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Resources for Educators 4. Antarctic Summer Two young scientists spending six months in Antarctica will share their experiences and different perspectives with students and teachers. The website includes an initial set of teacher resources, including an introductory presentation you can use in your classrooms and a real-time data activity. They are also looking for volunteer educators to help develop new activities and lesson plans in whatever subjects or grades that interest you. http://coseenow.net/forum/?wpforumaction=viewforum&f=4.0 http://rucool.marine.rutgers.edu/antarctica/ ************************************************************************************************************************************** 5. Build a Squid Build your own squid, set it free, and then check out what yours and all the other squids have been up to. http://squid.tepapa.govt.nz/build-a-squid/interactive ************************************************************************************************************************************** 6. Coral Reef Videos The Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative is committed to educating all types of audiences about the value of coral reefs through a wide range of media. In order to reach a broader audience, HCRI has expanded its use of the video-sharing websites YouTube and TeacherTube, and includes instructional videos for children on coral genetics and coral community connections, animations, and more. http://www.teachertube.com/uvideos.php?UID=174264 http://www.youtube.com/hcrirp ************************************************************************************************************************************** 7. EXPLO.TV This website is the video component of the Exploratorium: Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception in San Francisco. This site offers webcasts, podcasts, and video clips, with many in the Ice Stories series - dispatches from polar scientists. You can browse by subject, category, and much more. http://www.exploratorium.edu/webcasts/index.php ************************************************************************************************************************************** 8. Wetlands & Wonder Video: Reconnecting Children with Nearby Nature This 14-minute video was produced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency discusses the loss of wetlands and the effect that the loss of natural areas closest to us has on our connection to the natural world. The video includes streaming text for the hearing impaired. http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/education/wetlandsvideo/ **************************************************************************************************************************************