http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/graphics/ideas_logo_sm.gif http://ideas.wisconsin.edu http://ideas.wisconsin.edu Selected High Quality Teacher-Tested Resources for PK-16 Educators Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:18:30 CST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:18:30 CST http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25830 This is an image of a series of symmetrical grain bins. The large and small sizes are also examples of congruent figures. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25811 A cargo ship entering the port of Milwaukee with pleasure boaters in the foreground. The Milwaukee breakwater lighthouse has guided ships into the port since 1926. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25767 The gravestones in this cemetery located in Namur, WI mark the burial site of many early Belgian immigrants from the late 1800's. Namur is part of an area in Wisconsin that is one of the largest Belgian American settlements. The gravestones are unusually close to each other. This photographer was told that the stones had been moved from their original sites, but this is unconfirmed. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25756 The Cotton Top Tamarin is an endangered primate with only between 2-3,000 living in the wild. Their normal habitat is the tropical rainforests of Columbia in South America. They weigh between 1.5 and 2 pounds. Their body is about 8 inches long with a tail between 12-17 inches. This Cotton Top Tamarin can be seen at the NEW Zoo in Green Bay, WI. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25760 "This good-looking plant has been transplanted into well-watered gardens all over the world and has widely escaped; it is also used in sewage treatment, and is known to be able to remove metals from wastewaters. Like cat-tails, yellow iris colonizes into large numbers, forming very dense monotypic stands, outcompeting other plants." Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida and Sea Grant -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25759 There are over 100 species of Fuchsia. The plant was named in honor of Leonhart Fuchs, a medical professor, born in 1501 in Germany, who also studied numerous plants for their medicinal properties. According to Wikipedia.org, the original pronunciation of the flower's name was "FOOK-sya" but is now most commonly pronounced "FYEW-sha" which often leads to the name being misspelled. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25763 This perennial plant is a favorite of children due to its very soft, fuzzy leaves. It is mainly grown for its foliage since the flowers are not very showy. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25758 A cultivated variety of tradescantia (common name spiderwort) with large, blue flowers. If you remove a flower a drop of sap will appear that is very sticky and stretchy, like a spider web, which is how the flower got its common name. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25734 Miners Castle is the most famous formation of the Pictured Rocks and is easily accessible by road and short trails. Another great way to see it is by sea kayak, a larger, more stable type of kayak that is often used in Lake Superior due to the potential of rough waters. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25730 These highly social prairie dogs have a "town" or colony at the NEW Zoo in Green Bay, WI. Prairie dogs have become very popular at zoos. It is now illegal to keep a prairie dog as a pet as they can be carriers of serious diseases like bubonic plague. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25721 This badger was enjoying a nap in the warm sun at the N.E.W. Zoo quite oblivious to all of the zoo visitors. Badgers are excellent digging machines. Their strong forelimbs and long claws allow them to tunnel rapidly through the ground. The badger is the Wisconsin state animal. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25727 This common perennial wildflower blooms from May through July. It has hairy stems and very glossy 5 petaled flowers. Use caution when handling buttercup plants as toxins in the plant can cause contact dermatitis in humans. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25724 This female moose can be found at the NEW Zoo in Green Bay, WI. She had given birth to a calf that was resting nearby. The mother moose is very protective of her calf and will charge anything or anyone that gets too close. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25713 An early bud of the herbaceous peony. This is one picture in a series of six showing the stages that a peony flower goes through from bud to bloom. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25714 An early bud of the herbaceous peony. This is one picture in a series of six showing the stages that a peony flower goes through from bud to bloom. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25711 "St. Odile‘s Chapel is unusual in that it is constructed of stone with a cross of slightly different color stone inset over the door. It is also somewhat larger than usual. It was built by the Destree family. Legend claims that St. Odile was blind from birth but re-gained her sight miraculously. It is said that Joseph Destree, who owned the land, was also an accomplished stonemason. He built many of the handsome stone buildings, which still stand in the southern Door County area. He accidentally got lime in his eyes as he worked, Fearing blindness, he prayed for St. Odile‘s intercession. Then he built his chapel. The chapel is located on Fox Lane, off Cty C, near Brussels." from the Peninsula Belgian-American Club Sept. 2006 newsletter. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25673 Wildflower which is the state flower of California. It is an upright, compact annual or tender perennial native to California and the southwestern United States. It is extremely drought tolerant. The flowers are bright orange, and cup-shaped flowers. Prefers to grow in full sun. California poppies will grow well in WI gardens and readily self-sow. