What Happened to the Woolly Mammoth?
What force was great enough to wipe from Earth not only the woolly mammoth but all the other megafauna that once roamed the planet, from the saber toothed tiger to the giant sloth? These giant beasts all vanished from the fossil record around the same time, about 15 thousand years ago, at the end of the Pleistocene. Many scientists believe the mass megafauna extinctions were caused by hunting and/or a sudden change in climate. This radio broadcast explores the theory that the extinctions were ca
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Learning how to learn: a process we all engage in throughout our lives, but no single method of learning guarantees success. This unit aims to make the process of learning much more explicit by inviting you to apply various ideas and activities to your own study as a way of increasing your awareness of your own learning. Most learning has to be an active process – and this is particularly true of learning how to learn.
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Hibernation is an ingenious adaptation that some animals employ to survive difficult conditions in winter. This unit examines the differences between hibernation and torpor, and discusses the characteristic signs of hibernation behaviour. It explores the triggers that bring on hibernation, and whether internal signals or external season cues are predominant. It also examines the physiological adaptations that occur in hibernating animals. This unit builds on and develops ideas introduced in the
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Thanks to Scott at mytopten.com.au for this brilliant planning tool to ensure that students can identify and organise all of the key ingredients requi
Teaching apostrophes can be a difficult concept to younger students but I cam across this great collection of printable resources from skillsworkshop.org. Download this
Woopid is site that lets users watch video tutorials about all things technology. It is an easy to navigate site with hundreds of videos on u
Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor Mansour Javidan talks about the need for Global Mindset. http://www/thunderbird.edu/globalmindset
Thunderbird School of Global Management Professor Mansour Javidan talks about the need for Global Mindset. http://www/thunderbird.edu/globalmindset
February 23, 2011 - Silvia Dominguez, Northeastern Professor, presents her book, Getting Ahead: Social Mobility, Public Housing, and Immigrant Networks which tells the story of local Latin-‐American immigrant women who live in low-‐income public housing around the city of Boston.
A two minute video on how the speaker became a wedding and event planner and what they do and how she got her job. The importance of research is mentioned as well as such skills as people skills, time management skills, and organizational skills.
The steps for becoming an optometrist start in high school, continue with a college education geared towards optometry school, and finish with completing an
Optometry Admissions Test and going through four years of optometry is the subject of this three minute video. A good review of what is needed and the time requirements.
school. Learn about residency programs and board exams that must be completed before practicing optometry in this interview.
The credit rating agency S&P warns it could further downgrade Portugal's credit rating later this week after debt yields soared to new record highs as the country remains in political limbo.
This unit looks at the methods that have been developed by organisms for the uptake, transport and storage of iron: a process made more complicated by the insolubility of its oxides and hydroxides. You will examine iron storage in mammals, including humans, is achieved by ferritin, which stores iron as a hydrated iron (III) oxide – an example of biomineralisation.
German vodcast about science communications. Diese Woche unter anderem über das Schülerprojekt Quantenphysik TV",eine Brodeur-Studie zur Nutzung von Blogs durch Journalisten, das Blog "Bad Astronomy", den Erfolg von Podcasts und Vodcasts in den USA, eine Studie über die "conflict of interest"-Klausel, den Gerda Henkel Preis, Wikia Search, das kostenfreie Archiv von "focus", Dr. Quantum zum Doppelspaltexperiment, die DVD "Das geheimnisvolle Reich der Quanten" (hier ein Ausschnitt als Online-Vi
"Keeping the Legacy Alive" - Through Eliezer Ayalon's poignant and captivating tale of survival, we can grasp the vital need of preserving the Holocaust survivors legacy. Yad Vashem has been rightfully entrusted with this mission since its establishment in 1953. The brief and compelling film sheds light on Yad Vashem's multifarious activities -- the many millions of documents, the inspiring exhibitions, the workshops, conferences and seminars for educators -- strengthen the voices of the sur
