Get the Grades You Want #5 - Test Tips
The fifth video in the Get the Grades you Want series features tips on how to survive tests. The four minute video reviews some ideas that may be of benefit when preparing for tests in a series of reminders that most students can understand. A good review video.
Venice, Italy: The Doge's Palace
This three minute video provides a travel guide to touring Venice and examples of some of the most significant structures and the history of the city.
Muslims mark Eid in the Middle East
Nov. 6 - Muslims in the West Bank, Yemen and Egypt celebrate one of their holiest religious holidays and remember the sacrifices they've made this year. Lindsey Parietti reports.
Authors@Google: Jeremy Bailenson, Infinite Reality: Revealing the Blueprints of our Virtual Lives
The coming explosion of immersive digital technology, combined with recent progress in unlocking how the mind works, will soon revolutionize our lives in ways only science fiction has imagined. In Infinite Reality, Jeremy Bailenson (Stanford University) and Jim Blascovich (University of California, Santa Barbara)—two of virtual reality's pioneering authorities whose pathbreaking research has mapped how our brain behaves in digital worlds—take us on a mind-bending journey through the virtual
Tightrope walkers find balance
Nov. 7 - Tightrope walkers and jugglers from around the world gather for an international convention in Brussels, while attempting a record for the most tightrope walkers on one rope. Tara Cleary reports.
Sean Faircloth, Naked Ladies and Mormons
Sean Faircloth, Director of Strategy and Policy for the U.S. branch of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, and author of Attack of the Theocrats: How the Religious Right Harms Us All—and What We Can Do About It, which examines the crumbling of the United States' most cherished founding principle—the wall of separation between church and state—and offers a specific and sensible plan for rebuilding the church-state wall.
Reuters Summit: GOP trailing for 2012, Democratic leader says
Nov. 8 - Steve Israel, a New York Democrat and chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, says his party is leading in the polls as Americans blame GOP House majority for the ailing economy.
North Korea: A Magician's Perspective_N100_7Nov2011_Pt2
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Dale Salwak is both a professor of English Literature at Citrus College in Southern California and a professional magician. He is known as "The Gentleman of Magic," and is skilled in the classics of magic. His elegant style has made him a favorite for many years in the finest clubs, showrooms and theaters throughout the world and has earned him the distinction of being the only American magician ever to have been invited to perform in North Korea.
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Feature: Nathan Goodroe
Never without a deck of cards in his pocket, Clemson freshman Nathan Goodroe shows us a trick we can try at home. Read more about Nathan here: http://features.clemson.edu/creative-services/students/2011/pick-a-card-any-card/
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Critical Points - Problem 3
This video is a continuation of Critical Points and provides another example of how to find the critical points of a function as well as explain their geometric significance. Critical points are places where the derivative of a function is either zero or undefined. (5:04)
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
This video includes the text and images to the story Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China written by Ed Young. The video does NOT include narration, but the images are slow enough that a student or teacher could read out loud. The book is part of the list of text exemplars found on the corestandards.org website for grades K-1.
A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver
This video includes text, narration, and images from the story A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver written by Aliki. The book is listed on the corestandards.org website as part of the text exemplar list for grades K-1. (11:16)
The Backpack Designer
This video explains what is needed to design and create backpacks and how it relates to math from measuring the straps for comfort or designing the shape of the front pouch.
Running time 4:50 minutes
Dancing with Geometry
A professional dancer and an orthopedic surgeon demonstrate the
fundamental role geometry and technology play in keeping dancers
performing at the highest level.
Running time 1:59 minutes
A Virtual Visit to the Sydney Opera House
This animated video features a virtual tour of the Sydney Opera House. The Sydney Opera House sits on a point in Sydney Harbour. It was designed ny Jorn Utzon to look like nesting shells or sails and is recognized as one of the world's most stunning landmarks. ( 2:33)
Birdcall Identification: Bird Choice
Explains bird choice for a project in which matched filters and spectrographic analysis were used to identify birdcalls.
07.11.2011 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainieren Sie Ihr Hörverstehen mit authentischen Materialien. Nutzen Sie die Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Montag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.Der frühere Vizepräsident der Europäischen Zentralbank, Lucas Papademos, ist griechischen Medienberichten zufolge Favorit für die Nachfolge des scheidenden Ministerpräsidenten Giorgos Papandreou. Papademos werde schon am Dienstag das Amt übernehmen, berichtete die Tageszeitung "Ta Nea" ohne Angabe von Quellen. A
"K" Sounds
Starfall's excellent interactive treatment given to the letter "K k”, with emphasis on the sound of the letter. Several examples and very clear pronunciation.
