**This is different from the learning resources I posted about before**
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| Bring the wonder of space to your students. Explore our universe of science, technology, engineering and math activities and resources. |
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Teaching resources from JPL NASA
I just found out about the teaching resources on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory / NASA website! There isn't a pinnable image that gives a general overview of what is available so I am creating one here. Click the image to go to the site.
Learn about space related topics from NASA
I just found out about the learning resources on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory / NASA website! There isn't a pinnable image that gives a general overview of what is available so I am creating one here. Click the image to go to the site.
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| Space science and engineering projects, activities, videos and slideshows from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. |
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Free educational resources: cultural
Another great resource that is not very pinnable is OpenCulture.com
This is a listing website with outside links to a large number of websites that offer educational material related to cultural studies for free. I'm particularly interested in the K-12 language listings.
They say:
"What is Open Culture’s Mission?
Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given us great amounts of intelligent audio and video. It’s all free. It’s all enriching. But it’s also scattered across the web, and not easy to find. Our whole mission is to centralize this content, curate it, and give you access to this high quality content whenever and wherever you want it. Some of our major resource collections include:
This is a listing website with outside links to a large number of websites that offer educational material related to cultural studies for free. I'm particularly interested in the K-12 language listings.
"What is Open Culture’s Mission?
Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given us great amounts of intelligent audio and video. It’s all free. It’s all enriching. But it’s also scattered across the web, and not easy to find. Our whole mission is to centralize this content, curate it, and give you access to this high quality content whenever and wherever you want it. Some of our major resource collections include:
- 950 Free Online Courses from Top Universities
- 675 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, etc.
- 550 Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free
- 600 Free eBooks for iPad, Kindle & Other Devices
- MOOCs from Great Universities (Many With Certificates)
- Learn 46 Languages Online for Free: Spanish, Chinese, English & More
- 200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Video Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites & More
Free books, journals, and catalogues from The Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, or "The Met", in NYC, has made available a large collection of printed materials about art history and specific collections spanning decades. This new catalogue is searchable on-line for free. Some of the works are available for free in their entirety, others are just a preview of what can be purchased. Click the image to be taken there.
They say this:
"MetPublications is a portal to the Met's comprehensive publishing program with 1,500 titles, including books, online publications, and Bulletins and Journals from the last five decades.
MetPublications includes a description and table of contents for most titles, as well as information about the authors, reviews, awards, and links to related Met titles by author and by theme. Current book titles that are in-print may be previewed and fully searched online, with a link to purchase the book. The full contents of almost all other book titles may be read online, searched, or downloaded as a PDF. Many of these out-of-print books will be available for purchase, when rights permit, through print-on-demand capabilities in association with Yale University Press. For the Met's Bulletin, all but the most recent issue can be downloaded as a PDF. For the Met's Journal, all individual articles and entire volumes can be downloaded as a PDF.
Readers may also locate works of art from the Met's collections that are included in every book and periodical title and access the most recent information about these works in Collections.
Readers are also directed to every title located in library catalogues on WATSONLINE and WorldCat.
Please check back frequently for updates and new book titles.
MetPublications is made possible by Hunt & Betsy Lawrence.
For questions or to report issues, please contact metpublications@metmuseum.org "
(screen capture from metmuseum.org because they don't have a very pinnable website. Can you imagine!? LOL!)
They say this:
"MetPublications is a portal to the Met's comprehensive publishing program with 1,500 titles, including books, online publications, and Bulletins and Journals from the last five decades.
MetPublications includes a description and table of contents for most titles, as well as information about the authors, reviews, awards, and links to related Met titles by author and by theme. Current book titles that are in-print may be previewed and fully searched online, with a link to purchase the book. The full contents of almost all other book titles may be read online, searched, or downloaded as a PDF. Many of these out-of-print books will be available for purchase, when rights permit, through print-on-demand capabilities in association with Yale University Press. For the Met's Bulletin, all but the most recent issue can be downloaded as a PDF. For the Met's Journal, all individual articles and entire volumes can be downloaded as a PDF.
Readers may also locate works of art from the Met's collections that are included in every book and periodical title and access the most recent information about these works in Collections.
