My Moon Colony
This activity introduces the futuristic concept of the moon as a place people can inhabit. Students brainstorm what people would need to live on the moon and then design a fantastic Moon colony and decide how to power it. Student use the engineering design process, which includes research on various types of energy sources and evaluating which would be best for their moon colony.
The Fibonacci Sequence
Animation-based examples of Fibonacci Sequence.
1004 CELSUS BILINGUAL pg 32 -36
From Underwood's Bilingual Celsus.
1005 CELSUS BILINGUAL pg 37 - 44
Underwood's Bilingual Celsus.
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn Read A Loud
In this video read a loud students will meet Chester raccoon who is nervous about starting school. He talks to his mother about his fears. She comes up with a wonderful solution to help her little raccoon remember that she loves him. Each page of the book is shown as the narrator reads it aloud. This is a great teaching resource to read on the first day of school for younger elementary students. (4:46)
A+ Computer Repair Course Chapter 1 Part 2
A+ Computer Repair Course Chapter 1 part 2 continued. Part 2 you will learn how to explain what the north bridge and south bridge do in the computer. (09:13)
The Little Mouse, The Red-Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood Read A Loud
First published in 1984, a picture book in which the Little Mouse will do all he can to save his strawberry from the Big, Hungry Bear, even if it means sharing it with the reader. Each page of the book is shown as narrator reads it aloud. This is a good companion teaching resource to help bring literary characters to life. Content is appropriate for younger elementary students. (2:23)
Chicken Sunday
This story is about children wanting to buy a Easter bonnet for their grandmother. There are illustrations and the words appear on the screen as they are being read. (03:43)
"Little Gidding" by TS Eliot (poetry reading)
This is the latter half of this poem. "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well." is a quotation from Dame Julian of Norwich. http://revpatrickcomerford.blogspot.com/2008/09/all-shall-be-well-and-all-manner-of.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich
This is the same tenet of religious faith is sometimes expressed as "It's all good" - that whatever happens is all part of God's masterplan - and ultimately for the best.
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1 Introduction and overview This unit is concerned with the very things that we, as ordinary people, talk about as a consequence of listening to radio, watching television or reading newspapers and magazines: the programmes and articles that constitute media output. We do not (except on rare occasions) experience celebrities face-to-face, as their celebrity is conditional on having their image disseminated far and wide. This unit examines the everyday evidence of celebrity activity – what academic media analyst
The Beginnings of the Telescope
This animated essay from the NOVA Web site examines the design of Galileo's refracting telescope and Sir Isaac Newton's reflecting telescope.
Vocal activities on Bach Chorale
A list of suggested teacher directed activities of a vocal nature which take a group of students through a series of steps which develop a sense of tonality while at the same time introduces them to the final (and also the first) movement of the Bach Cantata.
Multiple Sclerosis - Sensory Exam - Superficial Sub-exam - Patient 21
This is a 52-year-old white male with a history of bilateral optic neuritis presenting in his twenties who now reports polyextremity sensory motor disturbance. He also has diabetes. The patient reports bilateral upper and right lower extremity sensory and motor disturbance with a band-like sensation about his torso for the past 1-2 months.
Opening Phrases for Melody Writing Exercises
This student worksheet is aimed at ordinary and higher level. It is in the style of a Leaving Certificate examination melody question and includes 6 opening phrases (2 OL, 4 HL) for use in the classroom or for homework.
Exploring Texture from a Set Work: Mozart
A lesson plan aimed at all levels. Students are required to listen to a specific extract from a set work with which they are already familiar and select an appropriate diagram which graphically represents the accompaniment at various points.
Testing Insulators: Ice Cube in a Box
Watch the ZOOM cast discover which insulator -- newspaper or aluminum foil -- is better at keeping an ice cube frozen longer.
Steam Machine
Explore NOVA Online's interactive steam engine and discover how this machine can convert heat to mechanical energy.
Sound Waves Underwater: True or False
This interactive quiz from the NOVA Web site features an array of interesting facts about the nature of sound underwater.
Song in the Curriculum
This teaching resource is aimed at higher level. It includes two methodologies which enable students to engage a number of syllabus requirements simultaneously: one on the general theme of teaching by topic; the second a specific lesson plan for one particular song.
An Integrated Approach to Teaching Irish Music
This methodology and supporting student worksheets are aimed at all levels. A list of various activities for classroom use is provided and examples of student worksheets can be photocopied for use with some of the activities listed.
