ISS Update - June 2, 2011
The International Space Station video update for June 2, 2011.
Berkleemusic Advisors: Meet Our Advisors
Learn more at http://bit.ly/mxij66.
At Berkleemusic, every student is assigned an advisor from day one. All our advisors are passionate and knowledgeable about music, and here to support you through your entire online experience.
New Minnesota research suggests Corporate Social Responsibility can backfire
Doing good isn't always good for business, according to new research from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management and assistant professor of marketing Carlos Torelli. The discovery, to be published in the Journal of Consumer Research, found corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts have the potential to backfire for luxury brands associated with a self-enhancement concept.
Mice Rule! (Or Not)
Students explore the relationships between genetics, biodiversity, and evolution through a simple activity involving hypothetical wild mouse populations. First, students toss coins to determine what traits a set of mouse parents possesses, such as fur color, body size, heat tolerance, and running speed. Next they use coin tossing to determine the traits a mouse pup born to these parents possesses. These physical features are then compared to features that would be most adaptive in several differ
Student Greeting Highlights, 2011
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Just Passing Through? -Mediating Scales and Landscapes of Migration in the Dominican Republic.
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Emil Rodríguez Garabot MIT- Humphrey Fellow, Dominican Republic 2010-2011.
"The Mirador Sur Park and the 1998 Tsunami False Alarm" Anticipation, mobilization and outrageousness for a new ecological urbanity in Santo Domingo .
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Deepak Lamba-Nieves- MIT-lDG, PhD Candidate
"Social Remittances and Development Logics" Social Trans(actions) from Boston to Baní, and from Baní to Boston.
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Shaney Peña Gómez- Prof. Landscape Arch. PUCMM in the Dominican Repub
Billy Bob Buzzard Read-Aloud Online Storybook
This read-aloud is Billy Bob Buzzard written by Terry Barnett Williams and illustrated by My Way in Education. In this story Billy Bob Buzzard likes to swing and sing. Everyone learns to be ok with being different. There is a pause, next, back button on each page. Each word is highlighted as it is read by narrator. This is a good resource to help build a literacy rich environment in the elementary classroom. It would work well in a listening
03.06.2011 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainieren Sie Ihr Hörverstehen mit authentischen Materialien. Nutzen Sie die Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Freitag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei. Nach Standard & Poor's droht nun auch die Ratingagentur Moody's mit einer Überprüfung und möglichen Herabstufung der Kreditwürdigkeit der USA. Sollte es bis Mitte Juli keine Fortschritte bei Haushaltsgesprächen geben, werde das Rating wahrscheinlich herabgestuft, teilte Moody's in New York mit. Derzeit werd
What Makes a Good President?
Author and historian Alan Brinkley shares his thoughts on the alchemy of luck and chance in the Oval Office.
TRMM Rainmap Anomalies: Flooding in Mozambique
Rain maps derived from nearly three years of TRMM operations.
Order Whole Numbers with StudyJams
Whether you are putting scores in order to figure out who won the game or dates in order for a histor project, being able to order whole numbers is important. These step-by-step strategies from StudyJams will make it a cinch! A short, self-checking quiz is also included with this interactive link.
Daphnia birth
Posterior end of Daphnia underneath a one millimeter measuring grid.
Place Value - by StudyJams
Each digit in a number has a value. That means that a digit's place determines its value. Once you know the place values of numbers, reading any number will be a breeze. Learn more about place value with this cartoon animation from StudyJams. A short, self-checking quiz is also included with this link.
TRMM Biomass Burning - Smoke Inhibits Rainfall: Water Droplet Size, Precipitation and Fires March 1,
Correlated water droplet size, precipitation, and fires over northern Borneo on March 1, 1998
Inner Rocky Planets - Part 2
This video focuses on the little jagged worlds (or Inner Rocky Planets) from their birth to this day, and their compositions, structures, and their differences. (05:18)
Birds in the Band Read-Aloud Online Storybook (Musical Instruments)
This read-aloud is Birds in the Band written by Thesaurus Rhymewrite and illustrated by Joshua Murphy. This read-aloud is a cute song about different birds playing musical instruments. There is a next, back, and pause button on each page. Each word is highlighted as it is read by the narrator. This would be a good resource to help introduce musical instruments in an elementary classroom. It would be beneficial for a listening center activity.
Mobiele Studie MobileStudy is een hulpmiddel dat de telefoon helpt bij de constructie van vragenlijsten die kunnen worden gedownload en beantwoord een. Het is gratis voor iedereen die wil bouwen voor …
Water Cycle in a Bottle
Developed for second grade. In this activity students will be able to view the different ways water travels and the different forms in which water can be found. The experiment focuses mainly on evaporation, transpiration, condensation and precipitation within the 3 different soda bottle chambers. Students will create their own water cycle chambers by using 3 soda bottles (2 with the bottoms cut off) turned upside down and placed one inside the other. The bottom soda bottle will be filled with th
World Wide Telescope De mogelijkheid van het zien van het heelal met behulp van beelden van telescopen en ruimtetelescopen oppervlak (bijv. Hubble). Deze beelden worden perfect gecombineerd in een nachtelijke hemel, klaar om te verkennen.
