http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 05:40:22 PDT Thu, 23 May 2013 05:40:22 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=395237 After reading "A Sound of Thunder," students will further investigate the impact of the "butterfly effect" as it pertains to a nonfiction piece (a news story from China) about the dwindling bee population and its effects on the pear industry. The US bee population has dwindled in the last few years, too, and a second video documentary on Colony Collapse Disorder allows students to make inferences and predictions about the impacts of bee loss on the US economy, too.Students will then be able to investigate environmental issues of their own choices and research them using a variety of print and digital research tools. For more specifics, please contact me at connie_young@kernhigh.org or the email address listed here. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85072 MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=430664 My lecture on a Psychoanalytic view of why people might get into and be unable to exit abusive relationships. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=539616 A research tool for quantitative studies about the impact of traditional social structures on national development; Ethnographic data for cross-cultural and cross-national research; maps of Africa and Asia displaying thousands of ethnic groups and cultural types; databanks of cultural indicators for statistical analysis. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=655492 BBC Learning Schools: Contains over 9,000 K-12 (Primary & Secondary) Educational clips from its BBC Learning Zone Class Programmes ready to play in your classroom. An excellent Educational Portal to free Online classes and other materials and resources for educators, students, and adults. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=236720 This site aims to create a basic toolkit for students of Chinese history and culture by offering select annotated entries on internet and print materials on China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Chinese diaspora, as well as learning modules and an introduction to China-related resources at Boston College and in the greater Boston community.  The "Culture and History" section in particular places an emphasis on modern society and history, offering a guide to web resources and a set of standalone tools and documentary study units (the Historian’s Toolkit.)  The study units are built around a 1929 calendar advertisement  and installments from the Dianshizhai Shanghai illustrated newspaper of the late 19th century. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=262448 The leading repository for metadata describing Jewish cultural heritage resources in the Internet. Includes about 18,000 descriptions. Specialized teams describe resources in Jewish History, Jewish Genealogy, Personalities, Jewish Bioethics. Includes a specially developed thesaurus with about 1,500 terms. The terms are linked both to the resources described in this database as well as to specially designed Google queries. The user is able, easily, to toggle between these two alternative paths the resources he is interested - those described in the eJewish.info repository and those available at Google at large. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=235062 This archive, provided by Columbia University, offers access to the complete range of free content developed for Fathom by its member institutions. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=272957 Interactive, educational website for kids to learn about history. The site contains facts, games, mysteries to be solved, and topics that you may not find elsewhere. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=272792 This interactive site allows the user to explore each region of North America and the Native Americans from each area. The plants, animals, dwellings, and clothing related to each group is discussed and followed by a short quiz.