The Conversation

Benefits of Learning Languages Infographic | Kaplan Blog A great number of scientific studies have proven that speaking more than one language makes your brain more flexible and helps you process information faster. However, do you know some of the other benefits of learning languages? Check out our infographic below for some of the most interesting benefits of learning languages! We had a lot of fun doing the research for this infographic, and we hope that you’ll learn some fun new facts from it. How many languages can you speak? Embed this Infographic on Your Site: <a href=" src=" alt="inspire language learning" /></a><a href=" English with Kaplan</a> This infographic is available in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Thai and Russian. Candida (165 Posts) fun facts, infographic

תמונות טבע וסרטונים - יודעים, חיים גלגלו למטה כדי לצפות בסירטוני טבע מקסימים: אנטלופות, דגי סלמון נודדים, וגולת הכותרת: סרט דוקומנטרי על נמלים Planet Ant, BBC - תשמעו הקלטות של שיחות נמלים, תראו כיצד נמלה אחת יחידה יכולה להניע מושבה שלמה ועוד. ופה, צילומי הטבע המרהיבים של יובל בנון, אבנר מרקוביץ. כל המעוניין, מוזמן לשלוח צילומים למייל. צילום: יובל בנון צילום: אבנר מרקוביץ סירטי טבע מיוטיוב: דגי הסלמון בוקעים מביציהם בזרמי נחלים עם מים מתוקים ושוחים משם לאוקיאנוס. דוב רעב והקפיצה ל... מידע נוסף באתר קנדי (באנגלית) בקישור, ובאתר של אוניברסיטת צפון קרוליינה בקישור. מאמר מדעי בנושא משנת 2008, בקישור (באנגלית) סירטון של Discovery Channel על מחזור החיים של דגי הסלמון. Planet Ant, BBC Scotland

▶ One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (5 Piano Guys, 1 piano) - ThePianoGuys We're on Tour! Sheet Music: Album here: song here: Subscribe to our main channel: to our BTS channel: us on Facebook: us on Twitter: Get PianoGuys T-Shirts, Wristbands, Sheetmusic here: STORY BEHIND THE SONGThe idea: A couple months ago the 5 of us were gathered round a piano prepping for a video shoot scheduled for that day. The song: We went through several song possibilities before landing on "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction. The location: Where to film? Many thanks to the awesome guys at Annex Recording and Giles Reaves (engineer) for letting us record at their studio.

Resources & Activities for National Poetry Month Think of anything children love to do – running through a playground, dressing up in costumes, scribbling art projects. All of these involve tremendous joy, access to materials, lots of choice, time for practice, and modeling (whether from adults in their lives or friends or television). The same conditions are needed to support young children’s development into a thoughtful, engaged reader. ~Christopher Lehman “Response: Ways to Develop Life-Long Readers” Larry Ferlazzo Via EdWeek One weekend morning as my 12 year old and his friends were waking up, I read a tweet by George Couros (@gcouros) and somehow mentioned it to the boys. With National Poetry Month coming up in April, how do you plan to have fun sharing and creating poetry? Below are a few I know of to get you started (and pages on the sites I find of interest): www.Poets.org – This site is packed full of anything and everything poetry; poems, facts about poets, resources, tools, tips and more. Poetry Near You – Why I like this?

12 Enjoyable Names for Relatively Common Things Fancy yourself a logophile ... and didn't have to look up "logophile"? See if you know these 12 words for common things. 1. The plastic table-like item found in pizza boxes is called a box tent and was patented in 1983. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Getty Images 9. 10. 11. 12. What are some of your favorite extra ordinary/extraordinary words? For 12-12-12, we’ll be posting twenty-four '12 lists' throughout the day.

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