The Washington Post has a slideshow on the Lighting of the National Christmas Tree.

Santa Makes The Rounds is a series of images from The Sacramento Bee.

A Christmas-related online reading comprehension exercise for English Language Learners.

Renee Maufroid has created several new Christmas exercises for ELL’s.

Chat with a Santa Bot.

Christmas Arrives At The Obama White House is a slideshow from TIME Magazine.

Gift of Christmas Escape is an online video game. Here’s the walkthrough.

I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About Natural Disasters.

Thanks to REMC Ramblings for the tip.

I also have a number of links on The Best Sites To Introduce Environmental Issues Into The Classroom, and won’t be duplicating them here. So you might want to check-out that list, too. You might also be interested in The Best Online Carbon Calculators.

Here are my choices for The Best Sites To Learn About Climate Change (not in any order of preference):

Countdown To Copenhagen is a Wall Street Journal interactive timeline displaying major events related to climate change over the past forty years.

Advancing Emissions is another interactive from the Wall Street Journal charting changes in greenhouse gas emissions over the past forty years.

Breathing Earth is an intriguing visual representation of the effect each country has on climate change.  You move the cursor to a nation on a world map, and then see the number of CO2 emissions that country makes each minute.  It also shows total population, and the birth and death rate of each country. With guidance, English Language Learners could certainly use this website to make some comparisons between countries and draw conclusions from the data.

Tides Of Change is a series of closed-captioned NASA videos related to climate change. NASA also has a site entirely devoted to climate change issues, including many interactives.

A Climate Map from the British newspaper The Guardian shows the impact rising temperatures will have on the world. It’s a little “busy-looking” but would be accessible with some teacher interpretation.

Here’s an infographic showing which countries have lived up to the Kyoto agreement on the environment and which have not.

The Guardian has another interactive titled How climate change will affect food resources.

Copenhagen Challenge is an online game on climate change. It provides audio support for the text, but seemed complicated to me. However, I’m continually surprised at how well my English Language Learner students can figure out how to play and win online games.

The Planet is accessible to advanced ELL’s, and provides a good overview of different environmental challenges facing our planet, including climate change.

The New York Times has an interactive graphic called Sea Ice in Retreat. It focuses on what is going on in the Arctic.

BBC Climate Change: Bloom is an animated, and accessible feature that lets the user view and choose many different actions that can be taken individually to reduce global climate change. It won a Webby Award this year.

National Public Radio has a series of reports on the effects of global warming around the world.

The Denver Post has an exceptional series of photos called Melting Ice: Glaciers and Ice Shelves. It very vividly shows the change in size of various glaciers because of global warming.

What Is Global Warming is a simple and accessible interactive graphic explaining…global warming.

Enhanced ‘greenhouse effect’ causes global warming is an interactive from USA Today.

National Geographic has an excellent map of Global Warming Effects around the world. The map, images, and language is very simple, and accessible to Early Intermediate English Language Learners. It’s part of a larger feature called The Greenhouse Effect.

The Discovery Channel has a Global Warming Interactive.  It’s pretty “jazzy” looking, with lots of point and click features showing the effects of global warming. It’s probably accessible to high Intermediate and advanced English Language Learners.

The Global Warming Facts and Our Future from the National Academy of Sciences is a very engaging and extensive site, and includes audio support for the text. The vocabulary may be pretty challenging for Intermediate English Language Learners, but it’s worth the attempt.

What Causes Global Warming? is simple series of pictures demonstrating various activities that contribute to global warming.  When you put your cursor on each picture, a short explanation appears.

The Washington Post has a Global Emissions Interactive that shows the amount of carbon emissions from each country has changed over the years.

Feedback and suggestions are welcome.

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I’ve put together a short “The Best…” list sharing resources about the holiday.

You might also be interested in The Best Sites To Learn And Teach About The Hajj and other related lists I’ve posted.

Here are my choices for The Best Online Resources For Learning About Eid al-Adha (that are also accessible to English Language Learners):

Festival of Sacrifice is a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal.

Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Adha is a slideshow from The Guardian.

The Eid Al-Adha 2009 is a photo gallery from the Charlotte Observer.

Worldwide Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha is a slideshow from China View.

The CBBC Newsround has a feature on Eid-ul-Adha around the world.

Feedback and suggestions are welcome.

I’m adding it to The Best Images Of Weird, Cool & Neat-Looking Buildings (& Ways To Design Your Own).

I’ve added resources that were published this week to The Best Resources To Teach & Learn About The Terrorist Attacks In India, including:

Remembering Mumbai’s Victims is a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal published a year after the attacks.

Mumbai Still Vulnerable on Anniversary of Attacks is a New York Times slideshow also published a year after the attacks.

Here’s an excellent online interactive that I’ve added to the list:

The Saskatoon Public Schools Online Learning Center has a nice interactive on latitude and longitude.

I’m adding it to The Best Websites To Learn About The Hmong.