“Peak season to spot rare, dazzling night skies over Canada and Alaska.”
While I didn’t get to personally witness this phenomenon over the weekend, many farther north took some incredibly images. This ABC video nicely summarizes the Aurora Borealis.
Peak season to spot rare, dazzling night skies over Canada and Alaska.
While I didn’t get to personally witness this phenomenon over the weekend, many farther north took some incredibly images.
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Here are two shirts are from the Avengers. Both are designed for their children apparel production line, but I don’t have to tell you which one is marketed for boys and which one is marketed for girls.
Questions to ponder: How (and why) do companies use cultural ideas and values to market their products? How do companies shape cultural ideas and values? What impact do messages like this have on a society’s culture? Do seemingly subtle differences is pop cultural products like this matter?
Tags: perspective, culture, gender, popular culture.
See on www.huffingtonpost.com
“Geocube is an attractive online resource about Geography. Geocube is based on the principle of the Rubik Cube with six faces and 54 topics. It is a virtual and easily accessible website which is available online for free. Move the Geocube around with your mouse and explore the faces and topics.Geocube provides an accessible way to read, see and watch what Geography is and geographers do.”
This interactive resource is worth exploring and letting students explore it at home or within a computer lab environment. Geocube isn’t just a single random link; Geocube is a portal to numerous topics, regions and themes that allows the user to explore what geography is without being constrained to do so in a linear fashion. Having been voted by the American Association of School Librarians as one of the “Top 25 websites for Teaching and Learning,” Geocube comes highly recommended, and rightfully so. This is a must-see as it puts the world of geography at your fingertips.
Tags: geography education. edtech, unit 1 GeoPrinciples.
“Another refugee camp opened today in Mrajeeb al-Fhood, Jordan, to accommodate the reported 1,500 to 2,000 Syrians fleeing to Jordan daily. Just over a year ago the Big Picture posted an entry of the growing number of people displaced due to the conflict that now has lasted over two years. The United Nations recently said a total of around 7,000 to 8,000 Syrians are leaving their country daily; there are 1.3 million Syrian refugees and almost 4 million more have been displaced inside Syria since the start of the conflict. Posted here is another glimpse of daily life for those displaced since the beginning of this year.”
These 37 images are excellent, but I chose to share this particular one, because the combination of poverty and happiness embody the purpose behind refugee camps. While the living conditions are grim and far from ideal, they are better than the alternative for these refugees and the assistance that they are receiving from the international community can be a ray of hope for the future of these children. In this picture, Syrian refugee children play in Sidon, located in southern Lebanon.
Tags: Syria, migration, conflict, political, MiddleEast, war.
See on www.boston.com
“A solar flare that occurred around 2 a.m. Thursday morning may create a spectacular display of northern lights Saturday evening. The midlevel flare had a long duration and was directed at Earth. Solar flares create auroras when radiation from the sun reaches Earth and interacts with charged protons in our atmosphere. The effects are greater at the magnetic poles and weaken as they move south from the Arctic or north of the Antarctic. In the northern hemisphere the results are called the aurora borealis, with the aurora australis being its southern counterpart. The result is a spectacular display of light and color for areas with clear enough views.”
See on www.accuweather.com
“Join us for this free, informational webinar about Elmhurst College’s APHG Graduate Certificate Program. There are many levels of involvement to suit your professional development needs. Meet the director of the program and ask all your burning questions about getting up to speed on one of the fastest growing AP areas in the country!“
The good folks at GIS ETC are hosting a free webinar to discuss the AP Human Geography Graduate Certificate Program that will be launched this coming June through Elmhurst College. The Program Director, Dr. Rich Schultz. Interested in hearing what this program is all about? The webinar will be Thursday, April 18th 7pm CDT and you can register for free here.
Tags: APHG, Geography Education, training.
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Recently, Five women activists have been arrested for wearing prayer shawls at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Israeli policewomen detained members of the religious group Women of the Wall for breaching orthodox rules governing prayers at the site, which only allow men to dress this way. This is Judaism’s most holy site and orthodox traditions govern the legal code over who is permitted to be in this place and what they may do; this fight represents a struggle to redefine the meaning and usage of public space in Jerusalem (among other complex issues).
Tags: perspective, Israel, culture, gender. religion, culture,
Middle East.
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“What we know as the English Language today has evolved over thousands of years, influenced by migrating tribes, conquering armies and peaceful trade. Do you know the origins of the language you speak? Have a look at this detailed infographic from Brighton School of Business and Management.”
Languages, just like cultures, are incredibly dynamic and have changed over time. Many people like to imagine an older version of their own culture of “how it used to be” or even “how it’s always was.” This is an illusion though, to pretend as though cultural change is something new. This fantasy allows for people to nostalgically yearn for what once was, even if that perceived pristine past was but a fleeting moment in history that was shaped by many other peoples, places and times.
Tags: English, language, culture, infographic, historical.
See on www.avatargeneration.com
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