Society+and+Environment

= “Only In Australia” = from Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... Only In Australia is the title of a slideshow from The News in Australia. It shows images of places and things that make Australia unique. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Learn About Australia. = Easily Make An Environmental Video = from Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... by Larry Ferlazzo Don’t Palm Us Off is a simple tool from the Victoria (Australia) zoo where students can easily make short video “mash-up.” The topic relates to the destruction of rainforest for palm oil plantations in South East Asia. It really is quite easy to make one. The videos are not posted immediately (the site says they are moderated and posted within 72 hours and the video-makers are notified by email when they’re in the gallery). I’m not sure, though, how long the zoo is going to have the tool online. Because of that uncertainty, I’m not going to add it to The Best Ways For Students To Create Online Videos (Using Someone Else’s Content). Thanks to the excellent EdGalaxy blog for the tip. = Atlas of the Biosphere = from Free Technology for Teachers by noreply@blogger.com (Mr. Byrne) The Atlas of the Biosphere is a series of maps about land use, human impacts on the environment, eco systems, and water resources. Click on any of the four map categories to see a series of maps related to each topic. You will find maps depicting data for the whole world as well as maps depicting data by continent. In addition to the maps, you can also download the data sets from which the maps were created.

Here's a sample of some of the maps and data sets you will find on the Atlas of the Biosphere; infant mortality, suitability for agriculture, growing degree days, and snow depth.

**Applications for Education** The data sets and maps found on the Atlas of the Biosphere are intended for use by high school students. The maps and data sets could be used by students studying the impact of land use on the environment. Students could use the data sets to create Google Earth layers to make interactive displays of the data and or mash-up that data with other data sets and existing layers on Google Earth.

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