EduHound Weekly

Spotlight Site of the Week!

NGA Classroom: For Teachers and Students
A place where teachers and students can connect art and curriculum.
http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/

Additional Sites:

• Explore Art (Getty Museum)
  Learn more about many of the works of art on display at the Getty Center.
  http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Works of Art
  View 6,500 objects—from each of the Museum's collections—can be accessed online.
  http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/collection.asp
• Philadelphia Museum of Art: Collections
  Explore its renowned collections, acclaimed special exhibitions, and enriching programs.
  http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/galleries.html
• Musée du Louvre
  Explore the works on display, taking a thematic or cross-departmental approach.
  http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/alaune.jsp
• Cleveland Museum of Art
  Explore the American Paintings and Sculpture collections.
  http://www.clevelandart.org/explore/department.asp?deptgroup=20&
• A Brush with History: Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery
  Features 66 paintings of Americans, including works by some of the most important portrait painters the nation has produced.
  http://www.npg.si.edu/cexh/brush/index.htm

Judi's Corner

This week features an excellent reader-submitted biology site:

ASU-Ask A Biologist

http://askabiologist.asu.edu

An educational resource for students preK-12, and their teachers and parents. In addition, the site has two new and exciting content areas that targets language arts along with science and biology.

The Mysterious World of Dr. Biology: A comic book adventure activity that can be used in a paper only form or include computer technology when desired.
http://askabiologist.asu.edu/expstuff/drbiocomic/index.html

Ask-a-Biologist Podcasts: Students and teachers can blast off with experiments riding on the space shuttle, or travel to the Tibetan Plateau to listen in on work being done with Pikas.
http://askabiologist.asu.edu/podcasts/
Thanks to Charles J. Kazilek, Director of Technology Integration and Outreach School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University