by Barbaree | May 26, 2011 | Apps We Love, Cougar's Corner, Our Blog
The Ultimate World Quiz makes learning fun and easy. Why buy multiple apps when you can have one that does it all? This app combines both game play with a reference resource of facts on every country in the world into one easy to use application.
by Barbaree | May 25, 2011 | Free Resources, Our Blog
Globe GENIE is somewhat random but pretty cool way to get students excited about other places in the world. The folks at MIT have done it again!
by Barbaree | May 23, 2011 | Free Resources, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
Some of the world’s most sophisticated technology is being used to protect indigenous people who’ve entirely avoided the industrial world. By studying satellite photographs of Paraguayan forests inhabited by still-uncontacted aboriginal tribes, activists have spotted...
by Barbaree | May 20, 2011 | Free Resources, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev volcano (Russia’s Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. Sarychev Peak is one of the most active volcanoes in the...
by Barbaree | May 18, 2011 | Free Resources, Our Blog
A new study suggests the Milky Way doesn’t need a makeover: It’s already just about perfect. Astronomers base that assertion on their discovery of a vast section of a spiral, star-forming arm at the Milky Way’s outskirts. The finding suggests that the galaxy is a rare...