http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sun, 19 May 2013 12:47:31 PDT Sun, 19 May 2013 12:47:31 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=327055 This lesson encourages students to work in a group to use Web 2.0 applications such as Google Earth, TripAdvisor.com, Expedia.com, Pageflakes.com, and Photobucket.com to plan a trip to anywhere in the world, highlighting 10 or more places of historical interest. This project not only promotes collaboration and student choice, but also teaches them to use Web 2.0 applications in real life situations, such as trip planning, reading reviews, maintaining a budget, and uploading photos to create slide shows. This project is designed to familiarize students with places of historical interest around the world as well as allow them practice in using current Web 2.0 applications. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=75710 ?Whose Mummy Is It?? is a new way to learn about an old subject. It is a complete mini-course in Egyptology and covers topics such as Mummification, the Egyptian Pantheon, Hieroglyphics, and Daily Life. It is designed to be ?played? by novice Egyptologists working on their own or used by World History and/or Anthropology teachers as a supplement to courses on civilization. The CD-ROM opens with an invitation to accompany three students on a tour of Egypt. Early on, the tour becomes a mystery adventure whose goal is the discovery of a previously unknown tomb and the identification of its mummified inhabitant. As the student player and his/her peers visit important sites in Egypt, accompanied by knowledgeable guides, they also pick-up clues to the location of the tomb. To make sense of the clues they must draw on resources provided in a virtual backpack, including a map of Egypt, a chronology of her history, and a hieroglyphic ?decoder,? among others.?Whose Mummy Is It?? is the brainchild of David F. Lancy, Professor of Anthropology at Utah State University, and his students. The project was conceived in the Fall of 1995 and a team of 20 worked on it for 5 years. We have made two trips to Egypt to gather material for the CD-ROM which includes video clips, movies, and sound effects. The CD has been used in college and high school classes for 14 months. Contact dlancy@cc.usu.edu for review copy. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=74397 Java guided tour of 80 of best live webcams from around the world. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=322710 BCN.2105 is an interactive game in which players can design the future shape of Barcelona (Spain) according to a limited set of options. The player will discover the consequences of certain choices and learn that certain combinations are not possible. At the end, the player will have a description of the city he has designed and its viability in terms of ecological and economic sustainability.The game is in Spanish. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90680 The purpose of this module is to introduce a number of cloud classifications, different types of precipitation, and the mechanisms responsible for producing them. The Clouds and Precipitation module has been organized into the following sections: http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90691 The Online Remote Sensing Guide consists of two web-based instructional modules that use multimedia technology and the dynamic capabilities of the web. These resources incorporate text, colorful diagrams, and animations to introduce selected topics in the field of remote sensing. Selected pages link to (or will soon link to) relevant current weather products, allowing the user to apply what has been learned in the instructional modules to real-time weather data. Available modules include separate modules related to radar and satellites. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90679 The purpose of this module is to introduce air masses, where they originate from and how they are modified. Clashing air masses in the middle latitudes spark interesting weather events and the boundaries separating these air masses are known as fronts. This module examines fronts, with detailed explanations about cold fronts and warm fronts. Finally, different types of advection are introduced; temperature, moisture and voriticity advection. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=74664 ""ThematicView"" is a very simple Java program to show different layers of thematic maps in a java enabled Webbrowser. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90681 This module introduces El Niño, conditions are responsible for its occurrence, plus the impact it has on the rest of the world. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90682 The purpose of this module is to introduce pressure, how it changes with height and the importance of high and low pressure systems. In addition, this module introduces the pressure gradient and Coriolis forces and their role in generating wind. Local wind systems such as land breezes and sea breezes will also be introduced.