- 22 March - World Day for Water
- 23 March - World Meteorogical Day (WMO)
- 24 March - World Tuberculosis Day (WHO)
- Seaweek - Children of Tangaroa - Marine Mammals of Aotearoa
Exhibitions - Natural History Events
Voyager New Zealand Maritime Museum, Auckland CBD
On until Thursday 31 March 2011
Children of Tangaroa - Marine Mammals of Aotearoa explores the stories of New Zealand's threatened marine mammals. Learn about the effects of whaling and Maori myths and legends surrounding each...
Professional Reading/ viewing:
- Scott McCloud on Comics - In this unmissable look at the magic of comics, Scott McCloud bends the presentation format into a cartoon-like experience, where colorful diversions whiz through childhood fascinations and imagined futures that our eyes can hear and touch. Scott McCloud is a comic book artist.
- 'Seeking, using and creating' -education for a creative age .Tapping the intellectual curiosity of the learner - a blog post
Thinking/ Creative Strategy:
The Showing Evidence Tool helps students learn how to construct well-reasoned arguments and prove their case with credible evidence. The tool provides a visual framework to make claims, identify evidence, evaluate the quality of that evidence, explain how the evidence supports or weakens claims, and reach conclusions based on the evidence. This thinking tool supports activities where students debate differences, make and defend decisions, and analyze conflicting infor-mation. The tool and related resources are available free online. Students may work on their claims and evidence at home or at school, and can be paired with another team to review their ideas. Michal Denny, LENScience
General resources:
The Best Sites for Learning about the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Part I
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/03/11/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-the-japan-earthquake-tsunami/
The Best Sites for Learning about the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Part II
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/03/12/useful-updates-on-japan-earthquake/
Today's Japan Update
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/03/20/todays-japan-update-3/
A Compilation of the Best Lists about Natural Disasters
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/03/11/a-compilation-of-the-best-lists-about-natural-disasters/
Children Worldwide Fold Paper Cranes to Support Rebuilding Effort in Sendai - Dozens of Countries Responding Including Over a Thousand Haitian Children
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21, 2011 -- In response to the devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan on March 11th, Students Rebuild has partnered with DoSomething.org's "Paper Cranes for Japan" campaign to inspire young people worldwide to support their Japanese peers.
Paper Cranes for Japan combines the power of DoSomething.org's deep experience engaging youth audiences and the Bezos Family Foundation's commitment to help young people connect, learn, and take action around critical global issues.
In less than a week, 7 schools in Haiti are making cranes, representing more than 1000 kids collectively folding for Japan; over 7,000 young people posted origami cranes and wishes of support on the "Paper Cranes for Japan" Facebook page and Students Rebuild has had over 200 requests for mailing labels to send in cranes from over 15 different countries including Romania and New Zealand. Building on that momentum, the Bezos Family Foundation announced today a pledge to donate $2 for every crane mailed in to fund Architecture for Humanity's plan to support Japanese architects' rebuilding efforts.
According to legend, anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes, which are sacred creatures in Japanese culture, will be granted a wish by a crane. With a goal to collect 100,000 origami cranes from young people to represent wishes of support and healing, the challenge hopes to raise $200,000 for the reconstruction of a youth facility by the Japanese team from Architecture for Humanity. The thousands of cranes will go on to become a permanent art installation in a school or youth facility being rebuilt by Architecture for Humanity in Japan. This huge display of cranes will be a symbolic gift from students around the globe.
Architecture for Humanity and the Bezos Family Foundation partnered previously through Students Rebuild in response to the devastating Haiti earthquake in January, 2010. Paper Cranes for Japan represents a second Students Rebuild challenge, in collaboration with DoSomething.org, mobilizing young people to connect and address critical global issues including young people in Haiti who know firsthand the devastating impact of a massive earthquake.
"This initiative empowers children around the world to created a simple gesture that will become more than just symbolic," says Architecture for Humanity co-founder Cameron Sinclair. "Through Students Rebuild, we look forward to updating the crane makers on how their efforts allowed our Japanese architects to respond to the rebuilding efforts in Japan."
"DoSomething.org started 'Paper Cranes for Japan' as a way for all young people who want to help to do so without a car, an adult, or money. With this partnership, their wishes of support will now translate into funding to rebuild schools and communities," says DoSomething.org Editor in Chief Betsy Fast.
Architecture for Humanity and its teams of local pro bono building professionals in Kyoto, Osaka, Sendai, and Tokyo are actively partnering and lending their services to organizations and community groups to mobilizing around long-term reconstruction efforts.
"We believe young people are uniquely poised to affect the world's most pressing problems," says Bezos Family Foundation president Jackie Bezos. "They're often overlooked as a source of talent and solutions."
For more information on Paper Cranes for Japan log on to Students Rebuild http://studentsrebuild.org/japan/
Get your friends involved. Fold, Show & Mail You Tube: How to Fold Cranes Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux1ECrNDZl4
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/papercranesforjapan
(We are going to be making paper cranes at Peace Group over the next few weeks)
