Mardi Gras has passed, and the party’s over for now. It’s time to store the masks and revelry for another year. But what about all the beads and trinkets thrown during the parades? Storing them indefinitely can become inefficient, but sending all that trash to the landfill seems unthinkable. One team in New Orleans has… Read more »
Education majors will want to enlist the aid of the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), an ?online digital library of education research and information.? This web resource, which is operated by the US Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences, is a fantastic research aid, particularly for students who are in upper-level classes or pursuing… Read more »
This weekend is a celebratory one in many nations around the world, particularly those with long-held traditions of Carnival, Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is really more than just a day; It’s a whole season, one big long party. Some of the most famous Mardi Gras celebrations in North America happen down in… Read more »
At Home: Beyond Allowance It’s no secret that financial troubles plague many adults, and that sometimes the problem’s caused by poor money management. Blame the system?kids receive very little instruction in budgeting, saving, and the like. But there’s good news for the financial future: the government of Ontario is pioneering a new financial education supplement… Read more »
At Home: Shoot for the Moon Sports and space travel: It’s a bit of an odd coupling. After all, the weightlessness of space and the lack of gravity on, say, the moon, make playing extra-terrestrial sports a little difficult. But hockey and space flight may be someday intimately connected if a team of Vancouver-based entrepreneurs… Read more »
In just a few days, we’ll have to flip our calendars from February to March. It’s no secret that February flies by too quickly, particularly in a non-leap year like 2011. But why is February so much shorter than the other months? And what’s the story behind leap year, anyway? This week’s links seek out… Read more »
Do studying and Merlot mix? They do if we’re talking about the web-based MERLOT, also known as Multimedia Educational Resource for Online Learning and Teaching, a ?continually growing Open Educational Resource (OER) of online teaching tools and support resources.? The free resource, a project of California State University, is a goldmine for those who want… Read more »
Do studying and Merlot mix? They do if we’re talking about the web-based MERLOT, also known as Multimedia Educational Resource for Online Learning and Teaching, a ?continually growing Open Educational Resource (OER) of online teaching tools and support resources.? The free resource, a project of California State University, is a goldmine for those who want… Read more »
At Home: Liar Liar we’re all guilty of those small, culturally-expected lies. We insist everything’s fine when It’s not. We tell you the dress doesn’t make you look fat?but it does. And we say we’re sorry when we aren’t really remorseful at all. Pitfalls in the social game of life? Maybe, but for some, the… Read more »
On February 18, 1564, the world lost one of the greatest artists of all time: Michelangelo. And yet he never really left, because his work has intrigued us and beautified civilization for the past nearly 500 years. This week’s links take us on a tour of the man and his oeuvre. Tour the Sistine Chapel… Read more »