Byrdseed

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This month we feature nine fascinating topics from around the internet. From space to grammar, there’s got to be something here to intrigue your students!

• Awesome zero gravity water videos: one and two (Hat tip to @Steve_Collins.
• John Coltrane’s Giant Steps animated as sheet music.
• Incredible images of a burned out, then frozen building.
• Great writing prompt: News report of a Norwegian cheese fire!
• High resolution photography of Jupiter.
• Mind-blowing optical illusion. Watch the cross the first time, then watch the faces…
• Interesting collective nouns. I like a “smack of jellyfish.”
• The once in a lifetime 2013 overlap of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. Plus a detailed follow up article.
• From Mylène at Shifting Phases: How do I encourage my students to wonder?