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The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements

Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, August 25, 2011, In : Course Resources

This site contains comic book images linked to the chemical elements via the periodic table.

Comics include Uncle $crooge, Metal Men, Metamorpho, Batman, Fantastic Four, Superman, and many more.

Clicking on an element in the periodic table displayed on the homepage takes visitors to a list and images of comic book references.

After looking at these, visitors can obtain more information about the element by using the provided link to Web Elements.

Visit the Comic Book Periodic Table at http://www...
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Inquiry in Action: Publication

Posted by John Dalziel on Sunday, February 21, 2010, In : Course Resources

With Inquiry in Action, practitioners can teach physical science and chemistry concepts using an inquiry-based approach that supports national content standards.

Inquiry in Action is a compilation of...

lesson plans;
activities; and
labs

...all focusing on an inquiry-based approach to learning chemistry and physical science concepts.

Find out more by visiting the website at http://www.inquiryinaction.org/ or download the publication at http://www.inquiryinaction.org/pdf/InquiryinActio...

Rader Resources

Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, February 9, 2010, In : Course Resources

Learner directed tours, like the five collections of science resources offered by Rader, are great tools for differentiating activities within the classroom.

Rader has been producing useful self-study lessons and quizzes for younger learners for quite a while.

The five websites to visit are...

http://www.biology4kids.com/

http://www.chem4kids.com/

http://www.cosmos4kids.com/

http://www.geography4kids.com/

and http://www.physics4kids.com/index.html

They are good resources for science and/or ...

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_...

Online course content site

Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, September 25, 2009, In : Course Resources

McGill University offers the content of many of their courses for free online.

McGill calls their online course content site COOL; it offers course materials dating back to autumn (fall) term (semester) 2005 through to autumn (fall) term (semester) 2009 semester.

The bulk of the course offerings are in the sciences.

The COOL course materials include...

video and audio lecture files
slides and
other reading materials.

Video files are available in a variety of formats including...

MP...

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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.