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25672 "This species of Corydalis (commonly called yellow fumitory or yellow corydalis) is a woodland perennial which typically forms a mound of ferny, medium green foliage to 15" tall and 18" wide and produces bright yellow, short-spurred flowers (3/4" long) in axillary racemes over a long May to September bloom period. Leaves are 2 or 3 pinnate with distinctive 3-lobed leaflets and resemble those of bleeding heart (Dicentra) to which it is related." Kemper Center for Home Gardening, Missouri Botanical Garden -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25624 Here is an example of a variety of fish found in fresh water areas of Wisconsin. These fish are called Bluegills. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25661 This is an image of two pan fish commonly known as Crappie. Crappie come on two general species, Black and White. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25612 Door County was settled by many immigrants from Belgium in the mid to late 1800's who took up farming and built barns and sheds like these. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25496 This casement window is nicely set in a rock wall with simple rock ledge and lintel. The open window shows a 3 by 3 array while if closed it would be 3 by 4. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25442 Outlasting their usefulness as a part of farm machinery these wheels were suited to become a sculpture. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25419 Antique farm equipment has been repurposed as sculpture on an Iowa County roadside. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25418 Many barns in southwest Wisconsin are topped functional and decorative spires. This one contains cones, a rectangular prism and cylinder. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25489 This Mineral Point Church displays a large square turret with symmetrical arched windows and clapboard siding. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25401 The future home of the Hyde Blacksmith shop is north of Ridgeway, Wisconsin. The stone building has an open arch entry and the windows form arrays -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25443 As farming technology has grown, air tight Harvester silos have been employed to store feed that has been cut before fully dry. There is less spoilage due to keeping feed this way. The feed is more digestible for cows. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25430 The simple shapes of a rhombus and rectangles make this window an interesting decorative touch. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25487 The turret on this Mineral Point brick home soars above the roofline. The white trellis work and black wrought iron fencing give it a feeling of grandeur. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25482 Weathered stone, the stone colors and the varied stone sizes add character to this home in Mineral Point. The casement windows show simple arrays. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25495 This two story log cabin is found at Mineral Point's Pendarvis site. It offers examples of symmetry. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25467 Gingerbread trim and a pyramid roof line with a finial top this house turret. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25197 Storms can come and go very quickly across the plains and into southwestern Wisconsin. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25198 Storms can come and go very quickly across the plains and into southwestern Wisconsin. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25194 Many farms in Wisconsin raise sheep as well as cattle. Sheep are valued mostly for their wool which is washed, dyed and spun into yarn. The yarn can then be made into any number of different pieces of winter clothing. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25195 High School shop class can teach valuable skills that students will be able to use in many different trades and hobbies. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25196 High School shop class can teach valuable skills that students will be able to use in many different trades and hobbies. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25146 Cows first came to the US in 1611 when they arrived in Jamestown. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=25149 This is the Dodgeville Middle School in Iowa County, Wisconsin. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/ideas_resource.cfm?rid=25046 Students can use the Profile Publisher to mock up or draft online social networking profiles, yearbook profiles, and newspaper or magazine profiles for themselves, other real people (including historical figures), or fictional characters. The tool could also be used for profiles of nonhuman living creatures, inanimate objects or abstract concepts (e.g., profile of an amoeba, an historical monument, or friendship). -- Student Site http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/ideas_resource.cfm?rid=24991 Women obtained the right to vote nationwide in 1920. Before 1920, only criminals, the insane, Native Americans, and women were denied the vote. The modern woman's suffrage movement began in the 1840s with the Seneca Falls Convention. After completing this unit, students will be able to: understand the importance of primary sources in historical inquiry; use keyword searching strategies; understand the societal role of women from 1840 to 1920 and reforms women wanted; describe and compare methods used by suffragists to pass the 19th amendment at the national level; understand the importance of altering methods for achieving reforms in response to changing times and barriers; and compare the states' methods for achieving suffrage with the national methods; analyzing reasons for their differences. -- Lesson Plan http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=23705 One of two photos of the South School located in Lancaster, Wisconsin. This school was built in 1875 and was the first high school in Lancaster. The bottom photo shows the entire high school student body in 1939. