Showing posts with label sciences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sciences. Show all posts

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Education : Best of 2022 : Semester #1

 



credits: Computer drawing

Looking back 2022 I've come up with a roundup of what's been the best posts of my blog The Digital Teacher G-Souto. 

The snow was marvelous last week at Serra da Estrela. Portugal,-6º degrees. Wow! Look to the photo. Magic, don't you thing? Wonderful shot!





credits: Manuel Ferreira, Portugal


Well, school year was not so bad. In-person lessons have been possible all year. Students and teachers finished the school year with joy and some relief. 

Children an teen are happier at school, they learn better, develop social skills, they need to be among their school mates, learning in-person lessons, having teachers near by to ask, talk and learn.  

Below you’ll find the top posts of 1st semester 2022 containing different themes: science, art, astronomy, French literature, music, children's literature, languages, women in science, European citizenship, environment, science-fiction series, animation, cartoon challenges, national heroines, sorrow at US school.





credits: Free Vector


Puisque j'écris des billets aussi en français, me revoilà ravie de partager avec vous le Top des billets 1er semestre 2022 les plus lus sur mon blog The Digital Teacher G-Souto. Vous continuez à me suivre presque quotidiennement. Je me rends aussi compte que souvent des étudiants me visitent.

Je vous en remercie, chers enseignants, chers lecteurs, de votre intérêt et m’efforce d’être toujours au plus proche d'événements concernant des idées pédagogiques ou adaptées par moi, afin de vous présenter des ressources et outils pédagogiques, en ligne ou pas. 

Des grandes thématiques: science, art, astronomie, littérature, musique, littérature d'enfants, langues, femmes en science, citoyenneté, environnement, science-fiction TV series, animation, challenges, heroïnes, deuil aux US écoles, langues, culture, animation, arts, environnement parmi tant d'autres.

Des ressources pédagogiques en ligne, et des adaptations personnelles de façon à permettre à tous les élèves la réussite de leur parcours scolaire.

The selection is based on page views but also based on pedagogical relevance of the most-read posts.

I kept the order of the most viewed, and eliminated the posts that seemed less relevant. The main reason? Sometimes some posts acquire too much visibility, not for their value but for the keywords that the search engines "like" indexing.


Here are the most popular posts 1st semester 2022:

Le Top des billets 1er semestre 2022:

My usual readers know I write in English, French and Portuguese. Ready? Let´s begin!
















 







My special choice of the #1st semester 2022? Great Women in Literature : Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian poetess : Values of peace & tolerance ! Resources in honour of the women, mothers, wives, girls friend, the great Ukrainian heroines under this terrible war who lost their sons, husbands, boys friend and brothers.

Lesia Ukrainka represents all these heroines. Lesia Ukrainka pseudonym of Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka was a writer, translator, folklorist, public and cultural activist, and most important a pioneer of the Ukrainian feminist movement. 






She is one of the most internationally acknowledged figures of the national culture. The cofounder of the widely known literary society “Pleiada,” she wrote poetry, epics, novels, essays, developed the genre of poetic drama in the national literature, and belongs to the short list of the most famous women in the Ukrainian history.


The Ukrainian national poetess Lesya Ukrainka has contributed greatly to the development of Ukrainian Modernism and its transition from Ukrainian ethnographic themes to subjects that were universal, historical and psychological.


Hoping to have inspire you in your lessons all over the last year.

May 2023 be year of hope for all of us, the end of war in Europe, and all the difficulties all over the world due the pandemic Covid-19 last years and now this terrible war. 

Teachers and students fight for peace, development, and climate change. Earth is our home.

Teachers continue to teach with passion, inspiring your students to be better citizens in the future  and environmental defenders, preparing them to the new world and a new the future. Give them hope, joy, serenity. 

Your mission from the heart!


G-Souto

26.01.2023
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Schools : Watch out ! Strawberry Moon most colorful full moon all year : resources



https://www.almanac.com/
June 21st was the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, and if you’re feeling a little happier at the end of the week, science may explain why. The summer solstice are one of the happiest days of the year, and it’s all thanks to that sweet, sweet sunshine.
Philip Gehrman, associate director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program at the University of Pennsylvania, says that people are generally more cheerful in the summertime. 
Why? Light is the strongest cue when it comes to the body regulating circadian rhythms like the sleep cycle and hormonal fluctuations, more light is generally a good thing when it comes to improving your mood. I'm Sun addict for sure!


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On the Summer Solstice, June’s waxing moon will reach its full lunar phase in the wee hours of June 28, kicking off a summer of celestial happenings. Stargazers are in for a treat since this full moon, known as the Strawberry Moon, also happens to arrive during Saturn opposition, meaning Saturn will be at its closest and brightest this year.

