Infonews n°304 from 13/05/2007

A la Une this week, some interesting anti-tobacco videos and various resources and material to prepare for Tobacco Free Day on May 31st, coming from the WHO, GSF, the European council and some of our colleagues : you will find activities for all of students, from beginners to advanced. Primary school children will love the Great Turtle Race and may even adopt one ;). Older students will get interested in this site about a Nasa Programme or those interactive grammar exercises. And at the end of the letter, find several documents to read or download to reflect about your way of teaching and find new ways to use new technologies.
Christine Reymond

Sommaire

A La Une : May 31st is Tobacco Free Day

the WHO (World Health Organisation)
GSF (Global Smoke Free partnership)
the European Council
From our colleagues

Resources for Primary School

The Great Turtle Race

Other subjects in English

Earth Sciences /Physics

Resources for advanced students

Road to better grammar

Teaching Practice

Teaching Engineering (from The Scout Report -- May 11)
FERL


A La Une : May 31st is Tobacco Free Day

Each year,Tobacco Free Day is on May 31st. This year two sites to explore:
- one with anti-tobacco videos in several unusual European languages
http://www.turner-associates.org/tfe-videoshowcase/tobaccofree4.html
- and Smoke Free Americas
http://www.smokefreeamericas.org/
http://www.ncac.gov.au/factsheets/fdcqa_factsheet_15.pdf

The theme for this year is : "Smokefree environments". With the law spreading across Europe which decide that smoking isn't allowed anywhere inside a public place, your students will have something to discuss on the theme. Read this position statement from the Australian government and see those British online medical resources:
http://www.ncac.gov.au/about_ncac/smoke_free_position_statement.html
http://www.doctorsandtobacco.org/

The WHO (World Health Organisation)

Here is some material to download from the WHO (World Health Organisation) and GSF:
- posters: <http://www.who.int/tobacco/resources/publications/wntd/2007/workers_en.jpg>http://www.who.int/tobacco/resources/publications/wntd/2007/workers_en.jpg
http://www.who.int/tobacco/resources/publications/wntd/2007/en/index.html
<http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/files/evidence/15.pdf>http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/files/evidence/15.pdf
- a nice brochure in color (for intermediate students or above)
<http://www.who.int/tobacco/resources/publications/wntd/2007/Smoke-free inside 12pages_FINAL.pdf>http://www.who.int/tobacco/resources/publications/wntd/2007/Smoke-free%20inside%2012pages_FINAL.pdf
- brochures et posters : <http://www.who.int/tobacco/resources/publications/wntd/2007/en/index.html>http://www.who.int/tobacco/resources/publications/wntd/2007/en/index.html
- a guide about the implementation of the new law, including suggestion of answers to remarks like "and what of our freedom?" (very interesting document for advanced students, who can witness the implementation of measures that nobody would have thought possible 40 years ago)
<http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/files/129.pdf?PHPSESSID=b90142658d203dd3b62a585d3d554aa2>http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/files/129.pdf?PHPSESSID=b90142658d203dd3b62a585d3d554aa2
- *** a form to fill in and return to WHO by mail or post, to request material ( brochures and posters I suppose)
<http://www.who.int/tobacco/resources/publications/wntd/2007/form_materialrequest_only07.pdf>http://www.who.int/tobacco/resources/publications/wntd/2007/form_materialrequest_only07.pdf

GSF (Global Smoke Free partnership)

