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Education & Research

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1	Academic Ranking of World Universities Academic Ranking of World Universities by Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.	416
2	An Agenda 21 for Education in the Baltic Sea Region Agenda21 for Education in the Baltic Sea region (The Haga Declaration). Is an agreement on the importance of education for sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region. The goal for higher education is "that the individual learner should have skills and competence relevant to their future professions and future roles as decision-makers. Higher education should also play an active role locally, nationally, and internationally in enhancing knowledge and action competence regarding sustainable development through research and education in co-operation with surrounding society"	357
3	Baltic Sea Transparencies Baltic Sea transparencies - This slide series on the Baltic Sea has been developed by a group of Baltic Sea scientists mainly from Finland. The content of this series is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the environment and ecology of the Baltic. The second one elucidates the challenges and the means that can influence the future of the Baltic. The slides are available, free of charge in pdf-file 5.5 MB pdf-format, in English, Russian, Finnish and Swedish.	358
4	Bogs in the Classroom This web site is focusing on bog field studies and has been developed by the Irish Peatland Conservation Council. The site contains materials to help you prepare your students for a field trip to a bog, suggestions for field investigations you might like to undertake and follow up activities to complete your study.	427
5	Bologna Process and European Higher Education Area The overarching aim of the Bologna Process is to create a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) based on international cooperation and academic exchange that is attractive to European students and staff as well as to students and staff from other parts of the world.	421
6	Classroom Clipart Classroom Clipart with free clip art images, clipart, illustrations and photographs for every occasions.	490
7	CO2nnect This campaign has been developed by partners and members of the EU Comenius Lifelong Learning project "SUPPORT: partnership and participation for a sustainable tomorrow." The goal of SUPPORT is to promote and improve knowledge about education for sustainable development (ESD). SUPPORT comprises a network of 45 partners and members representing international expertise in the field of education for sustainable development. The idea for the SUPPORT project was initially developed by the Environment and School Initiatives network (ENSI), an international organisation promoting educational research and policy development in environmental education and education for sustainable development since 1986.	434
8	Codex This website's aim is to give researchers and other interested parties access to and information on the guidelines, ethics codes and laws that regulate and place ethical demands on the research process.	379
9	The Corporation Film Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, THE CORPORATION explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal "person" to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?" The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics - including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore - plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change.	386
10	Database of Wind Characteristics This database contains four different categories of wind data: time series of wind characteristics, time series of wind turbine responses, wind resource data and wind farm data. These time series are primarily intended for wind [turbine] design purposes and the resource data can be used for siting analysis. In the database you will find wind speed measurements, measured under different conditions and terrain types at 55 different locations inside Europe, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, Costa Rico and United States.	413
11	Directory of Open Access Journals The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact.	335
12	Discovery Education Classroom Resources Teaching tools, clip art gallery, lesson plans and more.	349
13	DIY Science - Ecosphere Build your own virtual ecosphere.	382
14	Earthguide Educational Resources in Earth, Marine, Environmental and Planetary Sciences.	405
15	EarthTrends EarthTrends is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world.	327
16	European Commission: Education & training EU actions in education and training aim to improve the quality of learning systems and provide greater opportunities for people at all stages of their lives.	287
17	Facing the Future In a world where the lives of our neighbors next door are inextricably linked to those of our neighbors abroad, students need to understand the linkages between local and global issues, and how they can personally help to build positive local and global communities. We empower teachers with the resources they need to ignite their students’ interest in complex global issues while helping them achieve academically.	279
18	Fun Science Gallery Fun Science Gallery was born in 1995, it suggests experimental activities, it addresses Amateur Scientists and it can be useful in school too. In fact, experimental activities have important didactic functions in making the comprehension of abstract concepts easier, in motivating inattentive boys and girls toward scientific study. The activities also provide the possibility of observing the real world more closely and acting upon it. They promote team work in games. The Fun Science Gallery articles try to revalue scientific knowledge and the real world in the eye of boys and girls, which has been often made boring by abstract teaching.	271
19	GeoHive: Global Statistics GeoHive is a site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more. The main kind of data you can find here is population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities. Next to that there are some statistics on economic factors like wealth, infrastructure; statistics on natural phenomena and more.	338
20	Global Education Project The Global Education Project is a Canadian non-governmental organization with a 15-year history of publishing fact-packed educational wall posters and producing live events to educate about important issues. The Global Education Project's previous poster on the Middle East is being used by over 200 colleges and universities in Canada, US, and internationally, as well as thousands of individuals and activist organizations. In 2005, the Global Education Project's production team compiled an unparalleled collection of broad-based factual information on the state of the world's environment and distilled it into a series of jaw-dropping charts, maps, and graphs, now available on the wall poster Earth: A Graphic Look at the State of the World.	275