  1. Strawberry Moon? Why?
Yes, June Full Moon is called the Full Strawberry Moon. This Full Moon got its name from the Algonquin tribes who knew it as a signal to gather the ripening fruit of wild strawberries.  This is a diverse group of tribes that covered the continent as far as California.


Algonquin couple, 18th-century watercolor by unknown artist
Courtesy of the City of Montreal Records Management & Archives, Montreal, Canada
https://en.wikipedia.org/

The Strawberry Moon has different nicknames in different cultures:
  • the Full Rose Moon (Europe)
  • the Honey Moon (Europe)
  • the Mead Moon (Europe)
  • the Green Corn Moon, 
  • the Planting Moon,
  • Birth Moon. 



NASA illustration of how different Mars can look, depending on its distance to Earth
https://www.inverse.com/
Summer will offer rare opportunities for stargazers. Events such as Mars opposition in late July will bring the red planet closer to Earth than it has been in 15 years, giving anyone with a telescope the chance to see Mars’ unique features more closely than usual. 
The Strawberry Moon will be the season’s first celestial event visible to stargazers, and thanks to Saturn opposition occurring on the same night, it won’t disappoint.
So wherever you happen to be, don’t miss it!

The Strawberry Moon will share the spotlight with Saturn this year
https://www.inverse.com/
This year’s Strawberry Moon, which marks the short harvesting season for strawberries, offers an exciting event for celestial sightseers. But this year, Saturn’s opposition will be visible until September. 
“It’s the most colorful of all full moons,” Daniel M. Soref, Milwaukee Public Museum’s Theater & Planetarium director, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in an interview published Monday. “We always get more color in the sky when things are lower.”
One thing to note is that the moon will also appear as a minimoon, which is difficult to notice with the naked eye but means the moon is at the furthest possible position from Earth.  A minimoon happens when the moon is at its furthest point from Earth (called the apogee). It will appear just a tad bit smaller in the sky.
For the two celestial events to share a set time is a rare treat for stargazers, but it’s just the first of many cosmic happenings slated for this summer.


Stonehenge
via European Heritage /before Brexit

  •  Traditions:
Summer solstice, also called 'midsummer' is a special day for many as it means the start of the summer. It has links to many ancient cultural practices as different cultures have celebrated it being symbolic of renewal, fertility and harvest.
Every year, hundreds of pagans and non-pagans congregate at Stonehenge to see the sun rise in the morning and welcome in the summer. Stonehenge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with it’s neighbour Avebury. Some pagans and druids perform a fire ritual to celebrate the occasion. This involves people with unlit candles forming a circle around a large lit central candle and lighting theirs off it one at a time.
Don´t forget that 2018 is the European Year of Cultural Heritage. So, share the interesting sites of Europe where Summer solstice is celebrated.


Science
On June 27, Earth’s orbit will bring the planet in between Saturn and the sun, which will place Saturn opposite the sun in Earth’s sky and create a rare opportunity to observe the ringed planet throughout the night. Saturn will rise in the southeast sky around sunset, where it will be at its closest and brightest in 2018 before setting in the west around sunrise.
Stargazers can catch the Strawberry moon on June 27 as well, on June 28. Saturn will be at its highest in the sky around midnight, making it easy to observe alongside the moon.
While the Strawberry Moon will only hang around for one night, there will be opportunities to see Saturn and its bright opposition until September. For the two celestial events to share a set time is a rare treat for stargazers, but it’s just the first of many cosmic happenings slated for this summer.

Education:
On June 27 and 28, 2018, find the full moon and look in the moon’s glare for a starlike point. That point is a planet, Saturn.

Such an incredible event the Strawberry Moon June 28 and most European students (primary, elementary education) are enjoying summer holiday.

Only high junior schools/ lycées (secondary education) and universities exams season is happening.


So teachers can't include Summer solstice and Strawberry Moon (June 2018) into school lessons. However, students are curious, and they will pay attention on YouTube perhaps? Yes, they are the YouTubers generation

So the date of the June 2018 full moon depends on your time zone. From the most of the contiguous U.S., the moon turns full on the evening of June 27. 

 From Portugal and the western portions of Africa, the instant of full moon occurs before sunrise June 28. 

For Asia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and the most of Europe, the moon turns full during the daylight hours on June 28, at which time the sun is above the horizon and the moon is below it.


After Summer holiday, teachers and students will discuss their experiences and knowledge about summer solstice and Strawberry Moon. I'm sure!

