Song: Augenbling

Seeed (Photo credit: U2005.com)

seeed_vinyl (Photo credit: gego2605)

Seeed (Photo credit: U2005.com)

Seeed (Photo credit: U2005.com)

This is a new song by the German group Seeed, and it's pretty much an Ohrwurm!

So -- Just why is solar power working so well in Germany and not as prominent here in the US?

Solar powered tea (Photo credit: Nick . Brooks)

English: The Lieberose Photovoltaic Park in Germany. Deutsch: Der Solarpark Lieberose im November 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/02/07/fox_news_expert_on_solar_energy_germany_gets_a_lot_more_sun_than_we_do_video.html

Gott sei Dank, we now have an explanation!

Read the linked article above for a fanciful explanation of Germany's success with solar power.

The article also provides the data re: amount of sun the US gets.  According to the data on the map, we in the US get a lot more sun.

This should be a reminder to all of us - regardless of political affiliations - to do the research before we talk, or let others talk for us!

English: On 140 acres of unused land on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., 70,000 solar panels are part of a solar photovoltaic array that will generate 15 megawatts of solar power for the base. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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GermanPulse.com - Great German American Blog and Resource

Baron von Steuben at Valley Forge, 1777 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Photograph of "General von Steuben Drilling Washington's Army at Valley Forge" (1915), pedestal bas-relief of the Baron von Steuben statue (1915), Valley Forge National Historical Park. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Steuben Memorial State Historic Site - New York (Photo credit: Dougtone)

Steuben Memorial State Historic Site - New York (Photo credit: Dougtone)

Baron von Steuben at Valley Forge, 1777 - NARA - 530884 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

http://www.germanpulse.com/

Not a whole lot to say other than that I am digging the site and looking forward to using it in teaching.

It also reminded me of: this past Sunday's Steuben Day.  One student of mine was at the celebration in Valley Forge and was thoughtful enough to bring in the program for us to see.

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Astronomie-Woche!

Thanks to this website: http://webclipart.about.com/b/2012/10/13/astronomy-week.htm , I learned that this week is Astronomy Week.

I'll have to see if I can incorporate this into lessons this week -- because a burgeoning Science/Core Curriculum overlap?...

Schauen wir erstmal, was mir so einfällt...

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You Know You're German When...

Image via CrunchBase

I really like this Tumblr site: http://youknowyouregerman.tumblr.com/

I've reblogged a few of my favorites at http://www.tumblr.com/blog/webcurios

Deutsche Welle: Germany's International Broadcaster

English: Detushe Welle Television logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Deutsche Welle offers material in 30 different languages -- of course, one of them is English.  They also offer a variety of programs -- Try Shift -- Living in the Digital Age .

VW takes over Porsche

I had no idea that Volkswagen had bought out Porsche!

Not earth-shattering news but interesting enough--

Here's a short Deutsche Welle article about it.