"WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a free 'Web 2.0 visualization software' environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe." (Source: WWT)

WWT is developed by Microsoft Research and is an absolutely amazing tool for children and adults alike. read more

With all the buzz around the Large Hadron Collider experiment which will fire up today, I thought I'd share a few links that you could share with your students as well to understand this huge, and hugely important, science experiment that we will be witness to.

If you want to get an idea of what the (Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment is all about - I've found this basic intro on Alice, CMS, Altas, LHCb and read more

This is a continuation of the thread on technology tools for Geo Education initiated in the previous post where I discussed Google Maps in the classroom. read more

Imagine a History assignment where a student must submit a write-up on Mughal Architecture (or the form it takes as an oft-asked question in exams - "the contributions of Shah Jahan to Indian Archtecture"). Or a "project" on the temples of India. Think of the way this is usually done - a hand-written write-up with pictures cut and pasted into the notebook. Or in schools where students have access to computers this would take the form of a Word document with text and images or perhaps a powerpoint presentation with text and images. read more

This is an interesting post on an interesting site -on ancient inventions in different civilizations. I came across posts on Mayan math, why Einstein is so famous, will the world end in 2012? Children would find these interesting to read and discuss.

The 6 inventions listed in this particular article, each with a brief paragraph describing how the invention happened:

1. Penicillin
2. Electricity
3. Light Bulb
4. Cotton Gin (short for Engine)
5. The Telephone
6. Printing Press

This post is inspired by Varni's post on the National Science Day celebrations in her school, and her son's exhibit which was shaped by ideas from Arvind Gupta's "Toys from Trash". read more

If you have not seen this already, The Story of Stuff is a must-see amazing, entertaining, informative 20 minute animation video by Annie Leonard.

"From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. read more

Anjum recently posted this fantastic resource here called Cyberschoolbus on the UN website.

I was exploring the Cyberschoolbus site and thought I'd highlight some amazing ready-to-use curriculum units that have been shared on that website. Some are aimed at middle and high school (ages 12-18) while others are for ages 10-18. read more

Some time ago, I had posted a link to the Encyclopedia of Life project.

There seems to another effort ongoing called the Tree of Life Web Project. It seems very similar, in my view, to the EOL project.

"The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of biologists from around the world. read more

Hello!

I was doing a search on teaching resources for 'Water' and found this informative portal called "India Water Portal". There is a lot of information on this site about things like Rain Water Harvesting, Watersheds, urban water anf ground water issues, and also "Data and Resources" like meteorological data, statistics, policies etc.

It was nice to see a kids section (I have provided the link), but none of the links on this page worked - maybe it is still under construction? read more