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Title | Hands-On Learning Activities for Specific Purposes |
Body | How can you make academic material more hands-on and engaging for English language learners? Here are some websites that can help you: -Edheads has several virtual hands-on projects: Design a Cell Phone, Brain Surgery, Crash Scene, Hip Replacement, Knee Surgery, Simple Machines, Weather, and more. Access them at http://www.edheads.org -Play a game to fight flu pandemics at http://www.thegreatflu.com -Journey to a black hole online at the Hubble Telescope website at http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/home.html -Learn the visual elements and principles that artists use at the Artist’s Toolkit website: http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html -A. Pintura: Art Detective is an online game about art history and art composition. In the game, you play a 1940's noir detective with a degree in art history. A distraught woman asks you to identify the artist who made a painting she found in her grandfather's attic. To do so, you must examine paintings by famous artists from Gauguin to Van Gogh. Each example highlights an art concept such as composition, style or subject. Learn more about the game at http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/teacher.html and play it at http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/index.html -Eduweb has several interactive virtual experiences dealing with the Ituri Forest, international trade, marine reserves, and more at http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/peopleculture.php |
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Inputdate | 2009-12-14 12:15:13 |
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