Curricula: Cross-curricular: Geography; History; Sciences; Languages (traditions, literature).

Level : All levels.

Teachers must consider the activities to every level or curriculum they are teaching.

G-Souto

26.06.2018
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References:
The Old Farmer's Almanac
Inverse
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Monday, September 4, 2017

August in review & Catching up with Harry Potter, 19 Years Later






Catching up with Harry Potter, Nineteen Years Later
https://www.pottermore.com/news/

September began with a special event! 1 September was the first day of term at Hogwarts, but this year also marks the first day of school for Harry Potter’s youngest son, Albus Severus, according to the Deathly Hallows epilogue.

In the final Harry Potter novel, Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione saw their children off to Hogwarts, a little over nineteen years after the Battle of Hogwarts. Thursday, in fact.




Back To Hogwarts

J.K. Rowling took to Twitter Friday morning to mark the occasion, tweeting out a reminder for fans of the date from The Deathly Hallows prologue. 

"Today's the day Albus Severus Potter boards the Hogwarts Express at King's Cross for the first time," 

J.K.Rowling, Twitter




And later Pottermore announced on Twitter the Hogwarts Experience  Back to Hogwarts.

I will be back on this. But now, it's time to the review of the most popular posts of August:


Here are the most popular posts of the last month:











Teachers and students in different countries are back to the new school year. Same day Albus Severus back to Hogwarts!

My usual readers know that blogging is my free contribution to inspire young teachers, writing on different subjects and including some activities, when I have the time between work.

Hope you enjoyed my pedagocical proposals published in August and will include some of them into your lessons.

Thanks all the educators from around the world that kindly read my blog every day. 
Have a nice new school year !

G-Souto

10.08.2017
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Thursday, December 8, 2016

November in review : the most read posts of the month & Gaston Lagaffe






Gaston, au delà de Lagaffe
 Franquin © Dargaud-Lombard, 2016
http://www.bpi.fr/agenda/gaston-au-dela-de-lagaffe
My usual readers know I love comics. I write often on my blog. Lucky Luke was the last one I think: Éducation : On fête les 70 ans de Lucky Luke dans la salle de classe? But there are other.
This time, the introduction to my review of the most read post of November is Gaston Lagaffe, the hero created by French cartoonist André Franquin.

At the Centre Beaubourg, in Paris, there is a good  exhibition : Gaston, au de-là de Lagaffe. 

 Some information: 

Apparu pour la première fois le 28 février 1957 dans les pages du journal de Spirou, Gaston Lagaffe fête ses soixante ans en 2017. 





Version Originale par Franquin GREG Jidéhem 
© Dupuis 2016
http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/

"C’est en lisant des histoires américaines que j’ai appris à dessiner comme à peu près tous les gars de ma génération."

Franquin, citation sur son premier dessin 

Le 'héros sans emploi' créé par Franquin pour animer le journal devient très vite l’un des personnages majeurs de l’épopée Spirou et, sur plus de 900 planches, un véritable classique de la BD.


Gaston, au delà de Lagaffe
 Franquin © Dargaud-Lombard, 2016
catalogue
https://www.dupuis.com/


"L’exposition proposée par la Bibliothèque publique d’information pose un regard neuf sur l’importance de ce personnage qui aura entraîné son créateur très au-delà de la BD jeunesse ; le gaffeur se révélant avec le recul subversif, militant, beatnik, écolo et au final porteur de questionnements très emblématiques de notre époque sur la manière de vivre en société."


Planches et éditions originales, dessins inédits, photographies, inventions et gags en tous genres permettent de redécouvrir un Gaston si proche de chacun d’entre nous, derrière lequel débordent tout le talent et l’audace d’André Franquin.

You have more information here.





Education:

If you are planning a school trip to Paris, you have enough time to prepare a visit at Centre Pompidou to see the exhibition with students.

It will be a fantastic educational resource to teach comics to your students. They will love it.

The exhibition ends on 10 April 2017.

Price: free


Gaston au-delà de Lagaffe is the introduction to the compilation of the most popular posts of November. 

Here are the most popular posts of the last month:
Sciences education : here comes the 2nd Supermoon
Schools : World Science Day for Peace & Development 2016 : resources

 Education : World Philosophy Day : Past and Present 

 Schools : Universal Chidren's Day 

 Schools : Thansgiving, a traditional holiday 

 Escolas : ler O Código da Vinci, versão juvenil 


 Christmas season approaches. You have plenty of tests to evaluate. Be brave! 

 Well, I will be back to posting some ideas and educational resources. 
G-Souto 

 08.12.2016
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