Explore the GSF (Global Smoke Free partnership) website:
<http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/>http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/
with various material including:
- an animation about the effects of passive smoking on babies (cot death) and children (lung and ear diseases) : there are pictures, a commentary in English and the script that you can read as you listen. It all looks a bit gloomy, the information is interesting, although it is aimed at students interested in babies and children.
<http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/files/inline/3.swf>http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/files/inline/3.swf
- the Tobacco atlas,
<http://www.cancer.org/docroot/AA/content/AA_2_5_9x_Tobacco_Atlas.asp>http://www.cancer.org/docroot/AA/content/AA_2_5_9x_Tobacco_Atlas.asp
with superbe posters to comment : each of them with a very attractive look and full of information, based on a map of the world and photos, graphs, diagrams, statistics. They are all on the same model, so you can really study only one. Look for example at:
Male smoking
<http://www.cancer.org/downloads/AA/TobaccoAtlas02.pdf>http://www.cancer.org/downloads/AA/TobaccoAtlas02.pdf
Female smoking (with a comparison between Japan, US, UK)
<http://www.cancer.org/downloads/AA/TobaccoAtlas03.pdf>http://www.cancer.org/downloads/AA/TobaccoAtlas03.pdf
Boy smoking
<http://www.cancer.org/downloads/AA/TobaccoAtlas05.pdf>http://www.cancer.org/downloads/AA/TobaccoAtlas05.pdf
Health risks (requires some good basis in anatomy)
<http://www.cancer.org/downloads/AA/TobaccoAtlas08.pdf>http://www.cancer.org/downloads/AA/TobaccoAtlas08.pdf
This one, with diagrams comparing the death rates
<http://www.cancer.org/downloads/AA/TobaccoAtlas10.pdf>http://www.cancer.org/downloads/AA/TobaccoAtlas10.pdf
If your students are interested in politics, see "buying influence"
<http://www.cancer.org/downloads/AA/TobaccoAtlas19.pdf>http://www.cancer.org/downloads/AA/TobaccoAtlas19.pdf
if you want diagrams, figures and statistics, this one is for you
<http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/atlas41.pdf>http://www.who.int/tobacco/en/atlas41.pdf
and there are many more.

The European Council

On the website of the European Council, see this "Green paper" : a report dealing with the implementation of tobacco free environments, including interesting answers to the opponents questions. Teachers and advanced students can read the report , the commentaries and the detail of the debate :
<http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/life_style/Tobacco/Documents/gp_smoke_en.pdf>http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/life_style/Tobacco/Documents/gp_smoke_en.pdf
http://www.epha.org/a/2543

From our colleagues

For beginners and lower intermediates, here are some attractive activities selected by our colleague Michèle Henry : interactive games, songs, cartoons, videos...
<http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/notobacco.htm>http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/notobacco.htm

And for intermediate studnets and above, Michèle Henry recommends this Anti-Smoking Letter Writing Campaign :
<http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/02/lp281-05.shtml>http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/02/lp281-05.shtml
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/smoking/lesson-plan/4185.html

Catherine Tertre, a colleague from Rennes, suggested on e-teach that we could work around the advertising campaigns. Here is what she recommends:
a timeline of the arguments presented by tobacco makers and retailers
<http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20070320tuesday.html>http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20070320tuesday.html
some old advertisements found on You Tube by the NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20070320tuesday.html>http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20070320tuesday.html
and how to make people believe anything : The "Wonderful World of Freshness of Salem cigarettes"
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86lYG1V2-n4&mode=related&search=>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86lYG1V2-n4&mode=related&search=

Resources for Primary School

The Great Turtle Race

Leatherback Trust, a charity specialised in the protecting of sea turtle, has created this website called The Great Turtle Race, where you can follow the progression of 11 turtle between Costa Rica and the galapagos Islands.
the charity
<http://www.leatherback.org/>http://www.leatherback.org/
The Great Turtle Race
<http://www.greatturtlerace.com/>http://www.greatturtlerace.com/

from this site, I found another site from children about animals ; Earth Birhtday. There you can find :
- a game : students chose an animal and answer a quiz, from which they learn new information.
<http://www.earthsbirthday.org/zwibbles/critters/index.htm>http://www.earthsbirthday.org/zwibbles/critters/index.htm
- a story to read : the Zwibbles
<http://www.earthsbirthday.org/zwibbles/zwibblestory/index.html>http://www.earthsbirthday.org/zwibbles/zwibblestory/index.html
- hands on activities linking math and earth sciences. They learn to count the dots on a ladybird, hunt with ants, etc.
<http://www.earthsbirthday.org/butterflies/ladybugs/index.asp>http://www.earthsbirthday.org/butterflies/ladybugs/index.asp
http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/ant/

