I recently responded to a blog challenge by a video recording of myself - you can see it by clicking here. Most EFL teachers are probably aware of the activity where students are asked to say some things about themselves, and the others are to guess if they're true or false. I suggested taking this a step further and have the students bring video ...

With all the headlines on the problems of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Northern Japan, now is a good time as any to have a debate on the viability of nuclear power as a source of energy. The strongest objection of the anti-nuclear power lobby are the safety concerns, but what other methods of producing cheap clean energy have we got? Is ...

As visitors of this blog know, I regularly create games using various sites and software as I firmly believe we need to make education fun, and games are fun to most people, especially the younger ones. I'm pleased to tell you that there is yet another site giving you the opportunity to create and play games for free. Zondle is still at the beta ...

Regular readers among you will have noticed that I use Purpose Games a lot, and, no, in case you're wondering, I don't earn anything from them. I use them because the tagging games are relatively easy to create, they're free, I haven't found any better, and they suit my purpose (no pun intended) just fine. If you're having students play the games ...

The largely unknown tiny Canarian island of El Hierro will soon become anything but that. By next year, it will become the first island in the world to obtain 100% of its energy needs from renewable energy. A combination of wind and hydroelectrical power will supply electricity to its 11,000 residents and its floating population of foreign workers ...

How fast can you identify the planets in our solar system? Click on the image to test yourself in a simple point-and-click game. Image source: NASA/JPL - ''The planets are shown in the correct order of distance from the Sun, the correct relative sizes, and the correct relative orbital distances. The sizes of the bodies are greatly exaggerated ...

Are we in the troposphere or the stratosphere? Where do spaceships fly? How thick is the Earth's atmosphere? Check out your knowledge of the Earth's atmosphere in this entertaining quiz. Teachers, please note that if an email is provided, a review of the quiz is sent to it automatically.