Today's Fresh Look Fridays post features one of the most
mesmerizing sites I've ever seen. I could spend hours on it,
just exploring, zooming in and zooming out, spinning the image
around...SO. MUCH. FUN. And educational at the same time. Google
Body is one of Google's latest experiments within Google Labs.
And it rocks. Essentially, you are given an interactive, 3d
model of the human body to explore and learn from. Amazing --
especially when used in small groups on a SMART Board for a
Biology or Science class. Please note: to try it out, I believe
you have to be using Google Chrome as your browser (sorry
Internet Explorer diehards!). There are so many amazing features
that are valuable in a Science classroom: 1. Use the search box
in the top right-hand corner to isolate specific body parts. 2.
Zoom in and out on specific body parts, systems, etc. 3. Pin
specific body parts once found, in order to get a comprehensive
view of how they work together. 4. Can you say "vocabulary
review" 5. Spin, dip, annotate, hi