Way Cool! Watch this winter’s Olympic Games with a lot more knowledge about how the athletes and their equipment perform. Vancouver, British Columbia will host the 2010 Winter Olympics from February 12 – 28. NBC who will televise the Games, has teamed with the National Science Foundation to interview and film athletes, coaches, and scientists to help us understand the physics, biology, chemistry and engineering of the materials and the manpower that make up an Olympic athlete.
View the 16-part video series at NBC Learn and follow the competition this February at the official Olympic web site, Vancouver 2010.
Have any of you seen the television program called MAKE TV ? I saw my first episode this weekend and I thought the future engineers and hands on learner might like it! Check our the guitar this guy builds out of some really basic materials. I was very impressed. He even made it an electric guitar using an old tape recorder.
Now students and teachers can manage their own files online! Called My Files, this new feature allows you to upload/download files from anywhere. Use it to transfer files from school, home or the library. You can also share files with other students in your course. All you need to do is login!