Readers are also directed to every title located in library catalogues on WATSONLINE and WorldCat.
Please check back frequently for updates and new book titles.
MetPublications is made possible by Hunt & Betsy Lawrence.
For questions or to report issues, please contact metpublications@metmuseum.org "
Monday, February 9, 2015
Tandoori Beef Curry
Tonight's Curry Beef is a good example of my cooking "method". I make changes and substitutions to almost every recipe and I don't usually measure anything. However, I have it fresh in mind and my husband wants me to make the dish again, so I'm including my notes
This is the recipe that I looked at and then modified greatly.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Fragrant-Beef-Curry-with-Rice-104202
>What it says---------------------------What I used/did
>1.5 C milk---------------------------1 can coconut milk
>6 whole cloves----------------------4 large whole cloves
>2 garlic cloves----------------------6 garlic cloves
>2 large onions-----------------------half an onion
>2 cinnamon sticks------------------some ground cinnamon
>2T fresh ginger---------------------some ground ginger
>1.5T curry--------------------------1T Tandoori Spice Blend (which contains ginger and cinnamon already, so I didn't add a whole lot more in the above steps)
>3 tomatoes, red pepper & [mango] chutney-------------------I didn't have mango chutney and I was going to skip the tomatoes and red pepper until I remembered I have mango salsa sooo... I added about 0.5C mild mango salsa and 0.25C apricot preserves
>Brown meat chunks 7mins each batch------------------------------In reality the browning only took about 2mins per batch, but keep the batches fairly small so the oil stays hot and you don't toughen the meat
The rest is the same
As for method, I chose to caramelize the onion, add the garlic for a few minutes then added everything but the browned meat and let that come to a simmer then I added the meat and juices and continued the directions.
This is the recipe that I looked at and then modified greatly.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Fragrant-Beef-Curry-with-Rice-104202
>What it says---------------------------What I used/did
>1.5 C milk---------------------------1 can coconut milk
>6 whole cloves----------------------4 large whole cloves
>2 garlic cloves----------------------6 garlic cloves
>2 large onions-----------------------half an onion
>2 cinnamon sticks------------------some ground cinnamon
>2T fresh ginger---------------------some ground ginger
>1.5T curry--------------------------1T Tandoori Spice Blend (which contains ginger and cinnamon already, so I didn't add a whole lot more in the above steps)
>3 tomatoes, red pepper & [mango] chutney-------------------I didn't have mango chutney and I was going to skip the tomatoes and red pepper until I remembered I have mango salsa sooo... I added about 0.5C mild mango salsa and 0.25C apricot preserves
>Brown meat chunks 7mins each batch------------------------------In reality the browning only took about 2mins per batch, but keep the batches fairly small so the oil stays hot and you don't toughen the meat
The rest is the same
As for method, I chose to caramelize the onion, add the garlic for a few minutes then added everything but the browned meat and let that come to a simmer then I added the meat and juices and continued the directions.
This is not my dish, HAHA, but it most resembles it. Travel Blog Source
This is the spice blend I use, it is not too spice-hot and all my family likes it. I have to admit though, mine is quite old and has probably mellowed over time.
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Filipino BBQ
Here are some sources to use for making your own Pinoy Barbeque Sauce
This one is the closest to what I actually did
I used boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into pieces, marinated over night and then baked, with the marinade, in the oven.
This one is the closest to what I actually did
Here are 2 more good references
I used boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into pieces, marinated over night and then baked, with the marinade, in the oven.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
2015 New Year's Eve Stemmed Glass Tags
Here are 12 different circular tags for your stemmed glassware. Print on card stock and cut as shown below. You may need to cut the center circle a bit bigger than I have drawn depending on your particular stems.
Write the owner's name in the blank space if you have more than 12 guests - or so no one has to remember their color after a few glasses of bubbly ;)
Labels for wine glasses or champagne glasses
Cut the wine glass tag like this to leave space for writing a name.
You may need to cut the inner circle a bit bigger.
Page 1 - Wine glass tags
Page 2 - Champagne glass labels
(there are 2 different pages of the same style label/tag, I just named them that way to aid in internet searches - SEO is not my strong suit LOL!)
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