Virtual Tour: Panoramic Images: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

This comprehensive virtual tour allows visitors using a desktop computer (Windows, Mac, Linux) or a mobile device (iPhone, iPad, Android) to take a virtual, self-guided, room-by-room walking tour of the whole museum. You can even browse a list of past exhibits, which is included on the ground floor map (see upper right map buttons). The visitor can navigate from room to room by clicking map locations or by following blue arrow links on the floor that connect the rooms. Please note: This tour is provided in Flash and HTML5 / Javascript versions. Site Credit: Imagery and coding by Loren Ybarrondo.

Career Clusters | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Missouri Career Education prepares Missourians for the 21st century to better serve the needs of students, parents, educators, and employers through challenging, relevant, and accountable programs. Career Clusters provide a way for schools to organize instruction and student experiences around 16 broad categories that encompass virtually all occupations from entry through professional levels. These groupings of occupations are used as an organizing tool for curriculum design, a model for guidance and instruction, and a mechanism for seamless transition from secondary education to postsecondary and/or career. PDF Document "What's The Plan? Student Video Introduces 16 Career Clusters Upbeat music, bold colors and amusing teenage hosts invite Missouri students to explore the world of careers in a video produced in 2009 and distributed to schools and libraries statewide. Flyer for Students and ParentsPDF Document Information Resources: States' Career Clusters Initiative "What's A Career Path?"

SIMULATIONS Numerous simulations and animations can be found on the Internet to illustrate key principles. Perhaps the easiest way to locate these resources is enter the name of the concept and the term "animation" when performing a search. For example, mitosis and animation. Best Simulation sties PhET: Interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena (University of Colorado) Explore Learning: Premier collection of teaching simulations for science and math Molecular Workbench: Concord Consortium resouces for molecular modeling & simulations Brainpop - Animated films on a variety of topics Elementary & Middle School Simulations & Animations Animation Directories Merlot: A collection of high quality interactive online learning materials sponsored by the CSU Science Animations & Movies: A collection of web-based resourceds Vision Learning: Science animations Design Simulation: Makers of Interactive Physics construction software.

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