Here’s a question for Science teachers to ask their classes: If space made a noise, what would it sound like? The reverberations of Neil Armstrong’s footsteps? Space junk clanging together? The chatter of little green men? Or perhaps, early morning …
Category: Teachers & Teaching
Does “AP” stand for “Absolutely Pointless”?
My 12-year-old son began his first semester in junior high this year. In July, all of us parents were rounded up for a three-hour information seminar. We visited each of the “Pre-AP” teachers’ rooms, a total of seven different potential …
New Essay Help! A Round-Up of the Week’s Best Q&A
Hey eNoters! Do you have papers coming up? Would you like some help with that? (You’re all nodding your heads, aren’t you?) Well, hey presto, you’re in luck! We’ve just added twenty recommended questions to our Essay Lab topic that …
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World Class: Snapshots of Classrooms From Around the Globe
The ever-curious Brain Pickings yesterday shed light on a fascinating project, “Classroom Portraits.” Since 2004, photographer Julian Germain has captured images of classrooms the world over, progressing from his small corner of North East England to include schools from North and …
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Sing It, Shakes! Shakespeare in Pop Music
In the Merchant of Venice, the Prince of Morocco warns, “All that glisters is not gold.” This sage advice has been repeated in some unlikely sources, from Led Zepplin’s “Stairway to Heaven” to Marilyn Manson’s “Posthuman.” Here are some other …
Yale Makes Its Vast Collection of Images Available FREE
“A True Description of the Naval Expeditions of Sir Frances Drake” ca. 1587 Looking for the perfect image for your paper, study, blog, or article but just not finding what you need on Google? Help is here. Yale University recently …
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R.I.P. Encylopedia Brittanica: 1768-2012
My grandparents had them. They lined the den in their modest Indiana home. In the garage, outdated sets were stacked neatly in boxes. Every year, salesmen came to the doors of homes and schools peddling their wares. But all that …
Free the Research! Make Academic Journals Accessible to All
Recently, Laura McKenna, reporter for the Atlantic, wrote about her frustrations in trying to find scholarly articles without the access afforded to people with university affiliations. If you do not possess a college identification card, the hundreds of thousands of …
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