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Native Vegetation Group 16 - Heathlands
Native Vegetation Groups for Victoria home Heathlands Native Vegetation Map High resolution map of Simplified Native Vegetation Group 16 [PDF File - 707.8 KB] - includes major roads and towns. Ecological Vegetation Class Descriptions Bioregional Conservation Status and EVC benchmarks 16.1 Heathlands - Sandy and/or well drained EVC 5 Coastal Sand HeathlandAn open or closed coastal heathland dominated by a diverse shrub layer and a variable ground layer of sedges, lilies and grasses. EVC 6 Sand HeathlandTreeless heathland (or with scattered emergent mallee-form eucalypts and/or banksias) occurring on deep infertile sands. EVC 89 Dunefield HeathlandTreeless heathland or low shrubland. EVC 90 Tea-tree ScrubA dense scrub of Mallee Tea-tree Leptospermum coriaceum associated with the Outlet Creek system. Page Top 16.2 Heathlands - Not well drained EVC 7 Clay HeathlandOccurs on sites with impeded drainage, often on duplex soils. 16.3 Heathlands - Sub-alpine
7 Web 2.0 Tools for Students
SmoothDraw SmoothDraw is an easy natural painting and digital free-hand drawing software that can produce high quality pictures. It supports many kinds of brushes (pen, pencil, dry media, airbrush, image, etc.), retouch, tools, layers, image adjustment, and many effects. This software works great with tablets and PC. It is a freeware so it is free to download. You can find the site here: Bitstrips Bitstrips is an educational tool that engages students using a medium they love, comics! You can find the site here: Archimy Is a service for drawing the graphs of all kinds of functions. You can find the site here: ChartGizmo Is a free web 2.0 tools where students can create charts for a website, blog, or social network profile. You can find the site here: The last three are probably the most important for students to use in the classroom and I am not going to include a picture for them.
Renewables: The 99.9 percent solution
A view of wind turbines from the Hrad, in Slovakia. Photo by Ricz Ribeiro/flickr. Jan. 20, 2013 Renewable energy? By Tim RadfordClimate News Network LONDON – A combination of wind and solar power and sophisticated energy storage systems could keep a power grid fully supplied between 90 and 99.9 percent of the time, at costs comparable with today's fossil fuel and nuclear mix, according to a new study from Delaware in the United States. The key is to get the right combination of electricity sources and storage. - Willett Kempton, University of Delaware Computer simulation measured the performance of inland and offshore wind farms and photovoltaic cells, backed up by battery and fuel cell storage, under the lowest cost conditions, for a 72 gigawatt grid system (one gigawatt will typically provide power for about 750,000 to a million US households).. Huge storage costs Storage costs are huge, and increase with the need to store for each extra hour. But they found quite a different result.
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Do the Two Step to Protect Your Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box Files
Cloud storage of files is one of my favorite aspects of the modern Internet. Cloud storage services make it easy to access all of my important files from any computer and most mobile devices. And for students cloud storage eliminates the I forgot my flashdrive excuse for not having an assignment ready for class. The potential problem with cloud storage, and any other online service for that matter, is having your account compromised. Two-step authentication for a Google account requires entering a verification code that Google sends to your cell phone. If you're a Dropbox user you can activate two-step authentication for your account. Other than Google Drive, Box has become my favorite cloud storage service over the last few months.
Using the Archive
Scientists worldwide use our audio and video recordings to better understand and preserve our planet. Teachers use our sounds, videos, and curricula to illustrate the natural world and create exciting interactive learning opportunities. We help others depict nature accurately and bring the wonders of animal behavior to the widest possible audience. New Guinea's Birds of Paradise Documenting Courtship Behavior For more than a decade, video curator Edwin Scholes has used digital video to document and study the courtship behaviors of New Guinea's birds-of-paradise (family Paradisaeidae). North American Warblers Reproduction, Climate Change, and Songs Mike Webster, director of the Macaulay Library, graduate student Sara Kaiser, and collaborators at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center are investigating how birds' behaviors may change in response to climate change. Sexual Signals in Australian Fairywrens Research Using Macaulay Library Recordings Anthropologist Jonathan D. Investigating Behavior
