some interesting stuff coming up

Around the Solar System

 

Robotic probes launched by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and others are gathering information all across the solar system. We currently have spacecraft in orbit around the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Saturn -- and one new rover recently landed on Mars. Several others are on their way to smaller bodies, and a few are heading out of the solar system entirely. Although the Space Shuttle no longer flies, astronauts are still at work aboard the International Space Station, performing experiments and sending back amazing photos. With all these eyes in the sky, I'd like to take another opportunity to put together a recent photo album of our solar system -- a set of family portraits, of sorts -- as seen by our astronauts and mechanical emissaries. This time, we have some great shots from the new Mars rover Curiosity, a parting shot of the asteroid Vesta, some glimpses of Saturn and its moons, and lovely images of our home, planet Earth.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/09/around-the-solar-system/100368/

 

ECCO Annual Conference

OCTOBER 24, 25 AND 26TH, 2012 SHERATON PARKWAY TORONTO NORTH RICHMOND HILL, ON

See attached flyer and booklet-  KEYNOTES WITH Nora Young CBC’s Spark John Seely Brown Center for the Edge Jamie Casap Google Michael Fullan University of Toronto     http://bit.ly/ecoo2012

 

Mark Lowry

Geography and Geotechnologies Instructional Leader

Social World Studies and Humanities

Toronto District School Board

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