Welcome back for another year of TheTeacherList.ca — the 18th year, that is! Let’s start off with this suggestion from List Member, Joan McNeil, who told me about WunderMap. She thought the site is pretty cool with the layers that you can select to overlay data to your map. You can access weather information, webcams and more. There’s a Trip Calculator that has some possibilities too.
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The URL: http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/
Edmonton teacher, Corey Lee, suggested this site quite some time ago and it got lost in the shuffle. CultureUnplugged.com is a grassroots collection of new media stories told by global citizens. From the site: “In brief, Culture Unplugged, by and for global community of conscious storytellers, culture explorers and world citizens to reflect on issues and life experiences in contemporary world – a new media studio focused on producing as well as promoting socially & spiritually sensitive stories/films that does not merely express but pulsate to energize, enchant, enlighten, engage or embrace the humanity in us all.”
Given the content of socially conscious storytelling and film, please take the time to preview any content that you plan to use in your classrooms.
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The URL: http://www.cultureunplugged.com/
In March 2015, Google teams mapped out Loch Ness with StreetView along the shoreline and underwater. This article from The Verge offers some tips on looking for the Loch Ness Monster on the 100th anniversary of The Surgeon’s Photo of Nessie. (It was proven a fake photo in the 70’s…) Whether or not you find her, you may appreciate the stunning beauty of the shoreline and surrounding area south of Inverness.
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The URL: http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/21/8463031/google-maps-loch-ness-monster
Naturalist John Muir was born 177 years ago this day. If you’ve ever enjoyed a National Park, both in the US and in Canada, you can thank the efforts of Muir. The club he co-founded, The Sierra Club, hosts a variety of information on one of the most influential figures in history whose effects last to this day.
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The URL: http://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/educational_resources/
Time to come up for some air! It’s been a while since I last posted, so let’s start with one that my brother, Brian, sent me last week. This interactive, created by Áero Legends, is a panoramic photograph of an RAF Spitfire cockpit. Hovering a mouse over the different elements will offer information and Brian points out that there are bonus points if you can figure out how to turn it on.
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The URL: https://www.haraldjoergens.com/panoramas/spitfire-td314/files/
This Halloween Enjoy page from 2Learn.ca is out just in time for your Halloween preparations. Learn all about bats and spiders and how they fit in our mythology, ecology and why they’re as cool as they are creepy. There are student interactives and teacher resources as well as links to other information such as conservation.
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The URL: http://www.2learn.ca/enjoy/creepy/default.aspx