Archive for March 2007

The Bear Facts, The Story of a North Carolina Treasure

March 13, 2007 by jmmblake.


The Bear Facts, The Story of a North Carolina Treasure

Interactive Educator’s Edition

The Bear Facts DVD/CD

To receive “The Bear Facts” DVD please use one of the following contacts to reserve your free
copy. All educators including teachers, Museum employees, Parks
Personnel, Scout Leaders and others are encouraged to request a copy.

Include the following information in your correspondence:


The Bear Facts DVD/CD

Your Name

Address of Educational Institution

Phone Number

Email Address

Requested quantity

Email: storemanager@ncwildlife.org

Mailing Address:

1710 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, NC 27699-1710

Toll Free Phone: 1-866-WILDSHOP

(1-866-945-3746)

Local Phone: 919-707-0393

Local Fax: 919-707-0294

These
materials are designed to inform teachers, students, and other bear
enthusiasts about black bears in North Carolina, and they are based on
our popular TV documentary about North Carolina’s black
bears.  The Educator’s Edition contains the Original Documentary plus new Interactive Features.

Segments of the Original Documentary


Black Bear history and biology.

Black Bear research and monitoring.

Coexisting with Black Bears.

North Carolina’s Black Bear hunting traditions.

The future of Black Bears in North Carolina.

New Features in the Interactive Educator’s Edition DVD

The Interactive Educator’s DVD includes the full-length documentary with special features.


Optional Formats
that give the educator the ability to tailor the presentation for
different classes by showing the 5 segments as separate
“episodes”.

Eight Interactive Functions
that engage students on key topics: 1) Are Bears Dangerous?, 2) Bear
Management, 3) Explore a Bear, 4) Wildlife Extras, 5) Black Bear Facts,
6) Meet the Experts, 7) Meet a Bear Hunter, and 8) Take a Bear Quiz.

A CD containing lesson planning materials accompanies the Interactive DVD. 
Materials include: 1) A Black Bear Profile, 2) A glossary of terms, 3)
Maps, 4) Bear-related Activities, 5) Discussion of the fascinating
hibernation process, 6) Spanish Translation, 7) Lesson Plans by Grade
Level, and More!

Our
goals are to inform educators and students about black bear issues in
North Carolina, to provide bear safety tips, to explain bear
management, and to clear up myths about this state treasure.  The
program contains excellent footage of black bears in North Carolina and
interviews with bear experts.  We have tested the DVD with
approximately 80 North Carolina school teachers and with the
State’s Department of Public Instruction and received resounding
support.

For more information about black bears, please visit “North Carolina Black Bear”.
Here you will find updated bear information in the future. The website
will also be used to provide updates on all issues related to The Bear Facts, The Story of a North Carolina Treasure

To receive “The Bear Facts” DVD please use one of the following contacts to reserve your free
copy. All educators including teachers, Museum employees, Parks
Personnel, Scout Leaders and others are encouraged to request a copy.

Include the following information in your correspondence:


The Bear Facts DVD/CD

Your Name

Address of Educational Institution

Phone Number

Email Address

Requested quantity

Email: storemanager@ncwildlife.org

Mailing Address:

1710 Mail Service Center

Raleigh, NC 27699-1710

Toll Free Phone: 1-866-WILDSHOP

(1-866-945-3746)

Local Phone: 919-707-0393

Local Fax: 919-707-0294

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Periodic Table of the Elements

March 12, 2007 by jmmblake.

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/periodictable/

This periodic table is really interesting in that the elements are hyperlinked to QTVR movies of samples.  My favorite is the gold element.  I downloaded the QTVR movie of a gold coin and showed it to my students on our digital projector.  This might be fun to use with an interactive whiteboard.  If the software would allow students to touch the element on the whiteboard and the whiteboard would react like a touch screen. 

Have you ever tried this in your classroom?

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YouTube Fight Club - muy malo

March 4, 2007 by jmmblake.


“Doing it to Post on You Tube” « Haulin’ ‘Net

15 boys from Lee Senior HS in Sanford, NC were suspended and arrested for staging fighting events in the school lavatory prior to the school day. The 21st century kicker is that they were filming the fights and posting the New Media to You Tube.

Very one wants to have their own 15 minutes of fame, but holding a pre-school bathroom brawl is taking it to a new level. I know a couple of teachers at Lee Senior and I can not wait to contact them and ask them which bathroom they have duty in now… Not to make fun of this, I do not blame the teachers or the school. If these kids wanted to fight, they could have held their matches anywhere they wanted. I still do not understand why the school? Was it because they had first period computer class and conspired to use the school’s network to upload their videos? Is YouTube blocked on their network? If not, how many times were the movies viewed on the Lee Senior network?

The sad thing is that these kids are not going to be denied a education, they are probably heading for the Lee County alternative school program. So, watch out alternative school, you are going to have your hands full. Maybe Lee Senior should start a boxing program.

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