Browsing Archive: January, 2010

Periodic table: elements and real-world applications

Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, January 28, 2010, In : Course Resources

This Periodic table contains all the usual information you find in a periodic table of elements, but then under each element, it lists real-world items that contain that element.

This opens up a new avenue of projects for Science practitioners where students can not only learn the different elements, but then connect them to real world uses and even explore the method in which the element is applied.

To access this resource go to http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/bpes_new/bpes_new_...

Animated Tutorials: General Biology

Posted by John Dalziel on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, In : Biology

38, yes 38 animations for those engaged in the delivery of Biology.

The Legal notice on their website tells us that...

"Noncommerical links to animations on this website are permitted only if the link is to the HTML file displaying the animation. Direct links to Flash (.swf), Shockwave (.dcr) or QuickTime (.mov) files are expressly prohibited. Links for commercial purposes are prohibited without the prior written permission of Sumanas, Inc."

This is yet another wonderful re...

Biology Resources

Posted by John Dalziel on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, In : Biology

It must be obvious to established eMagazine readers that I have a Science/Maths background as I am constantly flagging resources for both. This month is no exception.

John L. Giannini's website has a collection of...

Movies
Annimations
An explorable cell and
Some useful links.

Take a closer look yourself at http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/index.htm.

Continue reading ...

Turning the Pages

Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, In : Historic Documents

The Royal Society's gallery of Turning the Pages™ presentations - provides high-quality digital facsimiles of manuscripts which replicate the physical experience of reading the original works as closely as possible. They hope that these interactive resources will give users a flavour of the fascinating and diverse range of material held within their collections. They will be adding more items soon, but for now the list includes...

William Stukeley's Life of Newton
Thomas Paine's iron brid...

Human & Animal Health: WellcomeTrust

Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, January 10, 2010, In : Nursing, Midwifery and Health & Social Care

The Wellcome Trust, an independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health, has a number of web presences that are well worth a visit.

They include, among other things...

Three YouTube Channels...
- Wellcome Film: a channel at YouTube where they are posting archival medical films and films about the archive e.g. Cruel Kindness are films from the 1960s about childhood obesity
  
  http://www.youtube.com/wellcomefilm#p/p.
- Wellcome Trust: Videos of the research that the Wellco...

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John Dalziel

Liverpool

I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.