Sesame Street: How Does Santa Get In?
Grover and his friends talk about how Santa gets into the house to bring presents.
The Major Scale
This video demonstrates the whole and half steps that make up a major scale.
The Drinking Bird
Find out why this toy is a "wonderful piece of physics". Fun video for kids to watch, this is one of those birds that perches on the edge of a glass and puts it beak into the water and then goes back up. This action continues without any help from a person. The explanation is interesting. Video is of good quality. Run time 04:45.
The Story of India- The Power of Ideas (pt. 3)
This documentary traces the history of India through the great thinkers
and doers of the past.
Recycling on the International Space Station
Join engineers at NASA and astronauts on board the International Space Station to learn about the importance of recycling. Find out how NASA is solving the challenge of giving astronauts water to use without wasting any with the new Water Recovery System. (07:21)
Afghanistan: A Case for Alternative Energy
Without a national power grid, some isolated communities in Afghanistan rely on wind and solar systems to generate affordable energy in this four minute video. This video is best used to show how nature can supply energy in the most remote of areas. A good way to introduce problem solving questions related to energy and to remove the idea that developing nations can't use technology.
Ecology and The Biosphere
Thanks to Apollo 11's photographs of Earth from space, ecology was fundamentally changed in the 1960's. A book about DDT was also published in the late 1960's. This video begins by giving a brief history on the changes that have occured in the area of ecology. The video then goes on the address the levels of organization: organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, and biosphere. Other key vocabulary words in this video include: biotic, abiotic, climate,  aquatic biomes, estuary, ter
An Aztec Sacrife
When an Aztec priest removed a person's heart during humar sacrifice, would it still be beating? Medical Investigator Shiya Ribowsky has the answer. Video is somewhat graphic and not meant for younger children. Run time 02:59.
Cracking the Maya Code
The story behind the centuries-long decipherment of ancient Maya hieroglyphs. This is a 52 minute video that goes into detail on how researchers worked to decode these writings.
Little Brain, Big Journey
The Rufous hummingbird is a small wonder that, with respect to body size, migrates farther than any other creature on earth. The brightly colored, feisty bird breeds from southern Alaska to northern California and then spends the winter in Mexico. Though their brains are approximately the size of a grain of rice, Rufous hummingbirds have an excellent memory for locating flowers from year to year. In this video segment from Nature, learn about the little brain and big journey of the Rufous humm
Geometry - Similar TrianglesÂ
In this lesson, students review the idea that the ratios of the lengths
of corresponding sides of similar figures are equal. Students then use
this idea to find missing segment lengths in similar figures.
HEDGE FUND SUMMIT: Africa's Chrome Export Ban Choice
Commodities Partners' Sean Flanagan discusses the outlook for bulk commodities & industrial metals as global slowdown fears mount.
Temple Crest Park - Tampa Florida Plastic Pollution
Video encouraging cooperation and collaboration in the efforts to clean up the plastic pollution at a park in Tampa, Florida. Videos that document before and after clean up efforts are a good way to mobilize communities and measure impact.
Spreekoefening: Veiligheidsinstructies in een vliegtuig
In een vliegtuig gelden heel wat veiligheidsinstructies. Bekijk het blad met veiligheidsinstructies en leg de instructies duidelijk uit aan een medepassagier.
Studying Global Warming in Biosphere 2
In this What's Up in the Environment? video segment, an international team of scientists in Arizona's Biosphere 2 laboratory studies the impact of increased carbon dioxide emissions and how that might affect our future global environment.
1.2 Readings
There is increasing recognition that the reductionist mindset that is currently dominating society, rooted in unlimited economic growth unperceptive to its social and environmental impact, cannot resolve the converging environmental, social and economic crises we now face. The primary aim of this unit is to encourage the shift away from reductionist and human centred thinking towards a holistic and ecological worldview.
1.1Aim
There is increasing recognition that the reductionist mindset that is currently dominating society, rooted in unlimited economic growth unperceptive to its social and environmental impact, cannot resolve the converging environmental, social and economic crises we now face. The primary aim of this unit is to encourage the shift away from reductionist and human centred thinking towards a holistic and ecological worldview.
1.9.7 Finding text on a page
Frightened of the internet? This unit will help you make effective use of the internet, giving you the basic skills required for using web-based resources. Useful tricks and tips are provided as well as information on web browsers, the main features of a browser window, how to look at websites, using hyperlinks, searching for information on the internet, copying text, avoiding computer viruses, and using PDFs.
1.2. Getting started Registering is free and only requires a user name, email address and password. Sign up to iSpot.(Right-click on the link to open it in a new window or tab). Watch the video on how to register. 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member Of Your Lab June 9, 2011 - 10 Ways To Become An Excellent Researcher and Valuable Member of Your Lab is a lecture in which Dr. Renetta G. Tull Ph.D (Assist. Dean @ UMBC, Dir. PROMISE) takes from previous experience and voices ways to improve oneself sense of self in the workforce and academia through communication. Using her unending pursuit of excellence, Dr. Tull begins the interactive lecture by asking all students to take notes and warning the audience that they will be communicating at one point wit