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=23684 What a beautiful butterfly that you can find in your own garden in summer. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=23628 A photo of automatic scoring that many bowling alleys now have. A computer system is installed to keep track of the pins and the scores for the bowlers. As good as the computers are, they will and have made mistakes in scoring of games. Bowlers and teams need to be aware of pins falling if they are competing in leagues. For the bowler who is there to have some fun and hopefully score well, they to need to watch the score and the pins. Before automatic scoring came in bowlers usually had a member of their team write the pins and scores down on clear plastic sheets with the frames outlined on them. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=23631 A photo of four types of bowling balls that bowlers of all ages can make use of. The bowling balls that are seen here are referred to as "fingertip" balls. Fingertip bowling balls are bowling balls that have the holes drilled and possibly fit with inserts so that a bowlers first knuckle (thumb-middle-ring finger) on their bowling hand go to the hole or insert. The other type of fit for a bowler is a full fit. A full fit means that a persons second knuckle (middle-ring) and full knuckle (thumb) go into the ball. Someone who has begun bowling with a full fit ball will need sometime to adjust to a fingertip ball. It is a whole different method/way of rolling the ball down the lane. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=23633 A photo of two types of wooden bowling pins that were used by the ABC (now USBC). The pin on the left is the Rock Maple Tenpin made by Peerless Products Company of Chicago, Illinois. The pin on the right is a Queen, Red Crown Brunswick Tenpin made by the Brunswick-Blake-Collender Company. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=23605 This is a photo that shows the ball return that all bowling alleys have. Most bowling alleys today have the ball returns that go under a pair of lanes and come out the device seen in the photo. Older lanes had the ball returns between a pair of lanes out on top for everyone to see. No matter the type of ball return a bowling alley has, one must remember to keep their fingers out of the way. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=23603 This is a photo of lanes used in the Dodger Bowl Lanes and Banquet Hall located in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. The sport of ten-pin bowling uses a straight, narrow surface known as a lane. Bowling lanes are 60 feet from the foul line to the head pin (1-pin). About 15 feet from the foul line are a set of guide arrows that are used by some bowlers to help them place the ball on the lanes. The lane is 41.5 inches wide and normally consists of 39 wooden boards or a synthetic material. Bowling lane has two sets of approach dots; from the foul line back to the first set of approach dots is about 12 feet and to the second set of approach dots is about 15 feet. Bowling lanes are usually protected by about 18 ml of oil. The Professional Bowlers Association events use about 30 ml of oil and the Professional Women's Bowling Association events use 25 ml. It is this oil that determines the type of shot a bowler will have, whether they will be able to hook their ball or if a straighter shot is needed. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=23604 In this photo a bowling ball has been thrown down the 60 foot lane heading toward the pins. The rotation(spin) on the ball helps determine the amount of hook this ball will have and how it will hit the pins. A right-handed bowler typically wants to hit the 1-3 pocket ( between the 1 and 3 pin) and a left-handed bowler the 1-2 pocket (1 and 2 pin). In this photo a right-handed bowler has thrown and the ball is headed toward the 1-3 pocket. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=23602 This is a photo of a pin that used in Duckpin bowling. Duckpin bowling is found along the eastern seaboard of the United States, Argentina, and the Philippines. Duckpin bowling is very much like Tenpin bowling except that the pins are smaller and you get three balls to get all of the pins down. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=23551 This is a photo of two bowling pins that have been used in bowling alleys in the United States. The one on the left is a special PBA pin that was used for professional bowling tour for men and women. The pin on the right was a pin that was used at the Showboat Casino when the professional bowlers toured there. Both pin are primarily made of wood with a plastic cover. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=23433 This is the 278 locomotive that ran across the state of Wisconsin. The first locomotives were powered by steam, that were fired either by wood, coke, or coal. This locomotive was powered by steam fired by coal. In this photo more of the train can be seen. Behind the locomotive is the coal car, followed by the mail car, and then the passenger car. The bridge the locomotive is crossing is called a tressel. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=23230 This rustic dolomite stone fence was built from rocks unearthed in the farmer's field on Washington Island, WI. It is dry-stacked (no mortar) and is typical of stone fences throughout Door County, WI. The dolomite is part of the Niagra Escarpment, the edge of a thick series of dolomite layers of Silurian age. -- imageide@s http://ideas.wisconsin.edu/imageideas_view.cfm?rid=23231 This is an example of the smooth limestone rocks you will find on Schoolhouse Beach on Washington Island, WI. The beach got its name from the log schoolhouse built there in 1850. The rocks on the beach are the result of chunks of limestone breaking off the bluffs (part of the Niagra Escarpment) and crashing into Lake Michigan, then tumbling through the water into perfectly polished stones. There is a stiff fine for removing the stones, as the Island is striving to preserve one of only a few limestone beaches in the world. -- imageide@s