Palestine 1930-1948 - 2 of 14
This second part of the documentary shows footage and there are statistics about the quantity of Jews that arrived in Palestine in the 1930s. There is reference to the job market and to economics. Industry grew and Palestine was industrialised. There are images of prosperous Palestine in the 1930s. Arabs also immigrating at that time and there was hostility. Arabs were not as prosperous as the Jewish community. The Jewish majority immigration would bring more problems but they did not have such
Exploring Sustainability in Agriculture: An Online Sustainable Agriculture Instructional Resource
Growing interest in sustainable agriculture has generated a wealth of educational materials on the many social, environmental, and agronomic topics related to this expanding field.
In creating this online resource, we’ve reviewed hundreds of resources—textbooks, popular books, web sites, videos, PowerPoint presentations, and more—to identify the highest-quality and most relevant materials on sustainable agriculture available. Whether you’re teaching a 2-hour community gardening workshop
8.3 Acknowledging the sources of ideas Even when you have used your own words it is essential that you acknowledge the source of the ideas you re-present. This entails making a note of the author and date of publication of the material from which you extract key concepts and points. So at the end of our summary of the Croall extract above, we would need to acknowledge that we got our information from that source by putting (Croall, 1998) at the end of the relevant paragraph. If you use more than one author's work in a paragraph th
7.3 Summary The idea of discourse alerts us to a number of issues about the social construction of social problems. It suggests that we need to look beyond competing theories or perspectives to look at how knowledge is organised around central themes that allow the different theories to compete. Discourses define what the problem is, and it is because theories share the definition of the problem that they can compete and argue. Perspectives that start somewhere else – or do not share the definition of
Farmer Lee Jones talks to GRCC Students
Farmer Lee Jones of 'The Chef's Garden' speaks with students from GRCC's Secchia Institute for Culinary Education about sustainable agriculture and farming practices and how they relate to the culinary industry.
The Rulers of London 1660-1689 A biographical record of the Aldermen and Common Councilment of the C
Contains over 1,400 biographical records for members of the Courts of Aldermen and of Common Council. Published by kind permission of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society
The Cochlea
Video uses diagrams to explain the detailed structure of the cochlea. Were the cochlea uncoiled it would be a continuous tube divided into three separate compartments-the scala media, the scala tympani and the scala vestibuli. Grades 5-12. 28 sec.
Don't Drink and Drive
An EMS worker discusses how makeup is used to simulate a drinking and driving accident to encourage students not to drink and drive on prom night.
Using composite materials to replace bone
In this podcast, Professor Chris Rudd, Dean of the faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, describes his work with composite materials in the car industry and how it can be applied to the field of medicine.
Traditionally, patients who have lost bone in an accident or have had bone removed due to cancer have had to endure two very long and very painful operations. One operation to attach steel plates to the bone, and a second operation once the bone has healed, to remove them.
F
SRXIND003A: Apply Sport and Recreation Law: Course Content
Course content. This is the course content component of SRXIND003A: Apply Sport and Recreation Law. The course content and learners resource can be accessed through the learning object SRXIND003A: Apply Sport and Recreation Law.The course has been designed primarily to guide you on how and where to find information about law applicable to the sport and recreation industry. This is achieved through interactive activities. To complete this unit, you will need to demonstrate that you are able to i
Furniture making - OHS
A learning resource about the Workplace health and safety procedures in the furniture making industry.
Follow basic food safety practices
This unit covers basic food safety practices including personal hygiene and
conduct when working in a food service environment. It describes the most basic level of
competence required by any person in any industry who directly handles
food.
Fabrics and equipment manual for the textile and clothing industry
The fabrics and equipment manual contains useful information about the tools, equipment and materials used in the textile and clothing industry.
Building the Brain: Exhibit Interactive Prototypes
The American Museum of Natural History announced Brain: The Inside Story, an amazing and stimulating exhibition that will give visitors a new perspective and insight into their own brains using imaginative art, vivid brain scan imaging, and thrilling interactive exhibits that will engage the whole family.
Watch as Helene Alonso, the Museum's Director of Exhibit Interactives and Media, discusses the process of building Brain's interactive elements and discover how new technologies are employed i
Persephone Miel Pulitzer Center-Internews Fellowship
Remarks from the Internews memorial service for Persephone Miel on October 20th in Washington, D.C. Pulitzer Center Executive Director Jon Sawyer and grantee Fatima Tlisova speak on the Persephone Miel fellowship that will help media professionals outside the United States report on their home countries and bring their work to a broader interational audience. The Penelope Miel Fellowship will be overseen by the Pulitzer Center in partnership with Internews.
2010 WASH Media Awards Ceremony
Out of more than 180 entries from 40 countries, nine journalists have been named the winners of the 2009/2010 WASH Media Awards.
The WASH Media Award initiative recognizes and supports the crucial role of the media in raising awareness of the importance of water, sanitation and hygiene services. It aims to help improve access to these services by having a positive influence on politicians, business persons, civil society representatives and individual citizens.
The initiative, first launched
'Science in Hollywood' by Carolyn Porco, AAI 2009
Carolyn Porco examines how science and scientists are portrayed in the film industry. She also explains how she interprets some of the stunning imagery taken by the Cassini mission to Saturn and the outer planets, which she oversees.
Download amazing Cassini images at:
http://ciclops.org
Find Cassini-inspired Star Trek Imagery -- the USS Enterprise and Saturn -- at:
http://diamondskyproductions.com/spotlight.php
Carolyn @ Twitter: http://twitter.com/carolynporco
Carolyn @ Facebook: http://www.
The Oil Spill's Other Victims (Science Bulletins)
http://amnh.org/rc10
Beyond oil-coated pelicans, the Gulf spill imperils many lesser-known species such as marsh grasses, seaweed, and deep-sea invertebrates. The latest Bio Bulletin from the Museum's Science Bulletins program highlights these unsung but critical components of Gulf ecosystems and features recent shoreline and surface oil maps from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). View the story in AMNH's Hall of Biodiversity until July 23, 2010 or online.
Science Bul
From the Headlines: Bed Bugs with Louis Sorkin
Louis Sorkin, a scientific assistant who has worked at the American Museum of Natural History for over 30 years, maintains a small colony of a few thousand bed bugs in four jars in his lab and has become a media expert on this group of animals.
Watch as Sorkin feeds the museum's collection of live bed bugs using his hands, and hear him discuss the breeding habits and misconceptions associated with the hot topic creatures.
Produced/edited by James Sims. For more information visit http://www.am
Big profits for Shell
Royal Dutch Shell beat all analyst forecasts with an 18% jump in third-quarter profits and is expected to set a trend for higher profits in the industry.
