NUCLEAR
Nuclear Power Plants
(45nuclearplants.com)
"Ever wonder how a nuclear reactor works?
Here are some graphics that will quickly bring you up to speed
on how electric generation works using nuclear fuel."

Animation

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ST PATRICK'S DAY
St Patrick's Day - a webquest
"Who was St Patrick? Where in the world celebrates St Patrick’s Day?
In this WebQuest you will find the answers to these questions
and discover a range of Irish cultural traditions."
+ MORE webquests at the bottom of the page
(onestopenglish.com)
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Asbestos exposure
"Our site, pleuralmesothelioma.com, is one of the most comprehensive sites on asbestos and mesothelioma, providing information and support to those who have been exposed to asbestos, as you and I both know can be fatal. Pleural
mesothelioma is the most common type of mesothelioma, a rare cancer that
develops in the lungs. It is almost solely caused by exposure to asbestos.
We have information ranging from a complete list of symptoms, to treatment
options, and steps to take after a diagnosis."
(pleuralmesothelioma.com)

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ST PATRICK'S DAY
St Patrick's day 
by Franck (Dublin, Ireland)
"Franck tells the story of this well-known Irish holiday."
(audio-lingua.eu)
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BOHEMIAN
What is bohemian ?
"Eccentric. Rebellious. Amoral, quite often. But bohemianism was,
maybe still is, about much more than just frightening the horses..."
(BBC)

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CARNIVAL
Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus
(neatorama.com)

"Last Sunday, the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus – thereafter referred to
as the best krewe EVAR – made its debut in New Orleans.
Here’s how they described themselves:
The Krewe of Chewbacchus is a Carnival Krewe for the most revelrous of Star Wars Freaks, Trekkies, Whovians, Mega-Geeks, Circuit Benders, Cryptozooligists, UFO Conspiracy Theorists, Mad Scientists, and all the rest of Super Nerdom.
We are Bacchanalian Revelry + Sci Fi = BacchanALIENS.
[...] The Chewbacchus parade includes a fleet of UFlambOs, a Bar2D2 float pulled by an X-Wing Fighter bicycle, giant BacchanALIEN and Robot puppets, a 20 ft long Quetzalcoatl Space Dragon, and much much more…"
MORE here.
(neworleans.com)

Chewbacca and Han Solo in 'Star Wars'
See PHOTOS.
(flickr.com)
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ST PATRICK'S DAY
St Patrick 
"A very funny, entertaining, and informative video
on the history of St. Patrick."
(YouTube)

History of St Patrick's Day 
"On March 17, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in Ireland and abroad
with parades, feasts and religious traditions."
(history.com)

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Cheap Flights with subtitles 
(YouTube)
+ the LYRICS :
"We received an invitation in the post one Monday morn'
To attend our cousin's wedding in the town where we were born...
Well we clicked on to the website and were mightily surprised,
To find the actual cost wasn't quite as advertised, ...
Cheap flights, cheap flights, Stanstead to Tralee,
It isn't every airline offers flights for 50p..."
(artists.letssingit.com)

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How to knit your own Royal wedding line-up
(... including the Archbishop of Canterbury and a couple of corgis)
(dailymail.co.uk)

Woolly Windsors: Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles, Prince Harry,
William and Kate, the Queen, Prince Philip and the corgis give a balcony wave.
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SHROVE TUESDAY
Parliamentary pancake race 
"The House of Lords team have won the annual Rehab Parliamentary
Pancake Race against their rivals from the Commons.
The race, which is contested outside the Houses of Parliament, is held every
Shrove Tuesday and sees Lords and MPs from all major parties flipping
pancakes around Victoria Gardens, Westminster.
The contest is held to raise awareness for the charity Rehab, which supports
people with disabilities, others with brain and spinal injuries and mental
health difficulties."
(telegraph.co.uk)

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QUAKE
Huge blast at Japan nuclear power plant
"The government of Fukushima prefecture said radiation levels at the plant
over one hour were equivalent to the annual allowable exposure...
Containers of uranium fuel inside the reactor may have begun melting...
The explosion was most likely caused by melting fuel coming
into contact with water."
Article + Video 
(BBC)

A blast at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant
The nuclear fuel cycle
(BBC)


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FILM, MUSIC and TECHNOLOGY

SXSW: Thousands invade Texas for music, film and web
"The city of Austin in Texas is braced for the arrival of tens of thousands of film, music and technology enthusiasts, all attending the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference...
The 10-day SXSW event boasts some of the largest concerts, trade shows, technology panels, networking events, brainstorming sessions and film
screenings in the US."
(BBC)

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NURSERY RHYME
The Queen of Hearts - nursery rhyme 
quoted in 'Alice in Wonderland', Chapter XI
"The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts all on a summer's day;
The Knave of Hearts he stole the tarts and took them clean away.
The King of Hearts called for the tarts and beat the Knave full sore
The Knave of Hearts brought back the tarts and
vowed he'd steal no more."
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SALLE MULTIMEDIA
Formation L'outil Multimédia : utilisation de la salle multimédia
Formateur: Laurence Bernard (Ac. Martinique)
Durée de la formation: 16h
Programme de la formation:
Le programme de formation se divise en trois grandes parties:
I- Travail de préparation du professeur: outils et logiciels indispensables
en amont pour trouver ou créer des ressources.
II- Réseau: partage et diffusion des fichiers dans la salle multimédia,
systèmes de contrôles et de pilotage.
III- Activités de communication langagière: les 5 activités de
communication langagière en salle multimédia
Accéder au programme en ligne, déroulant, cliquable
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VEGETABLES
What is the UK's national vegetable ?
"Leeks are Welsh. Potatoes are associated with Ireland. And overcooked
cabbage, cauliflower and sprouts are classic school dinner fare.
Asparagus is a strong contender for an English vegetable, coming into season
on St George's Day...
Day's own pick for a national vegetable? The garden pea."
(BBC)

