Factitious

Developed by the American University Game Lab and the American University’s School of Communication, Factitious is a game for testing your skill at identifying fake news stories.

To play it you read articles and swipe right or left to indicate whether or not you think the article is a real news story.

There are different game levels to play based on reading levels.

Tutorial:

https://medium.com/@bobhone.designer/how-to-play-the-factitious-2018-news-game-9969aaa8f2a7

Website

http://factitious.augamestudio.com/#/

Coeducando en clase de inglés

Continuando con el tema de la última entrada, el uso sexista del lenguaje, os presento hoy un recurso interesante para llevar este contenido a vuestra clase de inglés.

El blog Coeducando en secundaria en una reciente entrada nos proporciona una gran cantidad de matereriales ordenados por temas (estereotipos, masculinidades, corresponsabilidad, paz, violencia, discriminación, participación política, visibilidad, 8 de marzo, educación...) y disponibles en distintos formatos: video, texto (lecturas, fichas), audio, etc.

Una buena colección de enlaces a la hora de abordar esta cuestión. Os animo a visitarla.

https://coeducando.wordpress.com/2019/03/23/recopilacion-materiales-coeducativos-para-usar-en-clases-de-ingles/

Sexism and the English Language (@TheEconomist)

Sexist language is language which excludes one sex or the other, or which suggests that one sex is superior to the other. In this video The Economist's language expert Lane Greene explores some gender stereotypes used in everyday speech

World Water Day. Educational Resources

World Water Day is an annual UN observance day (always on 22 March) that highlights the importance of freshwater. The day is used to advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

A collection of stories on World Water Day

https://www.worldwaterday.org/theme/stories/

World Water Day on Teacher Planet (educational resources)

http://www.teacherplanet.com/content/water-day

Some resources on Pinterest

https://www.pinterest.es/pin/259590365991499492/

Resources on World Water Day. Larry Ferlazzo

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/03/23/the-best-resources-for-teaching-learning-about-world-water-day/

World Water Day on Kidworldcitizen.org (games and activities)

https://kidworldcitizen.org/celebrate-world-water-day-with-games-and-activities-for-all-ages/

World Water Day website

https://www.worldwaterday.org/

Interactive Map. Atlas of Our Changing Environment

Hosted by the United Nations Environment Program, this interactive map displays more than one hundred examples of environmental change around the world.

It also illustrates how humans have altered their surroundings and underscores the importance of developing measures that help provide understanding of the dynamics of environmental change.

Visit it on:

https://na.unep.net/atlas/google.php

Learn Chemistry. Experimentation Hub by @RoySocChem

Learn Chemistry is an educational resources and teacher support publishing programme. Its activities support educators of Primary, Secondary and Higher Education students. They offer resources in various forms including downloadable documents, videos, audio content, interactives and simulations, and ebooks.

On its Experimentation Hub you can explore over four hundred exciting practical experiments that demonstrate chemical concepts and processes. Resources by type, age group, audience (teachers or students), context, and subject.

http://www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry/collections/experimentation/practical-chemistry#!pno=1

Women@NASA

The Women@NASA website was created by the NASA Open Government team in order to celebrate women from across the agency who contribute to NASA’s mission in many ways.

This website includes a collection of videos and essays from women across the agency who contribute to NASA’s mission in many different ways. Their stories inspire girls everywhere to reach for the stars and explore the opportunities available to them through pursuing careers in science.

Visit:

https://women.nasa.gov/

Unheardwomen.org

This International Women’s Day, UN Women is sharing the unheard stories of incredible women. UN Women invites you to listen and share them.

http://interactive.unwomen.org/multimedia/campaign/unheardwomen/index.html

Met Office. Learn About Weather

YouTube channel brought to you by the Met Office, the United Kingdom's national weather service, where you can discover something new about weather every week.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCylCbuzRsB92Gc1l8ru6VIg/videos

LoyalBooks.com

Books Should Be Free changed its name to Loyal Books to show how important books are to our lives. Collection of completely free public domain audiobooks and ebooks.

LoyalBooks provides a primarily visual browsing experience so you don't have to read tedious amounts to find listening material. The LoyalBooks.com website is also screen reader friendly making its resources accessible to people with vision disabilities.

http://www.loyalbooks.com/