Action-Reaction! Rocket
Students construct a rocket from a balloon propelled along a guide string. They use this model to learn about Newton's three laws of motion, examining the effect of different forces on the motion of the rocket.
Watt meters to measure energy consumption
Students use watt meters to measure the power required and calculate energy used from various electrical devices and household appliances.
Moebius Strips
Students make Moebius strips and use them to demonstrate the interconnectedness of an environment. They explore the natural cycles water, oxygen/carbon dioxide, carbon, nitrogen that exist within the environment.
Solving Energy Problems
The culminating energy project is introduced and the technical problem solving process is applied to get the students started on the project. By the end of the class, the students should have a good perspective on what they have already learned and what they still need to learn to complete the project.
Developing World - Crossword
Printable worksheet requiring knowledge of the keywords associated with the developing world. Answers are included.
Remote Sensing Interactive: Land Cover Map / Image Comparison
The Land Cover Map / Image Comparison is one of a number of interactive tools being developed to illustrate basic remote-sensing . Here, the user is able to examine a portion of the Chiricahua Mountains in southern Arizona by viewing two sets of images from TM and Modis sensors, and selecting areas within them for closer examination at three magnification levels.
"Ode to New York" by Byron Rufus Newton (poetry reading)
Sometimes called "Owed to New York".
Byron wrote this satirical poem when he was a reporter of the New York Herald in 1906.
Thirteen years later, he was appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of New York. Then folk took exception to this poem and demanded his resignation. He was obliged to issue a statement to the effect that he was "just kidding". He probably figured out a defence that everything he said was true wasn't going to get him off the hook. Satire stops being funny at the exact
Leading@Google: Mona Caron on Harnessing the Creative Power of Art to Build Social Networks
Leading@Google presents Mona Caron, April 22, 2011
Mona Caron has a well established career as an accomplished artist and illustrator. In 1998 the creation of her first public artwork, the the 6000 square-foot Duboce Bikeway mural, marked the unexpected beginning of a now decade-long adventure in public mural-making.
Much of Mona's public art deals with social history and utopian possibility while also chronicling the life of its surroundings. Her mural's storytelling details emerge not only
Professor Hanna Yablonka - Choosing to Go Forward
Professor Hanna Yablonka - Historian, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel: After the Shoah- Choosing to Go Forward
The 6th International Conference on Holocaust Education
Teaching the Shoah -- Fighting the Racism and Prejudice
Day 3 -- Thursday, July 10, 2008
Building a Better World -- The Legacy of the Survivors and Celebrating Israel in its 60th Year
http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/education/conference/2008/index.asp
Mexico City-bound API students, July 1946
Photograph of four Alabama Polytechnic Institute students with an old car, holding a sign stating ""Mexico City or bust"". This photograph appeared in the 1947 Glomerata (yearbook) Sophomore Class pages with the caption ""Future Traveling Salesman, That Is"" but the students (and the car) are not identified. [Anyone who can provide information should contact the Auburn University Libraries Cataloging Dept. at caudlda@auburn.edu.] The disruptions of WWII stirred wanderlust in many students, espec
BADM 351-01, Business Administration, Fall 2006
This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor
BADM 345-01, Individual Taxation, Fall 2006
This course deals with the rules and regulations for the taxation of individuals. Emphasis is placed on acquiring a foundational understanding of these rules and the underlying theory of taxation as it exists in the United States. Situational problems, tax return preparation, case research study and tax rulings will be used to meet the course objectives.,This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor
CHEM 414-01, Biochemistry, Fall 2006
This course will focus heavily on the metabolism of carbohydrates, protein and fats. The kinetics and bioenergetics of these pathways will be explored and their integration will be shown. The regulation of these pathways and how they differ in the muscle and the liver will be a main theme in the course.,This course was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor.
BIOL 141-01, Biology II, Laboratory, Spring 2006
After successfully completing this laboratory course, the student should be able to
1) recognize and understand some of the diversity of adaptations among living organisms
2) describe the basic processes and stages of vertebrate development
3) apply the scientific method to the study of animal development, plant growth, physiology, behavior, and ecology, and
4) appropriately use references and statistical analyses.,This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by t
ANSO 103-01, Introductory Anthropology, Fall 2007
This class will consider human culture, its development and variations through diachronic and comparative perspectives of certain aspects of cultural systems. Anthropology is not about documenting bizarre human customs; anthropology is about exploring the range of normal behavior. This course is about exploring the range of human behaviors and fostering an appreciation of the diversity of human beings.,This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course ins
Predikaatlogica
Leereenheid over predikaatlogica een uitbreiding van de propositielogica, met definities, eenvoudige stellingen en toepassingen, inclusief opgaven.
Inductie en recursie
Leereenheid over inductie en recursie, met definities, eenvoudige stellingen en toepassingen, inclusief opgaven.
Getallen
Leereenheid over getallen, getalstelstels en getaltheorie, met definities, eenvoudige stellingen en toepassingen, inclusief opgaven.
Combinatoriek
Leereenheid over combinatoriek, met definities, eenvoudige stellingen en toepassingen, inclusief opgaven.
Gebroken lineaire functies
Definitie en voorbeelden van gebroken lineaire functies, hyperbolen en asymptoten (met enkele opgaven en uitwerkingen).
