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Evolution of Evolution - 150 Years of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"
NSF multimedia site. Rich.
Asia AV history archive
awesome, full archive of newsreels and pictures from Asian history.
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The History Files
Excellent overview of neolithic Mesopotamian pottery cultures and beyond. First-rate maps, photos, more. Seems related to British Museum?
IGCS - Full-text Databases (China WWW VL - Internet Guide for Chinese Studies)
A gold mine of libraries and databases.
Chinese History - Academic Info
Outstanding portal. Great starting place for student research.
Online Etymology Dictionary
Love it. Now we need a FF add-on that shows etymology with a right-click.
Web Worker Careers: Writers and Editors - GigaOM - Salon.com
Good overview of different types of writer and editor jobs. File for students.
Intelligent YouTube Video Collections | Open Culture
Great list of video collections for thinking people.
Wikipedia:List of guidelines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A great resource for student wiki projects.
Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better | OEDb
Good stuff.
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- Tell stories. Venus Flytrap, a character from the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, once taught a student gang member about atoms, electrons, and protons by saying that an atom was one big neighborhood, and the protons and neutrons had their own smaller neighborhoods and never mixed. Just like rival gangs. The story worked, and understanding sparked in the students eyes.
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Go beyond the public school curriculum. The public school system is woefully lacking in teaching advanced learning and brainstorming methods. It's not that the methods cannot be taught; they just aren't. To learn more, you have to pay a premium in additional time and effort, and sometimes money for commercially available learning tools. There's nothing wrong with that in itself, but what is taught in schools needs to be expanded. This article's author has proven that a nine-year old can learn (some) university level math, if the learning is approached correctly.
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TEDTalks as of 03.31.09 - Google Docs
Outstanding spreadsheet of all TED Talks at a glance.
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