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Links - To Change the World (Part 3)
9. The Change Poem (pages 18-19)
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/living/living.html
The Franklin Institute has provided a helpful introduction to
the ‘circle of life’, explaining how each family of living things
has its own life cycle.
http://allaboutfrogs.org/gallery/photos/index.html
Six amazing pages of frog photos, including colour-poison frogs
and red-eyed tree frogs. The horned frog looks particularly fierce.
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/index.html
One of the most dramatic life cycles and the most popularly
used one is that of the butterfly. Here, a simple craft activity
is used to explain the transformation from pupa to butterfly.
Another useful butterfly site can be found at http://www.mesc.usgs.gov
Here children can find colouring pages, learn about the life cycle
of the Monarch and look at images of different butterflies.
Other life cycles can be explored on the web, such as:
Life cycle of a salmon: http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/salmon/report.html
Ant colony life cycle: http://research.amnh.org
Scorpions life cycle: http://www.desertusa.com/oct96/du_scorpion.html
10. Mother Teresa changed lives.
How can we change the lives of others? (pages 20-21)
http://www.cnn.com
‘The other day I dreamed that I was at the gates of heaven....And
St. Peter said, 'Go back to Earth, there are no slums up here.'
These are the words of Mother Teresa, one person whose life had
a profound impact upon the world. Another site dedicated to her
is: http://www.galegroup.com
The lives of other influential Christians can be explored at the
following sites:
Desmond Tutu: http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1984/tutu-bio.html
Saint Francis of Assisi: http://www.travel.it/relig/saints/francis.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/earth/virtual/
What would you do if you ruled the world? Would you ban
bloodsports, animal testing or cars? Each week the BBC’s web site
is updated with new information on environmental issues and opinions
of the famous. Pupils can fill in a survey or contribute their own
opinions to the message board.
11. This death changed the world.
Christians believe that Jesus gave new life to the world when he
rose from the dead. They remember the death and new life of Jesus
when they share bread and wine together. (pages 22-23)
http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/dod/bvt/jer/garden.html
View an image from the garden of Gethsemane, as well as other
photos from the Holy Land. Further photos can be found at http://www.christusrex.org/www1/jvc/TVCgeths1.html
http://www.ewtn.com/gallery/tnt/nt9s.htm
Gustav Dore provides a stark representation of the agony in
the garden. Other artists have painted this scene such as:
Andrea Mantegna http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/m/mantegna/1/agony.html
Giovanni Bellini http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/b/bellini/giovanni/1459/018agon.html
El Greco
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/art/g/greco_el/1606-10/04agonz.jpg
http://www.culham.info/sg/symposium/hack01.html
Sophie Hacker, the artist of the painting featured on this Encounter
Christianity double page spread, writes about religious art,
creativity and her intention as an artist.
12. Christians believe that the spirit of God is still changing
the world. Look for the different symbols used in this tapestry.
How does the artist show the world being transformed? (pages 24-25)
http://www.museophile.sbu.ac.uk
http://www.culham.info/Pentecost/symbols.html
Culham College have provided a comprehensive look at Christian
symbols with links through to an exhaustive list of symbols on a
US site at http://www.culham.info/Pentecost/Links/symaa_fs.html
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