This summer, Dr. Robert Ballard and his team will launch an exciting expedition on the E/V Nautilus to explore ancient history and learn more about the ocean. The expedition will take place in the Black Sea and Aegean Sea starting in June 2010. Nautilus expedition scientists will map the sea floor, study underwater volcanoes, investigate unusual life forms, explore shipwrecks, and more.
The Nautilus expedition is special because it will offer you a chance to take part in ocean exploration history. A satellite dish on the ship will transmit live video and other data from the expedition 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Scientists on shore will use the data to take part in the expedition from afar. But you do not have to be a scientist to share the thrill of discovery. You will be able to hear what Dr. Ballard and his team are saying and view what they are seeing in real time on the Nautilus Live website. Read on to find out more about the plan for each part of the expedition. Nobody knows how the plans will turn out or what kinds of discoveries might be made. So be sure to tune in and find out!
http://www.nautiluslive.org/
Tags: Deep Sea, Discovery, Exploration, Ocean, Research, Science, Sea, Underwater
05.Jul.10 
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The Wolves Lair is a learning resource that simulates the ‘Dragons Den’ TV show in class. Students research, plan, write and present their enterprising business ideas to real ‘Wolves Lair’ panels.
The programme provides a great amount of flexibility and a range of content that enables all learning areas to tap into it. It has been designed to underpin the vision of the New Zealand curriculum and promotes enterprise across all learning areas.
All material is aimed at helping implement the new curriculum, is supported by the Ministry of Education and, best of all, it is FREE! There is no cost for students or teachers.
The programme:
- Is free. No school or student fees to register
- Doesn’t require you to form a company or have any specific structure
- Can have students participating on their own – they do not need to be allocated specific roles if preferred
- Can be used in any curriculum area
- Is incredibly flexible for teachers
http://www.wolveslair.co.nz/
Tags: ideas, plan, present, Research, write
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This is an interesting site to help students in searching or research topics on the web.
The site is divided into sections, such as : “I need help to define my topic…”, “I need to do research in a specific discipline…”, “The timeliness of information that I need is…”, “I need opinions and perspectives…”, “I need a specific type of media…” etc and will recommend search engines best suited for that criteria
click to view website
Tags: Research, Tools, Web Searching
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