Covered jar
Bell-shaped jar with a rounded top and a twisted piece of clay attached to the top center of the lid, where the knob would be, in the form of a bird. Glazed in a thick white glaze with drips in dark and light brown.
King County Library Presents "Peanut Butter and Jelly"
In this video, a librarian sings the song "Peanut Butter and Jelly" all about making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, complete with matching hand motions. Not very entertaining or colorful for young students but cute motions for early childhood teachers to learn to perform in their own classrooms (1:26).
Up with Bagus! In this small gem of a book Professor Philipp Bagus of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid has given us much more than an explanation of why the euro will fail the common man in Europe. He has given us a grand lesson in power politics and economic reality that is applicable throughout the world at all times and all places. The title of his book frames his economic arg
Harvesting the Rain - Games for the Trades - Plumbing
This game is intended for apprentice roof plumbers to gain the
knowledge and skills to install a rainwater tank to a house. The aim of the game is
to gather enough rain water to service a household. The apprentice will learn how to
collect information about Australian rainfall patterns and make calculations using
the pitch and angle of the roof to determine how much water needs to be collected.
Measuring performance and Usability
In this project the learner will have to measure performance and usability of a site they've created and create a report based on those findings. The learner is situated in a fictitious company (Arachnoid Web Services) having commenced work as a Junior Web Designer.
Javascript programming
Introduction to Javascript programming. In this project the learner must add Javascript to a form to verify the correct user input. The learner is situated in a fictitious company (Arachnoid Web Services) having commenced work as a Junior Web Designer.
Aircraft Electrics
provide basic training in aircraft electrics as a prerequisite for more advanced competency based training required for employment as a para - professional technician.
11.328J Urban Design Skills: Observing, Interpreting, and Representing the City (MIT)
The course is designed to be an introduction to methods of analyzing, evaluating, and recording the urban environment first hand. Its aim is to supplement existing courses that cover theory and history of city design and planning and to better prepare students without prior design background for the studio sequence.
How do I work out load weights?
This learning activity covers the load weights of general
freight, specifically: palletised freight, packs, bundles, coils and
drums.
Coach others in Job Skills
This learning object contains information and activities on coaching in the hospitality environment. Includes the purpose and process of coaching an individual.
Visual Studio Toolbox: Customizing the Visual Studio Start Page In this episode, Robert reviews the Visual Studio Start page, showing how to configure it so that it automatically appears (or doesn't) as well as how to customize the RSS feed that appears on the Latest News tab. Since the Start page is XAML and can be customized, Robert builds a custom Start page that displays a number of developer-related RSS feeds and downloads two customized Start pages from the Visual Studio Gallery.
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Prepare Rooms for Guests
This learning object contains information and activities on cleaning hotel rooms. Includes making the bed and replenishing supplies.
Highgate Cemetery MF001674_22 HIGHGATE CEMETERY, Hampstead, London. Snow covering the grave of Jean Louis and Elizabeth Cameron Mieville in the West Cemetery. Photographed by John Gay in winter between 1980 and 1984.
Hard and Soft C
The Electric Company and Sean Kingston sing about the letter C and the hard and soft sounds.
Eric Carle's The Very Quiet Cricket.
This video reads aloud Bill Martin's book The Very Quiet Cricket. The baby cricket tries to make noise by rubbing his wings together but nothing happens. He meets a cricket, locust, praying mantis, spittle bug, cicada, bumblebee, a dragonfly, and mosquitoes. The cricket meets another cricket who was also quiet. They both were able to make sounds. As in true Eric Carle style, the animation is well done and the repetitive rhyming will appeal to yo
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
"Good night, Gorilla," says the weary watchman as he walks by the gorilla cage on his nightly rounds at the zoo. The gorilla answers by quietly pickpocketing the guard's keys, stealthily trailing him, and unlocking the cages of every animal the oblivious fellow bids goodnight to. Looking much like an exhausted father, the uniformed guard traipses home toward his cottage, while the lonely zoo animals softly para
Cuba halts mail to U.S.
In retaliation for stricter U.S. mail policies, Cuba suspends postal deliveries to its northern neighbour.
Codage et cryptographie
Dans cet exposé, Daniel Augot, aborde à partir du petit jeu Marienbad et la fonction "ou exclusif", les mécanismes algébriques et algorithmiques qui fondent les mécanismes de chiffrage et de codage utilisés en informatique. Plus précisément, les nimbers (ou nombres de Grundy) sont définis pour formaliser ces éléments, ils constituent une belle structure algébrique de corps commutatif infini de caractéristique deux. Leurs applications au codage pour transmettre un signa
The Feature Writer (Calvin Trillin)
Author and humorist for the New Yorker Magazine, Calvin Trillin, is also a lover of food, fascinated with murder, and dreads encounters with mimes. Meet the man behind the words in this 1991 interview from the University of Washington with Upon Reflection host, Marcia Alvar, and learn about the writing process for journalists.
Innovation at MIT
MIT faculty, students, and administrators share their thoughts on the importance of innovation in fueling economic growth.
To view complete coverage of MIT's 2010 Innovation Roundtable, visit the Alumni Association collection on TechTV.
