1.2.4 Stage 2: Find a way in It's easy to be distracted by the surface appearance of a diagram, but we are really interested in the underlying message. This is rather like the distinction made between the content and context reading of photographs. Once you are sure that you know what the main heading means, focus on a particular element and think it through. If it is a bar chart, for instance, pick on one of the bars and tell yourself what it represents, what it is telling you. Is it showing a percentage or a total? Wha
Introduction Children are subject to many forms of adversity, for example, poverty or ill health. However, a significant form of adversity experienced by children in many different regions of the world is violence. The form of violence against children varies widely and is hugely disparate. In this unit, the focus is on three different environments where children experience violence: at home, among peers at school and in the wider society (in the context of armed conflicts). The text considers the experie
Salt crystal
This grain of salt has been magnified. Magnification makes the salt grain look very different.
Extracting Charge from OPVs
By: icamp2012school Michael Chabinyc, University of California at Santa Barbara
Advanced Audio Blog S3 #13 - La Ciudad de los Reyes: The City of the Kings
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! You’ve made your way to Lima, and it seems that on almost every center of the bustling streets you see yet another museum. Your friend tells you that at one point, this was the most important city in South America, so it has lots of history to share. As you turn [...]
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
This slide show set to music briefly defines the multiple intelligences identified by Gardner. This video could be used to introduce the theory or for students to "see" their learning style. ( 3:06)
Working in PDF Portfolios
This video explains how to work in a PDF Portfolio in Acrobat X Pro.
Vision
De gedachtegang volgen in teksten over optische illusies.
Basics of the Viola
In this video a musician describes the differences between a violin and viola, identifies the parts and accessories of the viola, and plays a short piece. ( 5:00)
Olympic Torch
Leesoefening: Working to work
Na dit hoofdstuk kan je in officiële teksten over werken in het buitenland de gedachtegang volgen en specifieke informatie selecteren.
To whisk your way around
Specifieke informatie selecteren in een tekst over een whiskyschool
Lady Di against land mines
De media-aandacht voor beroemde personen kritisch belichten
SSPD_Chapter 6_Part 7_Device Simulation2
Bijay_Kumar Sharma
SSPD_Chapter 6_Part 7_Device Simulation 2 deal with the program for BJT simulation and generation of Ic-Vce family of curves. It gives the programming description of the structure and doping of […]
Introduction Life is full of risk. We encounter many uncalculated outcomes, some beneficial and others adverse. Businesses, especially in the financial context, often consider risk in terms of opportunities for gain. Risk in our context is a way of describing the probability and consequences of harm, or at worst a disaster. Risk management involves many stakeholders who can themselves influence the risks facing an organisation. Integrated management systems help ensure that safety, quality, environmental
Iran: War or Peace?
The Bush administration’s panic about failing in Iraq is now driving its fierce attitude toward Iran, according to Kenneth Pollack. President Bush’s 2007 State of the Union message hinted at exercising military force to deal with an Iran it accused of stoking up insurgency in Iraq. Pollack points out that historically
So Wrong for So Long: How the Press, the Pundits and the President Failed on Iraq
Greg Mitchell has found both comedy and tragedy in the shameless and near-universal complicity between the American press and the Bush Administration around the Iraq war and occupation. Mitchell’s amply documented account of the run-up to the invasion through the recent surge forms the basis of his new book, So Wro
4.4 Mechanisms that affect ageing of cells
This unit looks at two topics that are of immense worldwide social, economic, ethical, and political importance – ‘addiction’ and ‘neural ageing’. You will develop a Master's level approach to the study of specific issues within these two important subject areas.
