The Seven Wonders of the World. Favorite Travel Quotes. "There are two ways of getting home, and one of them is to stay there. " -G.K. Chesterton ”Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” -Confucius “I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.” -Henry Emerson Fosdick “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” “Life is a promise; fulfill it.” “It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.” “The beckoning counts, and not the clicking of the latch behind you.” Beyond the East, the sunrise,Beyond the West, the sea,And East and West the wanderthirstWill not let me be. “I resolved to abandon trade and to fix my aim on something more praiseworthy and stable; whence it was that I made preparation for going to see part of the world and its wonders.”
“A place has almost a shyness of a person with strangers; its secret is not to be surprised by too direct interrogation.” UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
World population. World clock. Atlases. Earth View. World debt comparison: The global debt clock. Young Germany. Opening up a world of educational content with YouTube for Schools. When I was in school during the 90s, watching videos in the classroom was a highlight of any week. The teacher would roll in a television on a cart, pop in a VHS tape, and then we’d enjoy whatever scratchy science video my teacher had checked out from the school video library that week.
Sight, sound and motion have always had the power to engage students and complement classroom instruction by bringing educational topics to life. We’ve been hearing from teachers that they want to use the vast array of educational videos on YouTube in their classrooms, but are concerned that students will be distracted by the latest music video or a video of a cute cat, or a video that might not be appropriate for students. While schools that completely restrict access to YouTube may solve this distraction concern, they also limit access to hundreds of thousands of educational videos on YouTube that can help bring photosynthesis to life, or show what life was like in ancient Greece. Mapping & Cartography. Health & Disease Maps. Country Reference Info.
Peoplemovin - A visualization of migration flows. UNESCO World Heritage List. #: As for 19 Natural and Mixed Properties inscribed for geological values before 1994, criteria numbering of this property has changed. See Decision 30.COM 8D.1. TradingEconomics.com - Economic Data for 196 Countries.