Other subjects in English

Earth Sciences /Physics

On e-teach, our colleague J-Marc Brauer who teaches physics in English in the académie de Lyon, recommends those pages about the rate of radiations in space to all those interested in space and technology.
<http://www.thomson-elec.com/space/evarm.htm#>http://www.thomson-elec.com/space/evarm.htm#
read the article "Little transistor records radiation levels"
<http://www.thomson-elec.com/space/space_evarm.htm>http://www.thomson-elec.com/space/space_evarm.htm
and also:
- this article from a research group called "Yes, I can!" about "measuring radiation"
<http://resources.yesican-science.ca/trek/radiation/final/index_EVARMS.html>http://resources.yesican-science.ca/trek/radiation/final/index_EVARMS.html
- this article from the NASA called "Extravehicular Activity Radiation Monitoring (EVARM)"
<http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/background/facts/evarm.html>http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/background/facts/evarm.html
- and this one in Space Daily
<http://www.spacedaily.com/news/radiation-01k.html>http://www.spacedaily.com/news/radiation-01k.html

Resources for advanced students

Road to better grammar

Our German colleague Jürgen Wagner has found this site interesting for his university students and want to share it with you:
<http://fremdsprachenundneuemedien.blogspot.com/2007/04/your-road-to-better-grammar.html>http://fremdsprachenundneuemedien.blogspot.com/2007/04/your-road-to-better-grammar.html
Your students will find there an interactive quiz to brush up their grammar skills or acquire some new. They can practice online and be corrected, or download the whole lot of exercises.
http://www.roadtogrammar.com/welcome/
There are also interesting material for teachers to download, like those worksheets or this list of questions for a warming up sessions with adults:
http://www.roadtogrammar.com/dl/LanguageExpansion.pdf
http://www.roadtogrammar.com/dl/warmers.pdf

Teaching Practice

Teaching Engineering (from The Scout Report -- May 11)

Purdue University has one of the strongest schools of engineering in the United States, and they remain committed to providing new and interesting materials about the art and science of teaching engineering to their students. Professors Phillip C. Wankat and Frank S. Oreovicz recently created this very helpful textbook to aid engineering educators in the classroom, and it is exciting to see that it is available online here for free. Visitors can download the entire book, or they can just browse around through some of the seventeen chapters. These chapters include “Problem Solving and Creativity”, “Lectures”, and “Learning Theories”. Additionally, there are several helpful appendices, such as “Obtaining an Academic Position” and “Sample Teaching Course Outline”. Overall, it’s an exemplary resource, and one that will be most useful to engineering educators. These materials can be used in a variety of engineering courses, including those that deal with chemical and mechanical engineering. [KMG]
https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/News_and_Events/Publications/teaching_engineering/index.html

FERL

Marion Raud Dugal has found this site full of useful resources of all type for teachers.
http://ferl.qia.org.uk/display.cfm?catID=1
"On this website we aim to support all aspects of e-learning. Whether you are a teacher, librarian, technician, researcher, staff development manager, principal or policy-maker, we can help you make effective use of ICT and e-learning. There is something on Ferl for You. Ferl is a big website. As well as the advice sections on Teaching and Learning, Policies and Strategies and Technology for E-Learning there are also hundreds of case studies, "how to's" and teaching resources here, along with a wealth of other materials. "
http://ferl.qia.org.uk/display.cfm?page=19
Have a look for example at the page about how to use podcasting in class:
http://engage.doit.wisc.edu/podcasting/teaching/index.html


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