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Infonews n° 96 du 22/10/2000


Cette semaine, encore quelques sites sur Halloween, mais surtout, 
découvrez la fête indienne du Diwali**, qui est son opposé, une fête du 
bien et de la lumière, qui aura lieu le 26 octobre 2000. J'en ai profité 
pour faire un petit dossier sur l'Inde. J'ai aussi découvert un site 
d'affiches de publicité*** qui vous sera sûrement précieux. Et enfin, 
explorez les dernières innovations* sur Space.com.
Bonnes vacances à tous!

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Halloween
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Belinus Press (The Scout Report -- October 20)
Three for Halloween (The Scout Report -- October 20)
Jokes on vampires (Friday's Kid Klicks! October 20)
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India
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cartes
histoire, économie
les femmes
**fête du Diwali
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Resources for teachers
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Art and Culture (The Scout Report -- October 20)
All Academic: The Guide to Free Academic Resources Online (The Scout Report
-- October 20)
PinkMonkey.com (The Scout Report -- October 20)
***AdFlip.com (The Scout Report -- October 20)
American School Directory (WATCH Fri, 20 Oct)
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Science and technology
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*Space Age Gear (SPACE.com Newsletter for Friday 20 October)
Wake Up Little Squishy, Wake Up... (The Scout Report -- October 20)
Building Big (Cool Web Sightings - Issue 77)

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Halloween
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Belinus Press (The Scout Report -- October 20)
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http://www.belinus.co.uk/
Based in the UK, this site offers a number of full-text works and
other resources related to fairy tales, mythology, folklore, and
spiritualism. The main page is a portal to six sub-sites, the largest
of which are the Celtic Folklore and Fairy Tales and Fables sites.
Both pages are actively updated and feature the full text of numerous
out-of-copyright works, as well as links to full-text stories at
other sites and to various related resources. The other sites offer
information and resources on mythologies, statues and memorials,
channelling, and spiritualism. The sites could be better organized,
but users interested in these topics will most likely find a number
of items of use. [MD]
[un superbe site où vous retrouverez les textes de nombreux contes et
légendes, des réflexions sur le floklore celte, et des fables...j'y ai
trouvé un recueil de contes indiens en ligne, que mes secondes vont pouvoir
travailler avec notre nouvel assistant indien...
http://www.belinus.co.uk/fairytales/FaerypiecesIndianFolkFairy.htm ]

Three for Halloween (The Scout Report -- October 20)
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Halloween Central
http://rats2u.com/halloween/halloween_index.htm
Halloween Magazine
http://www.halloweenmagazine.com/
Carve a Perfect Pumpkin [RealPlayer, Windows Media Player]
http://www.learnfree-hobbies.com/designer-pumpkins/
Halloween is coming up, and these three sites will help readers
prepare for an evening of ghouls, goblins, and other nasties.
Halloween Central is a fairly extensive metasite with links to a wide
variety of Halloween resources, including costumes, clip art,
recipes, haunted houses, Halloween safety, and pumpkins, among many
others. Halloween Magazine offers articles and stories, costumes and
activity tips, decoration suggestions, and some notes for teachers.
Hosted by LearnFree.com, the Carve a Perfect Pumpkin page contains
detailed instructions and some video clips from Jerry Ayers,
world-record holder for pumpkin carving. [MD]
[ ces sites s'ajoutent à ceux recommandés la semaine dernière. Mes élèves
étaient un peu blasés: 'encore Halloween, comme tous les ans! Je les ai
laissé libre de rechercher ce qui les intéressait sur '
http://www.halloween-online.com '
et ils ont trouvé des infos nouvelles: des produits pour conserver les
citrouilles, un rituel d'enterrement des citrouilles, des jeux de mots, des
conseils de sécurité, des déguisements pour chiens.... Nous ferons une mise
en commun orale au prochain cours, à partir des notes qu'ils ont prises]

Jokes on vampires (Friday's Kid Klicks! October 20)
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What is a vampire's favorite mode of transportation?
A blood vessel...
What type of dog do vampire's like the best?
Bloodhounds...
What will a vampire never order at a restaurant?
A stake sandwich...
What's a vampire's favorite fast food?
A girl with very high blood pressure...

