The Difference Between Climate and Weather
Sometimes the words climate and weather are often confused as the same thing, but really they are quite different. This short clip explains the difference between the two.
USGS Educational Videos and Animations
This database contains a collection of USGS videos and animations. Although by no means exhaustive, the list provides a broad representation of USGS research available through visual media. The USGS, as a U.S. Federal government agency, cannot copyright its products. With one exception, all the products in this database are considered public domain and may be viewed or reproduced free of charge.
Learning and Memory
This video give tips on how to use current events to help children learn about the world.
Automated Reasoning II
Automated Reasoning II - Nicholas Gibbins
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Funding Thunder Lizard Entrepreneurs - Ann Miura-Ko (Floodgate Fund)
Stanford Engineering lecturer and FLOODGATE partner Ann Miura-Ko offers insight into the democratization of innovation in the Internet age, and its affect on investment cycles. Additionally, Miura-Ko speaks candidly about the need to test business models, her firm's desire to be an advocate for "thunder lizard" entrepreneurs, and the challenges of achieving true work/life balance.
Entrepreneurship and Leadership
Entrepreneurship is part of the American dream. According to the Appalachian Regional Commission, the best hope for stabilizing and diversifying Appalachia's economy lies in the creation and expansion of businesses that provide jobs, build local wealth, and contribute broadly to economic and community development. The need to expand and support entrepreneurial activity as a means for revitalizing Appalachian communities led to the creation of Berea College's Entrepreneurship for the Public Good
How Ideas Take Flight - Jennifer Aaker (Stanford GSB)
Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Jennifer Aaker shares the power behind creating ideas that can build momentum. Through her research on the perception of happiness and meaning, Aaker describes how these concepts relate to a successful and powerful social media campaign. A well-planned effort catches audience attention and offers them an engaging story. Aaker, co-author of The Dragonfly Effect, also offers several personal and corporate examples of effective viral campaigns that gar
Cleaning House in Congress and Bob Kerrey on Iraq
Former Democratic senator Bob Kerrey is making his case for a refocused mission in Iraq. The 9/11 Commission member and Vietnam war veteran tells Bill Moyers why having US military forces in Iraq is necessary in fighting terrorism, but calls for a bipartisan plan to end US policing and occupation in the war torn nation. One of Washington's most influential public advocates, Joan Claybrook of Public Citizen, talks about what is at stake in the ethical reforms under consideration in Congress. Bill
Media Consolidation
Big Media is pushing the FCC to relax ownership rules again to give conglomerates more control over what Americans read, see, and hear. What most Americans don't know is that the FCC plans to fast track the rule changes and cut off public comment in December. Who wins and who loses? Bill Moyers Journal reports on the real-world consequences of media policy through the lens of how it affects minority media ownership in America. Also on the program, Moyers interviews Katherine S. Newman, aut
Reading in a World of Images As part of the New York Public Library’s “Live from the NYPL” series, Daniel Mendelsohn, Pico Iyer, and James Wood met on September 17 to discuss the place of criticism in a world increasingly dominated by film, television, and new media forms.
Games Technologies for Learning Join a Stream Team Human-Animal Relationships Producing Films for Social Change Do as the Romans: Construct an Aqueduct! The Madrid Pub Quiz: Culture The Madrid Pub Quiz: General Knowledge The Madrid Pub Quiz: Geography The Madrid Pub Quiz: History A quiz about Britain
The Games Technologies for Learning report explores the ways in which games technologies can be used to enhance teaching and learning, and provides advice for schools and colleges wishing to introduce...
Activities offer students the opportunity to learn about multiple facets of waterbodies and pollution, including aquatic life (indicator species), local concerns, and public outreach through research, teamwork, and role-playing exercises.
This course is the first part of the Ethics and Values Signature Program, which is one of the factors making Tufts unique in veterinary education. It is designed to enrich the student's understanding of various aspects of our individual and communal relationships with "animals" (or, to use scientific terminology, "other animals"), and to stimulate creative thinking about the expanding horizons of veterinary medicine, particularly those relevant to both traditional and newer forms of human-animal
This is an intensive, hands-on editorial and production course in which students pitch their ideas and then research, report, produce, shoot, write, and edit their own short documentary films on social issues affecting the local community, the U.S., or the world. Readings and discussions focus on current news, media ethics, media literacy, the declining credibility of the press, journalists? responsibilities to the public, social justice issues, First Amendment principles, corporate media owners
In this activity, students work with specified materials to create aqueduct components that will transport 2 liters of water across a short distance in their classroom. The goal is to build an aqueduct that will supply Aqueductis, a Roman city, with clean water for private homes, public baths, and glorious fountains.
The Madrid Pub Quiz was released into the public domain at http://www.avendano.org/quiz. The wording of the original license is 'Feel free to use these questions in your quizzes'. The conversion of the questions into Qedoc format has required changes to questions, such as wording changes and changes ...
The Madrid Pub Quiz was released into the public domain at http://www.avendano.org/quiz. The wording of the original license is 'Feel free to use these questions in your quizzes'. The conversion of the questions into Qedoc format has required changes to questions, such as wording changes and changes ...
The Madrid Pub Quiz was released into the public domain at http://www.avendano.org/quiz. The wording of the original license is 'Feel free to use these questions in your quizzes'. The conversion of the questions into Qedoc format has required changes to questions, such as wording changes and changes ...
The Madrid Pub Quiz was released into the public domain at http://www.avendano.org/quiz. The wording of the original license is 'Feel free to use these questions in your quizzes'. The conversion of the questions into Qedoc format has required changes to questions, such as wording changes and changes ...
Questions in this test are drawn from British Citizenship testing. However they form a quiz about Britain which is of general interest.
