Top 10 Mac keyboard shortcuts everyone should know Mastering a few crucial Mac keyboard shortcuts will make using your Apple computer easier and much more efficient. Cutting your reliance on your mouse will help you work more quickly, and you’ll undoubtedly impress your family, friends and co-workers to no end. You might end up becoming the go-to Mac person in your office, and we all know how wonderful that will be. Here are the top 10 Mac keyboard shortcut tricks you really need to memorize right now, whether you’re a Mac newbie or a veteran user who still uses the mouse for everything out of habit. Ingredients: Any Mac running OS XMac-compatible keyboard (has a Command key, not Windows) Directions: First up, take a look at the Mac keyboard in front of you to familiarize yourself with a few Mac-specific keys. Many of these shortcuts have an equivalent menu item; one way of finding new shortcuts is to look to the right of any menu item and see if there is a keyboard shortcut.
Entomology Australia Insects@School The following links are provided to help teachers increase their knowledge of insects and create awareness of the resources available for teaching. More links will be added as we become aware of them. General Information Visual Key to the invertebrates - a very helpful and easy key to use to help you identify insects and invertebrates to Order. Museum of Victoria Bug Page - comprehensive information on a variety of insect topics including: diversity, adaptations, food chains, beneficial insects; includes a resource page of worksheets and activities which can be used in the classroom for levels P-10. Queensland Museum Insect Information - Information about identifying, collecting, preserving and keeping live insects; includes information about insect projects for secondary classrooms Brisbane Insects and Spiders - a collection of insect information and photos from the Brisbane area presented by the enthusiastic Chew family. Activities Excursions or Incursions for schools Bugs Ed.
OpenScientist Cooks River - Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust - Sydney, Australia Original vegetation communities in the Cooks River Valley. Cooks River runs into the northern side of Botany Bay. It is shown on Cook's map, evidence that he explored it for some distance, but it was not until the First Fleet's brief stay in 1788 that Governor Phillip and some of the officers explored the River at the NW side of the bay which we went up for about 6 miles, finding the Country low & boggy, & no appearance of fresh water ... An arm of the sea was the succinct description used by Lieutenant William Bradley of the Sirius when he charted the course of the river in December 1789. The once-extensive estuary of the Cooks River, with its meandering channel and mudflats and mangroves, has now been totally obliterated by the runways of Sydney Airport. The river now reaches Botany Bay along a concrete channel that diverts its course through the sandy shoreline to join Botany Bay west of its original mouth. Cooks River - species list
The Precious First Few Minutes Of Class The Precious First Few Minutes Of Class by Suzy Pepper Rollins Students file into class. “Your warm-up is on the board,” we announce. More minutes pass, as students dump out backpacks and empty pockets in a panicked search for a scrap of paper they swear was secured last night. But the opening minutes are also the time when students’ brains are their freshest and they tend to remember more of what’s been taught during this period than any other time of the learning episode. These precious minutes can quickly establish a prior knowledge connection, vital to maximizing learning. Rather than begin class with a passive warm-up, success starters have the power to get every student motivated about the lesson and successful right from the bell. We’ve shared 12 Interesting Ways To Start Class Tomorrow before. 4 Easy Teaching Warm-Ups To Start Class Tomorrow 1. Create facts and fibs about the upcoming topic on strips of paper. 2. Tackling a piece of text about a character in a tough predicament?
Australian Wildlife Citizen Science - University of South Australia - quality university study and education in Australia Citizen science research Find out about Citizen Science research at the Barbara Hardy Institute. To see our latest project and register for citizen science updates, please click here. What is citizen science? Citizen science is gaining in popularity as a method of research, and for many good reasons. As the term suggests, Citizen science involves the participation of the wider community in scientific projects. This involvement of the community in research projects is valuable for scientists because we often require a great deal of information to help develop our understanding of the natural world. By participating in a project, community members get a chance to inform scientists, and in the process, learn more about the natural environment. New technologies are supporting the growth of citizen science. Past projects Our past projects have been run in collaboration with partners including ABC Local Radio, DEWNR; AMLRNRMB; SA Museum, CSIRO and fauNature.
TwistedSifter FieldData software | Atlas of Living Australia See also: What is FieldData? FieldData (also known as the BDRS, Biological Data Recording System) was developed by Gaia Resources on behalf of the Atlas of Living Australia (Atlas) to help individuals, researchers, community groups and natural resource management groups collect and manage biodiversity data. FieldData is Open Source software that can: provide data collection and management capabilities to an existing website—a ‘data plug-in’ or create a simple website for collecting and managing data. Functions of the software include: create species profile pagescreate and manage data collection forms, eg for different types of surveyscreate and manage multiple websites, eg for different partner organisation,provide different look and feel for the different websitesaccess controlsestablish projects with associated activities and datacreate online surveys for data collectionmap observations recordedgenerate simple reports of datashare data with the Atlas as considered appropriate Note:
Citizen Science | Atlas of Living Australia What is ‘citizen science’? The OpenScientist website offers this definition of citizen science: ‘The systematic collection and analysis of data; development of technology; testing of natural phenomena; and the dissemination of these activities by researchers on a primarily avocational basis.’ Role of citizen science in the Atlas For the Atlas, citizen science is a very important source of data about biodiversity. Data and insights gained through the efforts of citizen scientists can be as valuable as that obtained by scientists working in academia, natural history collections, government agencies and business. Harnessing the efforts of the thousands of people participating in citizen science will enhance the range and depth of data available in the Atlas. Getting involved in citizen science There are a number of ways in which you can get involved in citizen science, including:
Wonderopolis | Where the Wonders of Learning Never Cease Teaching | YouthLearn Regardless of what topic you're teaching or the age of the kids you're working with, you'll want to make certain teaching techniques a standard part of your routine. By internalizing these fundamentals until you don't even have to think about them, you'll become a better coach, leader and teacher. Perhaps most important is that you understand and master sound modeling techniques. Kids learn much more by watching you than from anything you say. Good teaching is intentional, and it should be reflected in every thing you say and do. Some other techniques described in this section include activities to do every day to reinforce learning objectives and create continuity; pointers for reading aloud and sharing ideas; and advice on using journals, a tool we find extremely helpful for kids of all ages. Entire books have been written about classroom management, but a few simple steps can make a big difference in maintaining an energetic environment and keeping kids focused.
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