TouchStudio - Plotting Math Functions In this video, Peli de Halleux, from the Research in Software Engineering group (RiSE) at Microsoft Research, gives a tutorial using the TouchStudio editor. Learn how to chart mathematical functions in TouchStudio.
Mentor school managers and manage mentoring programmes in schools: ACE School Management and Leaders
This module aims at empowering school managers and teachers to develop and implement appropriate mentoring programmes. The learning guide of this module addresses three key questions as follows: What is mentoring? What are the personal and professional qualities of effective mentors? How can we managing the establishment, monitoring and evaluation of a school mentoring programme?
Record of Time
Enter the exciting world of dating ... fossil dating, that is. From Record of Time by anthropologist Dennis O'Neil.
Getting to the Point
In this lesson, students learn how to determine location by triangulation. We describe the process of triangulation and practice finding your location on a worksheet, in the classroom, and outdoors.
Stealth Learning: Acquiring Knowledge About Vascular Plant Structure While Using a Vegetative Key
Many students find it tedious to learn the terminology that is used to describe the vegetative structure of vascular plants. An effective method is to acquire these skills "accidentally", in the process of identifying unfamiliar plants. This exercise uses a vegetative key to woody plants within walking distance of the lab. Before the lab, plants are labeled with alphabetic tags. Students are given a brief introduction, and then they attempt to identify each labeled plant using the key. If their
Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope
This is a fact sheet describing the GAVRT program. This educational program uses a 34-meter antenna for classroom radio astronomy observations via the Internet The GAVRT Project introduces students in grades elementary through high school to the process of science with the goal of improving science literacy among American students.
Glaciations and Conglomerates Gallery
This gallery of online resources is from the Museum's Seminars on Science, a series of distance-learning courses designed to help educators meet the new national science standards. The Glaciations and Conglomerates Gallery, part of the Earth: Inside and Out seminar, features: Illustrations from the Hall of Planet Earth, which has two informative overviews: Ice Ages and Earth's Orbit and Icebox or Hothouse?; Gowganda Conglomerate from the Huronian Supergroup in the Hall of Planet Earth, which has
Video Gallery: Mark Norell's Research
This gallery of online resources is from the Museum's Seminars on Science, a series of distance-learning courses designed to help educators meet the new national science standards. Video Gallery: Mark Norell's Research, part of the Dinosaurs Among Us: The Link to Birds seminar, features two videos: Dr. Norell's Current Research, a video overview (with a printable PDF transcript) of his work, which seeks to fill in some of the gaps between "the traditional dinosaurs" and primitive birds. Research
Using Community Resources to Teach Genetics
In this online article, from the museum's Musings newsletter for educators, the Youth and Family Programs Director offers advice on how to integrate genetics learning into students' daily lives. The tips she gives are: make it simple find local or online resources check out the news use an interdisciplinary approach to ethical issues expose students to new career options remember that the best science generates more questions.
Business Information Systems: Design an App for That
Students in introductory Management Information Systems (MIS) courses often ask what a career in MIS looks like. Lacking a clear vision, they make their own assumptions. Often they assume the career involves programming with little human interaction. That MIS is a technical field could not be further from the truth. MIS job descriptions typically require candidates to be able to collaborate, communicate, analyze needs and gather requirements. They also list the need for excellent written and com
Steelband history for local teachers
This module will provide points for discussion on the steelband and its history. The targeted audience is teachers at both the primary and secondary levels in T&T . It will also provide an updated view of the pan and of the personalities who are associated with its development. The aim is to encourage teachers to consider using "texts" about this fantastic musical instrument in order to encourage the growth of Literacy in their students.
NCPEA Education Leadership Review, Volume 10, Number 1; February 2009
NCPEA Education Leadership Review (ELR) is a nationally refereed journal published two times a year, in Winter (February) and Fall (August) by the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, Phillip Young, Editor; Kenneth Lane, Assistant Editor; Theodore Creighton, Founding Editor. Manuscripts may be submitted at any time. Authors, coauthors, and NCPEA members receive complimentary copies of ELR. Additional copies of individual manuscripts or the entire Volume may be downloaded
Plants That Aren't Plants: Mosses and Lichens
Mosses and lichens are not given much attention in introductory biology laboratory courses, in part because instructors lack skills necessary to cover the topic-namely, moss leaf cross sectioning and lichen chemical spot tests. Acquiring confidence in just these two techniques, as well as familiarity with basic terminology, lays a foundation for further investigation.
Plant Fossils in the Laboratory
This exercise can be used to familiarize students and give them hands-on experience with plant fossils as well as sharpen their powers of observation. It may also be used to bring together interdisciplinary topics relating past events to present day issues.
Non-Radioactive DNA Hybridization Experiments for the Undergraduate Laboratory: The Southern Blot An
This resource is a detailed description of molecular techniques used to detect homologous DNA sequences. Students are introduced to many concepts and techniques involved in molecular biology, including DNA isolation, purification and Southern blot analysis."
Labwrite: Extensive web-based instruction for helping college students write lab reports and learn s
LabWrite, funded by the National Science Foundation (award #: DUE-9950405 and DUE-0231086), is a structured set of online materials developed as an alternative to typical lab report instruction. LabWrite provides extensive resources designed to lead college students through the entire lab experience, beginning with questions that help students comprehend the essential elements of the lab before they start the procedure and ending with advice for improving their performance on the next lab report
The arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Bruno Cautrès of Sciences-Po university on a seismic shock to French politics ahead of presidential elections next year
Learn Hindi Daily Show – Win a word find booklet, to ask, रू,
What would it take to encourage you to learn Hindi today? Not to put it off until tomorrow? How about a chance to win a free Hindi Word Find...
12.05.2011 - Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainieren Sie Ihr Hörverstehen mit authentischen Materialien. Nutzen Sie die Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Donnerstag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.Die Innenminister der Europäischen Union diskutieren über die aktuellen Flüchtlingsströme aus Nordafrika und die mögliche Wiedereinführung von Grenzkontrollen. Das Treffen in Brüssel hat besondere Brisanz erhalten, weil Dänemark seine Grenzen zu Deutschland und Schweden wieder ständig überwachen will. Di
