Energy Launch Weekend: Groundbreaking
Carnegie Mellon University launched the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, a major research initiative focused on improving energy efficiency and developing new, clean, affordable and sustainable energy sources. The building, the Sherman and Joyce Bowie Scott Hall, is the future home for energy, nanotechnology and biomedical engineering. Both the building and the institute were made possible by a lead gift from CMU alumni Sherman Scott (E'66) and Joyce Bowie Scott (A'65). CMU ha
The Tangram Gang in The Missing Square Ecological Succession Announcing Windows Azure Web Sites Shared Plan, CodePlex, and GitHub | Web Camps TV Join your guides Brady Gaster and Cory Fowler as they talk to the product teams in Redmond as well as the web community. In this episode, Cory and Brady welcome Nir Mashkowski back on the show to talk about some great new enhancements to Windows Azure Web Sites. The new Author(s): John Montgomery: Building HTML and JavaScript Windows 8 Apps with Visual Studio 2012 John Montgomery chats about the work his team has been doing so developers can use Visual Studio to build Windows Store apps using HTML and JavaScript. Hear about the challenges behind building apps (and not pages) and the improvements to the language services that make IntelliSense much better in VS2012. John’s favorite must-checkout-features: the simulator and rapid refresh. Defrag Tools: #9 - ProcDump | Defrag Tools In this 3 part episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards and Larry Larsen walk you through Sysinternals ProcDump. ProcDump allows you to capture the memory of a process running on the computer. The dump file can be of varying size and can be taken with varying outage durations. Dumps can be triggered immediately or can be triggered by a variety of events including CPU utilization, Memory utilization, a Performance Counter, a Hung Window and/or Native This Day in History October 10: Achille Lauro Hijacking Ends This Day in History October 11: Jimmy Carter Wins Nobel Prize This Day in History October 12: Columbus Reaches the New World Autumn Leaf Hoppers Three Things You Didn't Know About Voyager Old & Odd: Archaea, Bacteria & Protists - CrashCourse Biology #35 Claymation Color Wheel That's Why Carbon Is A Tramp: Biology #1 Blends Are Consonant Friends Song When Two Vowels Go Walking (Vowel Team) Time To Fight A Fire Story and Sing Along Second Set-100 High Frequency Words Learn the Alphabet with Peppa.Pig
The Tangram Gang in The Missing Square
The Tangram Gang, Big T, Mr T, Middie, Teeny, Tiny, SQ and Slantz, in their first adventure - The Miss
Ecological Succession
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The hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro reaches a dramatic climax when U.S. Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom and force the jet to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily. American and Italian troops surrounded the plane, and the terrorists were taken into Italian custody. (1:00)
On this day in 2002, former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development." (1:00)
After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia. His expedition went ashore the same day and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his attempt to find a western ocean route to China, India, and the fabled gold and Spice Islands of Asia. (1:00)
See New England at its most glorious...when fall foliage is in full splendor. (03:58)
Hank tells us three things we probably didn't know about the Voyager 1 spacecraft. (03:19)
Hank veers away from human anatomy to teach us about the (mostly) single-celled organisms that make up two of the three taxonomic domains of life, and one of the four kingdoms: Archaea, Bacteria, and Protists. They are by far the most abundant organisms on Earth, and are our oldest, oddest relatives. (12:17)
Clay mixing to make a color wheel. Has background music from Jenny Owen Youngs. (01:39)
NOTE: The narrator does mention the word 'sex' in the beginning of the video, in reference to biology. And thus begins the most revolutionary biology course in history. Come and learn about covalent, ionic, and hydrogen bonds. (12:33)
In a consonant blend you hear two sounds. Each letter wants a turn. You see each letter, hear each letter, consonant blends are heard. Some of the blends shared are "cl", "st", "dr", "pl", "fr", "gl" Each blend is introduced and words are stated aloud, words are shown on screen, and pictures matching the words. This is a great resource to introduce and/or review consonant blends in the early childhood classroom. (4:07)
This is a great resource to introduce and/or review the two vowels go walking rule. Some of the words include goat, team, maid, spray, wait, toad, tail. Young learners will enjoy this funny video. (2:47)
This cute story and sing along is about fighting fires. This would be a great resource to use in conjunction with a unit on community helpers. This would help to make real world connections between the community and the classroom. (2:33)
This is set 2 of 100 high frequency words. Each word appears on the screen in large print as a child's voice says the word aloud. This would be a great large group or small group activity. (3:29)
Peppa Pig teaches about the alphabet in this cute video. Each letter is shown on the screen and then a word and matching picture appear on screen. The word is then used in a sentence. This is a great resource to introduce and/or review alphabet letters/sounds in the early childhood classroom. (5:33)
