3.2 Case Study 1: Caswell's cockroaches

The setting is a class of nine- and ten-year-olds in Toronto, Canada. The curriculum focus is biology. The classroom has been carefully organised to mirror the way in which a real adult scientific research community operates at the University of Toronto's zoological department, local to the school. Over a ten-week period, the young students are given the opportunity to become immersed in a culture of ‘scientific inquiry’ by their teacher, Beverley Caswell, who has chosen to make the Madag

1.5.1 Disability legislation and policy

Action on Access: the national co-ordination team for widening participation in higher education

Action on Access

Asia and Pacific Journal on Disability

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European Blind Union, ‘Professional integration of blind people in France’

Speech pathology researcher Prof Nan Bernstein Ratner discusses the condition of stuttering, how research into stuttering informs models of language acquisition, and possible therapies for the condition. Presented by Dr Dyani Lewis.

MSRP Final Luncheon

Recorded on Aug. 9, 2012.

2012 Spring Commencement Speakers: Ronald Baynes

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An Introduction to Project-Based Learning

In this 3:34 long video advocates giving up curriculum in terms of learning something on a certain day in favor of learning by completing projects or hands on learning. Several examples are given.

Welcome to Britannia Bridge

Bilateral Hand Transplant at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Levers that Lift

This lesson introduces students to three of the six simple machines used by many engineers: the lever, the pulley, and the wheel-and-axle. In general, engineers use the lever to magnify the force applied to an object, the pulley to lift heavy loads over a vertical path, and the wheel-and-axle to magnify the torque applied to an object. The mechanical advantage of these machines helps determine their ability to make work easier or make work faster.

Texting and Driving: Is It Really Worth It?

It only takes a moment's distraction to turn fatal. The goal of this video is to discourage all use of phones while driving. A police chief's suggestion is to place phones in trunk to avoid using them while driving. ( 1:46)

OMT - Roman Spring Script

UM's Archives and Special Collections holds the script of actress Vivien Leigh for Tennessee Williams' story, "A Roman Spring for Mrs. Stone." English Professor Dr. Colby Kullman relates how groundbreaking this work was. Video by Mary Stanton.

Digital Library Object - Winning the long war: amplifying Muslim challenges to al-Qaeda.

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A Boat That Floats

In this video from Curious George, children build boats out of everyday materials and then predict and observe whether the boats sink or float.

Overview of glycolysis

This 13 minute video is about one of the four phases of cellular respiration called glycolysis. Glycolysis is the process in cellular respiration that produces ATP's. For the process glycolysis to produce ATP's however, ATP's must first be available to be used to break up the carbon. The video uses a narrator and a smart board.

Shuttle Showcase: STS-124

The second in a series of flights to assemble the Japanese segment of the International Space Station saw the mammoth Kibo module delivered to the complex complements of Discovery and its crew on the STS-124 mission. Kibo, the Japanese word for "hope" would house dozens of experiments and serve as a platform for external payloads brought to the complex on subsequent Shuttle flights and the Japanese "Kounotori" H-2 Transfer Vehicle cargo ship.

SMU: A Walk Around The Grounds

SMU Landscape Manager Kevin Dilliard offers a look at the flowers and grounds of the University.

6.830 Database Systems (MIT)

This course relies on primary readings from the database community to introduce graduate students to the foundations of database systems, focusing on basics such as the relational algebra and data model, schema normalization, query optimization, and transactions. It is designed for students who have taken 6.033 (or equivalent); no prior database experience is assumed, though students who have taken an undergraduate course in databases are encouraged to attend.

Marathon Migrators

There are many strategies animals use for staying close to their food sources, as this video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explains. One of the most remarkable of these strategies, however, is demonstrated by the red knot, a species of shorebird that flies 20,000 miles annually in its never-ending search for food, especially the eggs of spawning horseshoe crabs. Closed captioning included. Run time 6:00.

Directions in the Big City

Learn how to navigate though any city using cardinal directions, Hay, and lots of new locations.

Useful Phrases Used at a Hotel - Beginner Spanish

This is a presentation introducing phrases in Spanish that can be used at a hotel. The phrases are shown both in English and in Spanish and the Spanish pronunciation is repeated several times.

Traveling by Taxi (Viajando en Taxi)

This video presents vocabulary to be used when traveling by taxi. The phrases are presented in English and some time is given before the Spanish phrase is given. The words and phrases are written on the screen.

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