USA or China, Who Emits Most CO2
An average American cause 4 times more CO2-emissions than a person in China. However, due to its large population, China emits a lot of CO2 in total.
Growing Germs in a Petri Dish
This activity provides a hands-on demonstration of how disease is caused by other organisms and spread through contact with hard surfaces. Students will swab several hard surfaces in the classroom/school and touch them to a Petri dish. Petri dishes are left for 3 days to allow anything that was on the hard surfaces to grow.
Gapminder Agriculture Start
Gapminder Agriculture is a collection of 700 indicators from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on production of fruits, livestock (animals), oil crops and more.
Challenger Disaster: A Space Flight Tragedy
One of the most heartbreaking moments in American space travel came on January 28, 1986 when the Challenger Space Shuttle broke apart only 73 seconds into its launch. Killing all seven crew members on board, including the inaugural member of the Teacher in Space project, the tragedy marked the first time multiple lives were lost on an American space flight. Devastating the nation, and the NASA program, the event served to make future space flights safer as regulations were tightened following th
Avogadro's Principle
Molar volume is an important concept when dealing with gases in reactions. This video will help you understand and apply Avagadro's Principle (04:01).
Anoles
In this weekâs episode, EOL fellow Rosario CastaĂąeda takes us to the back rooms of Harvardâs Museum of Comparative Zoology, searching through dozens of jars of pickled anole lizards to see the traces of evolution in action. These faded specimens donât much resemble these vivid animals in life, as they skitter along branches and tree trunks in their native tropics. But to the trained eye, they're revealing secrets. Ari Daniel Shapiro reports.
Karl Roemer's "Long Division Song"
Song about steps and concepts of long division. Divide, multiply, subtract, bring down. This is a great song to introduce and/or review long division in the classroom and at home. (3:11)
Complete Vice Presidential Debate 2012: Joe Biden vs. Paul Ryan - Oct 11, 2012 - Elections 2012
The Vice Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan in the run up to the general election in November. (0:31:05)
My Own Drawing
My Own Drawing
Climate Change Threatens Health Schoolhouse Rock Verbs 42 - Official Trailer [HD] Jackie Robinson The Power of a Great Introduction ISS Update - Oct. 15, 2012 The Political Dynamics of Systemic Legal Change Thia, Aysha, Sean, Nathan
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Climate Change Threatens Health
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This is the official trailer for the upcoming movie "42" the story of Jackie Robinson. This would be good to show for biographical studies, African American History, or for Black History month. (01:48)
"This is being used to "hook" an expository writing project my grade 6 classes for an inspirational quote and life application with a bit of biography of the person who said the quote as well."
Never underestimate the power of an intriguing start. When analyzing the literary greats like Charles Dickens and Kurt Vonnegut, be inspired by their craft and learn how to write a tantalizing introduction and strong
thesis. (04:42)
The International Space Station video update for Oct. 15, 2012.
Professor Emeritus Robert A. Kagan, University of California, Berkeley, presents The Political Dynamics of Systemic Legal Change as part of the Research School of Asia and the Pacific seminar series.
Amidst the turmoil of democratic politics, we tend to think of legal systems as sources of stability and solidity, realms of precedent and tradition insulated from politics, realms where rational and objective decisionmaking prevail. But when sociolegal scholars like Robert Kagan look carefully at
