by Roy Winkelman | Feb 1, 2021 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
Here is an interesting photo to show your students to see if they can guess who the sculpture represents. Don’t be surprised if they guess an ancient Roman emperor or perhaps even Zeus. Those really aren’t bad guesses, especially if they’ve noticed...
by Roy Winkelman | Dec 30, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
International Holocaust Remembrance Day falls on January 27. Over the past several decades, I’ve taken thousands of photos of Holocaust-related monuments across Europe for one of our projects. Most such monuments, of course, are intended to memorialize the...
by Roy Winkelman | Nov 27, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
This is a photo of a tree in winter in Western Pennsylvania. Depending on the age level and background knowledge of your students, this photo can be a springboard into understanding something that at first seems pretty mysterious. How does a tree survive a cold...
by Roy Winkelman | Oct 25, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
I took this photo about 20 years ago at Mission San Luis de Apalachee in Tallahassee, Florida. The structure on the left is a reconstruction of the Council House. The one on the right is a reconstruction of the Chief’s House. The Council House was the center of...
by Roy Winkelman | Sep 22, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
This mobile quarantine facility (MQF) was one of four built by NASA for astronauts returning from the Moon. A converted Airstream trailer, the MQF contained living and sleeping quarters, a kitchen, and a bathroom. Quarantine was assured by keeping the air pressure...
by Roy Winkelman | Aug 23, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
The Espada Aqueduct is a part of the irrigation system that supplied water to the Spanish Mission Espada in San Antonio, Texas. The aqueduct was built in the mid-1700s to carry water over Piedras Creek. The Espada acequia fell into disuse in the 1880s, but was...
by Roy Winkelman | Jul 20, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
Sunflowers always fascinated me as a child. I’d try to trace a spiral of florets (or seeds if later in the summer) outward from the center, but then suddenly the spirals would all seem to go in the other direction. And then, for a moment, I could see both...
by Roy Winkelman | Jun 29, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
This bridge is less than 200 years old, but it isn’t substantially different from bridges built 2,000 years ago. The arch bridge is one of the earliest forms of bridges. I am fascinated by bridges because they often combine both engineering and aesthetics. The...
by Roy Winkelman | Apr 25, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
With many people sheltering inside and many great national parks closed to visitors this month, instead of a single photo of the month, I selected 20 photos of the great outdoors just to enjoy. Sit back, relax, and imagine the call of birds or the thundering of a...
by Roy Winkelman | Mar 28, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
I took this photo nearly ten years ago for the ClipPix ETC website. At the time, I had intentions to create a whole series of photos illustrating various proverbs, aphorisms, and idioms.Well, the series never happened, but the first image is still a good one for class...
by Roy Winkelman | Feb 22, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
For the many new subscribers in the past month, this post is one in a series that each feature a photo from FCIT’s ClipPix ETC website. Each month I select one photo and provide various classroom connections, discussion questions, or related content. I took this...
by Roy Winkelman | Jan 27, 2020 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
This is a model of something that existed in Pennsylvania between 1834 and 1854. So that you can better see the details, here are several additional views. Click on any photo to enlarge it. This is a great photo for a class discussion. What is a boat doing on a train?...
by Roy Winkelman | Dec 31, 2019 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
This is the eighth in the Photo of the Month series. Each month, I select one photo from the ClipPix ETC website and give a few examples of how teachers can make connections to various subject areas or use the photo a springboard for class discussion or individual...
by Roy Winkelman | Dec 1, 2019 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
This beautiful glass object from the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, is an example of an important optical invention that saved countless lives in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. From its first use in a lighthouse in 1823 until it was...
by Roy Winkelman | Oct 25, 2019 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
This is the fifth in the Photo of the Month series. Each month, I select one photo from the ClipPix ETC website and give a few examples of how teachers can make connections to various subject areas or use the photo a springboard for class discussion or individual...
by Roy Winkelman | Sep 12, 2019 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
This is the fourth in the Photo of the Month series. Each month, I select one photo from the ClipPix ETC website and give a few examples of how teachers can make connections to various subject areas or use the photo a springboard for class discussion or individual...
by Roy Winkelman | Aug 16, 2019 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
The third post in the Photo of the Month series is from the Shark Valley Loop Road in the Florida Everglades. Each month, I select one photo from the ClipPix ETC website and suggest discussion questions and connections to other FCIT resources. Nate Wolkenhauer took...
by Roy Winkelman | Jul 9, 2019 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
This is the second in the Photo of the Month series. Each month, I plan to select one photo from the ClipPix ETC website and give a few examples of how teachers can make connections to various subject areas or use the photo a springboard for class discussion or...
by Roy Winkelman | Jun 28, 2019 | Using Digital Content, Photo of the Month
I’m starting a new series with this photo post. I usually send photos back to the staff at the FCIT offices in Tampa, Florida, each week. Recently, one of the staff commented about how much she enjoyed receiving an interesting photo amidst all the work-related...