- Webelements.com - Online periodic table
- Chemicool.com - Another online periodic table
- Wikipedia: Periodic Table of Elements
- Dayah.com: Dynamic Periodic Table of Elements - Mouse over an element to see more about it, or highlight elements one group at a time
Friday, December 5, 2008
Studying the periodic table of elements
In case you lost your own copy of the periodic table...
Noli Me Tangere guides
Because my first post on Noli just pointed to the free full text, here are links to some of the study guides online for it:
- Viloria.com: Buod ng Noli Me Tangere (Chapter Summaries in Tagalog)
- Webmanila.com: TOC Noli Me Tangere Chapter Summaries and Notes (in English, but incomplete as of this posting)
- Knowledgerush.com: Noli Me Tangere
- Wikipilipinas: Noli Me Tangere
As always, these resources are just a guide. Let them help you form your own analysis of the text -- learning how to do that is more important. :)
Friday, September 5, 2008
Quadratic equations
A polynomial equation to the second degree. As it happens, I don't encounter this anymore in my line of work, but many high school students have to deal with this on a daily basis. Hope these links help...
Friday, July 18, 2008
More Homework Help: Skoool.ph
Intel and the Department of Education have launched www.skoool.ph, a site that provides interactive math and science lessons for students and teachers.
You can browse it according to year level or subject. It requires that you have Javascript installed, which shouldn't be a problem if you watch Youtube on that computer anyway.
HOWEVER, some feedback for the people behind skoool.ph, based on my "surface scan" of the site:
1. Please get rid of the "concept paper" language! And with bad grammar too. For example:
2. The math lesson I tried out was too UK-centric. Is there an effort to localize this? Not to dumb down the content, but only because it's not generally in a Pinoy high school student's experience to pay "2.50" for a sandwich and eat "bonbons."
You can browse it according to year level or subject. It requires that you have Javascript installed, which shouldn't be a problem if you watch Youtube on that computer anyway.
HOWEVER, some feedback for the people behind skoool.ph, based on my "surface scan" of the site:
1. Please get rid of the "concept paper" language! And with bad grammar too. For example:
The learner shall developed the following competencies:The site is online now; talk to your audience directly, instead of referring to them in the third person. Right now it looks like a site targeted to your donor rather than the Pinoy student. And do a grammar check!!!
2. The math lesson I tried out was too UK-centric. Is there an effort to localize this? Not to dumb down the content, but only because it's not generally in a Pinoy high school student's experience to pay "2.50" for a sandwich and eat "bonbons."
Friday, July 11, 2008
Frog anatomy
The dissection of frogs is still happening in high schools all over the country, apparently. Poor frogs!
Here are some links so you can study their anatomy without actually poking through their guts.
Here are some links so you can study their anatomy without actually poking through their guts.
- Youtube: 3d visualization of frog anatomy (see the related videos too)
- Kent School District: Frog Anatomy
- About.com: Male Frog Internal Anatomy (icky photo)
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Home Economics: Cross-stitching
My worst subject was Home Economics. I don't know how this is being taught today, but when I was in my co-ed high school (in the '90s) they at least didn't have "boy" and "girl" subjects. Everyone, regardless of gender, had to learn how to sew clothes, cook dinner, and wire series and parallel circuits.
We also had to learn how to cross-stitch. I don't know, maybe high school kids in the Philippines don't have to do this anymore, but just in case...
We also had to learn how to cross-stitch. I don't know, maybe high school kids in the Philippines don't have to do this anymore, but just in case...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Prepositions: On my mind or in my mind?
Prepositions tell you the relationship the object has to the rest of the sentence.
The necklace is on the table, in the jewelry box, under the pillow, so on and so forth. Prepositions are short words that we take for granted (I interchange them more often than I care to admit), but it's important to get them right because they affect what the sentence is trying to say.
The necklace is on the table, in the jewelry box, under the pillow, so on and so forth. Prepositions are short words that we take for granted (I interchange them more often than I care to admit), but it's important to get them right because they affect what the sentence is trying to say.
- Englishclub.com: English preposition rule - A simple site for English as second language learners.
- The Writing Centre, University of Ottawa: What is a Preposition?
- Betterenglish.com: Preposition quiz!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
1898 events
Happy Independence Day, students!
Here, from Wikipedia, is a page about the other things that happened in 1898.
The US annexed the Hawaiian Islands, Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium, and the carbonated beverage that used to be called "Brad's Drink" was renamed to... "Pepsi-Cola."
Here, from Wikipedia, is a page about the other things that happened in 1898.
The US annexed the Hawaiian Islands, Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium, and the carbonated beverage that used to be called "Brad's Drink" was renamed to... "Pepsi-Cola."
Friday, June 6, 2008
Back to school post! Asian history
Philippine high school students just went back to school... so this blog should be back as well. Today, we look at Asian history -- required for 2nd year students, and it's good for you to do well on this because it might show up again in college. And also, because it's good to understand the region we belong to, and what events led us to where we are now, and world peace, etc etc.
I admit to never reading more history than what my textbook provided, which is NOT a good thing. We don't need to rely purely on our required books anymore. (In my case, my required book had an obvious political and religious bias, which is difficult to shake off.) Plus, Asian history, like Afro-Asian literature, is just too broad. Just reading one website on the same topic as your assignment this week may give you something new and interesting to bring to class -- or to your test.
I admit to never reading more history than what my textbook provided, which is NOT a good thing. We don't need to rely purely on our required books anymore. (In my case, my required book had an obvious political and religious bias, which is difficult to shake off.) Plus, Asian history, like Afro-Asian literature, is just too broad. Just reading one website on the same topic as your assignment this week may give you something new and interesting to bring to class -- or to your test.
- University of Washington: Asian History sources - Many, many links, covering general Asian studies, Central, East, South and Southeast asia as well.
- History for Kids: West Asian History - Covering the history of areas we commonly know as the Middle East.
- Asiasource: This Day in Asian History
- Columbia University: South Asian History
- Asean Focus Group: History of Southeast Asia
- Newton.uor.edu: History of East and Southeast Asia
Monday, May 5, 2008
The Scientific Method
From sciencebuddies.org:
The process itself goes like this:
The scientific method is a process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answer questions. Scientists use the scientific method to search for cause and effect relationships in nature. In other words, they design an experiment so that changes to one item cause something else to vary in a predictable way.
The process itself goes like this:
1. Ask a question
2. Do the research
3. Construct your hypothesis
4. Experiment
5. State your conclusion
However, it's not exactly that simple. How do you do research? How do you test your hypothesis? What if your experiment's results don't support your hypothesis, is that OK? There's more reading to do, and these sites will answer those questions and more:
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