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RED NOSE DAY
Misery Bear's Comic Relief Starring Kate Moss 
"Misery Bear hopes that trying to help Comic Relief might give his life some meaning. He's got himself a spacehopper and is going to do a sponsored 24-hour bounce. If only there was a beautiful supermodel like Kate Moss
who might sponsor him..."
(YouTube)
"BBC Comedy regular Misery Bear tries to cheer himself up by participating
in Red Nose Day, an annual event to benefit Comic Relief.
Along the way, he meets Kate Moss and we see Misery live up to his name."
(Neatorama)

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NEWS
NEWS VIDEO 
One-minute World News
"Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News.
International news updated 24 hours a day."
(BBC)
NEWS on msnbc.com
- VIDEOS with SUBTITLES
(msnbc.msn.com)
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CONVERSATION QUESTIONS
Express English 
"is a new course from BBC Learning English.
Every week, people in London are asked questions on a specific topic.
You can see their answers in a short video.
You can also post your own answers
to the questions on the BBC Learning English site. This week's questions:
Have you ever had dancing lessons? When do you dance?"
(jeffreyhill.typepad.com)
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MALL
The Simpsons Springfield Mall Directory
"With stores like The Leftorium, Eye Caramba and The Vast Waistband, The Springfield Mall is one of the most entertaining malls in America. Since I got tired
of getting lost every time I went looking for All Creatures Great and Cheap, I decided to put together a mall directory to help get around."
(pleated-jeans.com)
Could be used with DIRECTIONS / PREPOSITIONS.

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Big-screen TV stolen in reverse prison break
(stuff.co.nz)

VOCABULARY :
- inmate / prisoner / thief/thieves / sergeant / police / dog teams / spokeswoman
- New Plymouth prison / administration building / jail / jailhouse / large stone wall / razor wire / fence / barbed wire / electronic security devices / cameras / closed circuit /
Corrections Department
- prison break / heist
- escape / break into / make off / alert / call / force open / steal / surround / top / accomodate
- fire / sprinkler / firefighter
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NASA Scientist Discovers Evidence of Ancient Alien Life
March 5, 2011
Fossils of Cyanobacteria in CI1 Carbonaceous Meteorites
"These fossilized bacteria are not Earthly contaminants but are the fossilized
remains of living organisms which lived in the parent bodies of these meteors,
e.g. comets, moons, and other astral bodies. The implications are that life is everywhere, and that life on Earth may have come from other planets...
"I believe these findings indicate that life is not restricted to Earth, but is
broadly distributed, even outside our solar system" said Dr. Hoover, Ph.D.
NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL."
(cosmology.com)

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ART
"Four freedoms" by Norman Rockwell
- Niveau 3ème.
Sur cette page,
j'ai "regroupé mes sources (en adaptant un peu la langue pour
les élèves) et j'y ai joint la worksheet en bas de page. Cette activité rentre dans le cadre de ma séquence sur les USA et sera intégrée à l'épreuve d'histoire des arts obligatoire pour le DNB."
Contribution envoyée par Marie-Hélène Prou (Ac. Poitiers)
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Text to Phonetics
Text2Phonetics
"is a PhoTransEdit Online application that transcribes small English texts into
broad phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)."
(photransedit.com)
Recommended by Virginie Vacher (Ac. Poitiers)
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STREET ART
Street Art View 
(streetartview.com)
"Red Bull presents a collaborative collection of places on Google Street View
where street art is present. Anyone who come across street art on their way can
tag it on the website and help build the biggest art collection in the world.
You must check-out the website and the cool places that are tagged."
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Alfred Tennyson poem chosen as Olympic Winning Words
"A line from an Alfred Tennyson poem has been chosen to inspire athletes
taking part in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield", from Ulysses, will be engraved
as a permanent installation in the centre of the Olympic Village...
Four other poems will also feature around the complex."
(BBC)
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HUMAN PLANET
Audio slideshow: Human Planet 
"From the icy Arctic to Africa's dense jungles - and the mountain tops of Mongolia
to the deep waters of the Pacific - the BBC series Human Planet has explored mankind's incredible relationship with nature."
- stunning images and commentary
(BBC)

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FOOD
Fowl Food 
"What's really in those innocent-looking foods ?
And what's it doing to your health ?"
(prof.danglais.pagesperso-orange.fr)

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ST DAVID'S DAY
St David's Day: Leeks v daffs - true icons ?
"How Welsh are our Welsh icons? Should you wear a daffodil or a leek to mark
St David's Day? When your daughters go to school in a Welsh hat and costume,
will they really be honouring the traditions of our forebears?"
(BBC)

Welsh Rarebit
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Lady Gaga - Born This Way 
(YouTube)
+ the LYRICS :
"You're black, white, beige, chola descent
You're lebanese, you're orient
Whether life's disabilities
Left you outcast, bullied, or teased
Rejoice and love yourself today
'cause baby you were born this way..."
(paroles-musique.com)

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ART
Google Art Project
"Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks
at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces."
(googleartproject.com)

Recommended by Renée Maufroid. (Ac. Lille)
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THE MIDDLE EAST
Geography Quiz - interactive
"Did you know "the Middle East"' stretches as far west as the Western Sahara
in Africa? What is the smallest Middle Eastern country? Test your knowledge
on a new drag-and-drop game by clicking the link or the map graphic."
(rethinkingschools.org)

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