an animated map of global wind conditions
Earlier I shared a dynamic map of near-live wind data for the United States and a static rendering of global wind patterns. This combines the features of both of those resources to provide a mesmerizing digital globe. Click on the ‘earth’ icon in the lower righthand corner to customize the display.
See on earth.nullschool.net
‘Education cannot be objectively measured…
I love being an educator, but many educators I know are very jaded about the system and all the ‘other junk’ that gets in the way of them doing what they truly love. This is an insightful critique of problems in the system today that make educators want to pull their hair out. I’m not giving up, but that doesn’t mean I think that the system is wonderful for students, teachers or parents.
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Some of the coldest air in years, if not decades, is poised to pour into the U.S., with mind-boggling low temperatures.
Why is it going to be so cold in much of the Northeartern part of the United States? Physical geography, that’s why.
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View full lesson on TED-ED: What do Game of Thrones’ Dothraki, Avatar’s Na’vi, Star Trek’s Klingon and LOTR’s Elvish have in common? They are all fantasy constructed languages, or conlangs. Conlangs have all the delicious complexities of real languages: a high volume of words, grammar rules, and room for messiness and evolution. John McWhorter explains why these invented languages captivate fans long past the rolling credits.
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We chart the routes of, and reasons for, the barriers which are once again dividing populations
This is an in-depth, multi-media interactive that explores the political, economic and cultural implications of borders that are heavily fortified or militarized (I found this too late to be included in the “best posts of 2013” list, but this will be the first to include for 2014). Not all of these borders are political; in Brazil it explores the walls that separate different socioeconomic groups and in Northern Ireland they look at walls dividing religious groups. The interactive examines various borders including U.S./Mexico, Morocco, Syria, India/Bangladesh, Brazil, Israel, Greece/Turkey, Northern Ireland, North/South Korea and Spain. The overarching questions are these: why are we building new walls to divide us? What are the impacts of these barriers?
Tags: borders, political, territoriality, unit 4 political.
See on www.theguardian.com
“A baby born today in Ethiopia is three times more likely to survive to age 5 than one born in 1990. This progress isn’t a result of expensive international aid or the recruitment of foreign doctors into Ethiopia. Instead, the country has invested in simple, bare-bone clinics scattered around the country, which are run by minimally-educated community health workers.”
This NPR podcast shows how local programs that target rural health can have a massive impact on key demographic and development statistics. This is great news– infant mortality rates around the world have dropped from 46 deaths/1000 to 35 deaths/1000 in the last 8 years and local programs such as this one have been a major reason why.
Tags: Ethiopia, Africa, medical, development,
See on www.npr.org
“We are pleased to introduce the world’s first high-resolution HD video of Earth taken from a commercial remote sensing satellite.
This video showcases a selection of the first videos taken from SkySat-1, the first of our planned 24 satellite constellation. The video clips have not yet been calibrated or tuned. SkySat-1 captures up to 90-second video clips at 30 frames per second. The resolution is high enough to resolve objects that impact the global economy like shipping containers, while maintaining a level of clarity that does not determine human activity.”
Most remote sensing videos show still images that are animated to give the temporal sequence a video-like quality. Technology is changing rapidly and this video represents an impressive leap in our ability to monitor changes on Earth’s surface. To read more about SkyBox Imaging and their plans, click here.
Tags: remote sensing, geospatial, unit 1 GeoPrinciples.
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“We are pleased to introduce the world’s first high-resolution HD video of Earth taken from a commercial remote sensing satellite.
This video showcases a selection of the first videos taken from SkySat-1, the first of our planned 24 satellite constellation. The video clips have not yet been calibrated or tuned. SkySat-1 captures up to 90-second video clips at 30 frames per second. The resolution is high enough to resolve objects that impact the global economy like shipping containers, while maintaining a level of clarity that does not determine human activity.”
Most remote sensing videos show still images that are animated to give the temporal sequence a video-like quality. Technology is changing rapidly and this video represents an impressive leap in our ability to monitor changes on Earth’s surface. To read more about SkyBox Imaging and their plans, click here.
Tags: remote sensing, geospatial, unit 1 GeoPrinciples.
See on www.youtube.com
“South Sudan’s crisis began just two weeks ago, on Dec. 15, and it already has observers warning that it could lead to civil war. Fighting has killed an estimated 1,000 people and sent 121,600 fleeing from their homes. International peacekeepers are preparing for the worst; some have been killed and a number of them, including four U.S. troops, have been injured. What’s happening in South Sudan is complicated and can be difficult to follow; understanding how it got to be this way can be even tougher. Here, then, are the most basic answers to your most basic questions. First, a disclaimer: This is not an exhaustive or definitive account of South Sudan and its history — just some background, written so that anyone can understand it.”
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