Giraffe conservation - BBC wildlife conservation
Joanna Lumley begins her adventures in the exotic world of the wild giraffes. She goes on an African safari in search of this beautiful wildlife to discover how to help conserve it. From the BBC.
Animal conservation - freedom for giraffes - BBC wildlife
In this video they are searching for freedom for Joanna Lumley's giraffes into the African wild. But one giraffe is not for moving! These are records of Lumley's effort toward animal conservation. From the BBC.
Elephant legends - animal conservation - BBC wildlife
Wildlife conservationist Saba Douglas Hamilton introduces you to the Samburu legend of the wild elephant and the human. She is a leading personality in animal conservation in Africa.
Conservation of Momentum If The Mechanical Universe is a perpetual clock, what keeps it ticking away till the end of time? Taking a cue from Descartes, momentum -- the product of mass and velocity -- is always conserved. Newton's laws embody the concept of conservation and momentum. This law provides a powerful principle for analyzing collisions, even at the local pool hall.
Venus Flytrap Conservation
Venus Flytrap Conservation. Part of the series: How To Care For a Venus Flytrap. Conservation of Venus Fly Traps is an important concept in the world of carnivorous plants, learn all about caring for carnivorous plants in this free video. Run time 01:48.
Conservation in Ecuador
Volunteers are teaching local farmers to use their land and to protect it at the same time. In northern Ecuador farmers and loggers have cut down almost all the trees in this once forested area. This troubled landscape only has about 2% of what used to be there only decades ago. These volunteers are trying to strike a balance with locals on how they can meet their needs but also save the land. (3:39)
Conservation of Energy
Using the law of conservation of energy to see how potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. This video, which is suitable for high school students, starts with a black screen because the instructor, in his conversational tone, uses it as a 'chalkboard.' Instructor uses different colors for clarification.
Conservation of Energy
The myth of the energy crisis. According to one of the major laws of physics, energy is neither created nor destroyed.
Civilian Conservation Corp
The CCC was President Roosevelt's answer to the environmental and economic challenges facing the country. Enlisting 250,000 workers in just two months, the CCC was an ambitious undertaking that brought several government agencies together in the effort. Comparison from today to economic climate in the 1930"s. (59:00)
Animal Mummy Conservation
Head Objects Conservator Lisa Bruno speaks to 1stfans about the Brooklyn Museum collection of animal mummies.
"Teach-in on the Haiti Emergency"
Greg Beckett, Anthropology PhD and Collegiate Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences, and Ann Clark, Principal at Nicholas Clark Architects, Ltd, contextualize US-Haitian relations and Port-au-Prince itself, and discuss the nature of Haitian political and social life before the earthquake.
Seth Goldman: Brewing Organic Tea with a Mission-based Business Model
In 1998, social entrepreneur Seth Goldman founded Honest Tea, the nation's best-selling and fastest-growing organic bottled tea company, with a business professor from the Yale School of Management. Honest Tea sources from organic and fair trade tea estates, and has partnered with community development groups ranging from the Crow Reservation in Montana to organizations in South Africa and Guatemala. Goldman talked with Knowlege@Wharton about carving out space in the competitive beverage market,
Le stade maritime à Miami: paysage et monument de béton en péril/ R. Shieldhouse (lu par M. Miran
Le stade maritime (marine stadium) à Miami : paysage et monument de béton en péril. Richard SHIELDHOUSE (texte lu par Marion Mirande). In colloque "Conservation, restauration de l'architecture du Mouvement Moderne : l'exemple de l'Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail de Georges Candilis" organisé par l'Université de Toulouse II-Le Mirail en partenariat avec les universités de Rennes 2 et Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail / Musée Les Aba
Essential Science for Teachers: Physical Science
In-depth interviews with children that uncover their ideas about the topic at hand.,This segment provides an example of a student explaining evaporation.
Essential Science for Teachers: Earth and Space Science
In-depth interviews with children that uncover their ideas about the topic at hand.,The interviewer provides the student with a real rock sample to observe and describe, helping the student notice that rock is composed of different combinations of minerals.
Essential Science for Teachers: Physical Science Session 3. Physical Changes and Conservation of Mat
What happens when sugar is dissolved in a glass of water or when a pot of water on the stove boils away? Do things ever really "disappear"? In everyday life, observations that things "disappear" or "appear" seem to contradict one of the fundamental laws of nature: matter can be neither created nor destroyed. In this session, participants learn how the principles of the particle model are consistent with conservation of matter.,In this segment the interviewer asks the student to draw and explain
"Sites of Conflict: Identity and Insurgency in Postcolonial Northeast India"
Suryasikha Pathak, Fulbright Fellow at SUNY-Oswego, discusses militant groups, movements and responses in Northeast India.
"International Reactions to the Coup in Honduras"
Rodolfo Pastor is Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports of Honduras, and, since the coup of June 28 that overthrew the government of President Manuel Zelaya, he has also been Visiting Professor of History at Harvard University. Pastor discusses the current political situation of Honduras, the Honduran political system, as well as the upcoming electi
TALAT Lecture 2504: Examples and Applications
This lecture shows how?to calculate the required fire resistance of un-insulated and insulated load bearing structural members such as columns and beams on the basis of a simple calculation method and according to ENV 1999-1-2; it points out more refined methods of analysis with the aid of computer programs; it presents some approved and existing fire resistance rated applications, e.g. in the off-shore industry. Background in structural engineering and some familiarity with TALAT lectures 2501-
Instruction Sheet: Organic Potatoes
The leaflet provides a good basis for the successful cultivation of organic potatoes. Special attention is given to quality assurance. For each cultivation step, the authors show how each growth factor influences the quality of the final product. Where possible, concrete mea