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Resources for teachers
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Art and Culture (The Scout Report -- October 20)
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This interesting and visually appealing site links to a variety of
resources related to the visual arts, performing arts, design,
literature, music, and film. From the main page, visitors can access
the Arts or Culture sections or go directly to a number of Arts
entries (e.g., literary theory, industrial design, jazz, photography,
etc.) listed in six categories: Design Art, Film, Literature, Music,
Performing Arts, and Visual Arts. In the main Arts sections, users
can browse these same categories or perform a keyword search for
artists or movements. For instance, a search for "dada" resulted in
initial returns under design, theater, and art. The full listing
under art included a brief description of the Dada movement, a few
annotated links, and links to related artists and keywords. It also
offered a "Cloud" of moving terms and artists that represent the
"context of an artist or a movement." Clicking on any of the words
brings that word to the center and also displays the respective entry
from the index. The Culture section of the site is somewhat different
and most definitely the weaker of the two, with links to travel,
food, sports, festivals, and other cultural information, organized by
region. The section also offers some world cams and a feature on
visual culture, though the latter was not working at time of review.
Note: Mac users should heed the site's warning to update their Flash
and Shockwave plug-ins if need be, as the site may crash their
browser if they don't have the most current versions. [MD]
http://www.artandculture.com/
[ un site très complet qui permet, par exemple, de trouver des sites sur
des poètes, avec bibliographie et poèmes en ligne:
http://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/movement?id=518
* j'y ai trouvé ce site sur Kipling:
http://www.kipling.org.uk/ ]

All Academic: The Guide to Free Academic Resources Online (The Scout Report -- October 20)
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http://www.allacademic.com/
This professionally designed academic search engine and index offers
a searchable database of scholarly articles and a browseable list of
alphabetized links to online journals all available at no charge on
the Web. The search results are listed in a choice of APA, MLA, or
Chicago style and include abstracts for articles as well as the date
of posting. Searches can be run by subject, author, publication, or
article title. Scholars may post articles to the site -- subject to
review. Clearly defined criteria are posted on-site, assuring that
the content of the database remains academic and professional.
Cleanly designed and easy-to-use, the site impressed us with the
quality (if not always the quantity) of its search results, and we
look forward to the possibility of this site developing into a major
access point for free, high-quality scholarly publications on the
Web. The Website was founded by Stephen Stolp, a professor of
journalism at the University of Oregon, and Rick Peacor, a graduate
student in history at the same institution. [DC]
[pour étudiants et universitaires à la recherche d'articles publiés sur le web]

PinkMonkey.com (The Scout Report -- October 20)
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http://www.pinkmonkey.com/index2.asp
This study aid site offers a host of resources for students and
teachers from junior-high through college. Probably the most
prominent of these are 100 Barron's Booknotes and 200 MonkeyNotes
book summaries, searchable by keyword or browseable by title or
author. The site also offers subject guides, SAT and GRE exam guides,
a digital library of some 2,000 out-of-copyright works, college
planning and test preparation advice, among others. Free registration
is required, and the site is advertiser-supported, as is readily
apparent. Still, there is quite a bit here, and the site as a whole
is worth a look. [MD]
[ beaucoup de pubs, et il faut s'inscrire, mais on y trouve des fiches très
complètes sur des oeuvres comme par exemple 'Dracula' un site de
circonstance en cette période d'Halloween!]

***AdFlip.com (The Scout Report -- October 20)
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http://www.adflip.com/
Here's a site that's both fun and useful to students of American pop
culture. Billing itself "the world's largest searchable database of
classic print ads," AdFlip may be keyword searched or browsed by
several methods. The ads are indexed by category (automotive,
electronic, fashion, etc.), decade (1940s to current), and several
specialty categories (ad as art, famous, advocacy, provocative [a few
nudes here], today's top ten). Each collection of ads (presented as
thumbnails) can be displayed by date, name, or ID number. Each of the
decade collections can be further refined by a number of categories,
such as automotive manufacturers, women's fashion, alcohol, and
furniture and appliances, among others. [MD]
[ un site génial pour faire des transparents! en rentrant 'Marlboro' vous y
trouverez les originaux des pubs, à comparer avec les anti-pubs (spoof
ads) de adbusters:
http://adbusters.org/spoofads/
une séquence qui marche toujours très bien!!!]

