petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 29 2009 | education, agriculture, urban
This looks like an amazing city school!
Quoted: W. B. Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences is located in the upper Roxborough section of Philadelphia on the rolling hills of the Wissahickon Valley bordering Fairmount Park. The multi-building complex is located on a 130-acre campus. On one side of Henry Avenue are Academic, Agricultural, Greenhouses, Physical Education/ Health, and Small Animal Laboratory buildings bordered by an arboretum and athletic fields. On the opposite side of Henry Avenue is the working farm ...
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 21 2008 | news, education
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 02 2008 | books, education, environmentQuoted: Ethics Updates provides updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 05 2007 | language, education, international
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 10 2007 | blogs, technology, web, language, resources, education, training, international, worldSijin redot.
Outstanding collection of free language-training resources on the Web.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 04 2007 | science, technology, books, audio, research, interesting, education, nature, ideas
Great name great program, er, programme.
Quoted: The Naked Scientists are a group of physicians and researchers from Cambridge University who use radio, live lectures, and the Internet to strip science down to its bare essentials, and promote it to the general public. Their award winning BBC weekly radio programme...
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - May 19 2007 | food, sustainability, nonprofits, education, environment
I'm looking forward to checking out Chez Panisse after hearing a lot about their work educating kids in nutrition and how food choices affect the environment.
Quoted: The Foundation envisions a nationwide public school curriculum at all levels that includes hands-on experiences in school kitchens, gardens, and lunchrooms. This curriculum will inspire students to choose healthy food and help them understand the impact of their choices on their health, the health of their communities, and the planet.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - May 08 2007 | news, technology, history, education, engineering
This sounds like a really fun class.
Quoted: Students here are introduced to the multidisciplinary investigation of ancient technologies as applied in transforming resources into cultural hallmarks from household pottery to grand pyramids. In a course called “materials in human experience,” students are making a 60-foot-long fiber bridge in the Peruvian style. On Saturday, they plan to stretch the bridge across a dry basin between two campus buildings.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 13 2007 | film, documentaries, education, movies
The Filmakers Library looks like a great resource for finding interesting films on particular subjects for class or just for entertainment.
Quoted: For the past thirty-five years we have have been developing a collection of award-winning documentary films and videos primarily for educational use. Throughout our site you will see the many subjects we cover, such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, women's studies and multicultural issues. Titles from our collection are available for rental or sale to universities, schools, museums, businesses and community groups.
petersigrist | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 15 2007 | news, science, education, interesting, research
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