Manzana’s secondary websites for February

Name: Discovery Channel

Address: http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/guides.html 

The Discovery channel site contains a range of information (videos, games too) over a variety of topics. Plenty of detail on each topic that it covers and well presented.

Name: National Geographic

Address: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/ 

Like the Discovery channel site, National Geographic takes the best of the tv channel, whilst also mixing it with the best of their magazine. The xpeditions is just one part of a website that encompasses many different geography based topics and utilises some of the best imagery on the web. Xpeditions comes with a variety of lesson plans and is part of theeducation@NationalGeographic series.

Name: Time

Address: http://www.time.com/time/ 

Working with CNN, Time Magazine has created a fantastic website with plenty to see and do.

Name: Teaching Business

Address: http://www.teachingbusiness.co.uk/index-12.html 

Variety of business based activities.

Name: TeacherLed

Address: http://www.teacherled.com/ 

An array of resources designed for IWB.

Name: Time Zone Check

Address: http://www.timezonecheck.com/ 

With the use of world map Time zone check is a one page website that shows what the current time is from around the world.

Name: Astronomy – Journey to the cosmic frontier

Address: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072482621/student_view0/interactives.html#inter

Contains a range of interactive examples for teaching the science behind astronomy.