American School Directory (WATCH Fri, 20 Oct)
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American School Directory showed off its free internet tools for school
districts.
http://www.asd.com
[ un annuaire en ligne, pour retrouver une école par nom ou par état]

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Science and technology
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*Space Age Gear (SPACE.com Newsletter for Friday 20 October)
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[ cette rubrique régulière de Space.com permet de trouver la description de
diverses machines à la pointe de la technique. Chaque fiche est courte, et
comprend une photo et un texte. Une exploitation possible serait de faire
décrire la photo et émettre des hypothèses, à l'aide d'un transparent, puis
de faire découvrir et étudier le texte. Selon le contenu des fiches, ce
site est utilisable en LP, classes S et STI, et en BTSI.]
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_gear.html
Voyez par exemple:
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/space_gear_7.html
[ pour lycée, bonnes classes de STI et BTSI : un texte plein d'humour sur
la nouvelle version du chien électronique AIBO.]

Wake Up Little Squishy, Wake Up... (The Scout Report -- October 20)
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"Methuselan Microbes" -- _Nature_ [.pdf]
http://www.nature.com/nature/fow/
"Pa. scientists say they awakened some very old bacteria" --_Philadelphia Inquirer_
http://web.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/10/19/front_page/ANCIENT19.htm
"Alive...after 250 million years" -- BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_978000/978774.stm
"Oldest Known Creatures Reawaken" -- Discovery News
http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20001018/ea_oldbugs.html
"'World's oldest living life form' brought to life" -- CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/10/18/oldest.microbe/index.html
"Scientists Rouse Bacterium from 250-million-year Slumber" -- _Chicago Tribune_
http://chicagotribune.com/news/printedition/article/0,2669,SAV-0010190207,FF.html
"Oldest Living Bacteria Revived" -- _Washington Post_
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34365-2000Oct18.html
"Spores provide intimations of immortality" -- _Christian Science Monitor_
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/10/19/fp2s2-csm.shtml
"Bacterial find supports theory life fell to Earth" -- _Irish Times_
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2000/1019/fro3.htm
"Reviving Bacteria" -- _All Things Considered_ [RealPlayer]
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20001018.atc.17.rmm
Department of Biology -- West Chester University
http://www.wcupa.edu/_academics/sch_cas.bio/
Professors Russell H. Vreeland and William D. Rosenzweig say they
have awakened a 250-million old bacteria found inside a salt crystal
retrieved from deep underground in New Mexico. The bacteria was
identified as a strain of _Bacillus_ and a relative of another
salt-loving bacteria, _B. marisomortui_. The findings, published in
yesterday's _Nature_, easily surpass all previous longevity records
for organisms revived from apparent suspended animation. The
discovery has captured the imaginations of the press and the
scientific community, and possibly lends support to those who argue
that life fell to earth after drifting across space for countless
millennia. There are also skeptics, of course, including those who
argue that the bacteria the scientists grew in the lab were simply
contemporary microbes that somehow got into their sample.
Readers can begin with a summary or the full text of the scientists's
letter to _Nature_, available at the journal's site. Print reports on
the discovery are available from the _Philadelphia Inquirer_, BBC
News, CNN, Discovery News, _Chicago Tribune_, _Washington Post_,
_Christian Science Monitor_, and _Irish Times_. An audio piece can be
found at National Public Radio's _All Things Considered_, which
featured a report on the bacterium on Wednesday. Finally, the
homepage of the West Chester University Department of Biology offers
a brief press release and more information on the scientists. [MD]
[le texte de CNN m'a paru être le plus simple à utiliser avec des élèves moyens en lycée. ]

Building Big (Cool Web Sightings - Issue 77)
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
This informative PBS site tells you all about bridges, skyscrapers,
tunnels, dams, and even domes. Why do some domes have windows? Are all
domes round? Get the answers to these and other questions by examining
some famous domes like the Pantheon or the U.S. Capitol.
Once you've learned a bit about the different structures and their parts,
try one of the challenges and see how well you do.
[ déjà recommandé dans Infonews la semaine dernière]

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