How to Write an Introduction Paragraph for Your Essay
This is an essay introduction formula for academic writing using the three-part funnel approach: grab attention, bridge to thesis, present thesis. Presented by Michelle Bowman of the Effective Writing Center, University of Maryland University College.
How to Write an Introduction for an Essay
Learn how to write an introduction for an essay in this clip. A writing instructor gives tips on how to write the introduction of an essay.
Writing Good Essays, Part 5
This is the fifth installment of this video lecture series about writing good essays. In this segment, Mr. Page discusses the introduction and the body. At approximately 3:14, the lecturer shows how information is organized in an essay. The lecturer appears on the right side while images and information appears on the left. (05:55) The sound quality could be better.
Ancient Greek Tragedy
Unit #2 - Section 9 - Ancient Greek Tragedy. Video lecture for "Introduction to Theatre." Tragedy, Comedy and Saytr plays were the 3 types of plays. Tragedy means "goat song" and was the most popular of the plays.
Black-body Radiation
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Atoms and Heat II
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Asymptetic Cost
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Elgar Cello Concerto, 1st mvmt played by Yo-Yo Ma
This concerto was composed in 1919 and is considered to be a conersone of cello repetoire. This is a live 1997 performance of Yo-Yo Ma with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on stage at Carnegie Hall. Their is a brief, narrated introduction at the beginning.
The Harlem Renaissance Music
This short film, is an introduction to an interdisciplinary unit on the
Music, Art, and Literature of the Harlem Renaissance. The video begins with the introduction of slavery to the colonies through Obama becoming president. It then focuses on the flowering of African American cultural and intellectual life during the 1920s and 1930s through art, music, and literature. Different performancers are highlighted-information is given in text and images shown. (9:54)
Introduction to Global Markets
This course is an introductory course that examines country's business markets, especially in FTA relations with Korea. The course introduces the basic country profile in perspective of international trade and business. After taking the course, students will have the ability to develop global business while improving communication skills in foreign markets
Body Parts
Introduction to the body parts for children to learn about head, eyes, nose, ear, mouth, hands, legs, stomach, neck, heart, arm, fingers, thumb, foot, and feet. Run time 13:00.
Understanding Logical Statements, Part 2 of 5
Sal Khan continues his discussion using the same statement as the last video in this series, but adds a different logic problem to solve: "Identify the hypothesis and conclusion of the following statement, and determine whether the statement is always, sometimes, or never true." In this video, Sal offers an introduction to understanding mathematical logic statements. Sal uses the Paint Program (with different colors) to illustrate his points. (06:43)
Short Story - Setting, Plot, Character
Just a brief introduction to setting, plot, and character. With pirates and ninjas.
Lecture 10 (of 16) | Introduction to Robotics
Though this is an entry-level university course, there may be high school students who desire to enter into the field of Robotics, and this course may inspire them.
Lecture by Professor Oussama Khatib for Introduction to Robotics (CS223A) in the Stanford Computer Science Department.
Guest lecturer Krasimir Kolarov (co-writer of the lecture notes along with Professor Khatib) presents Trajectory Generation.
CS223A is an introduction to robot
Lecture 12 (of 16) | Introduction to Robotics
Though this is an entry-level university course, there may be high school students who desire to enter into the field of Robotics, and this course may inspire them.
Lecture by Professor Oussama Khatib for Introduction to Robotics (CS223A) in the Stanford Computer Science Department.
Professor Khatib shows a short video on An Innovative Space Rover with Extended Climbing Abilities, then continues his lecture on Dynamics.
CS223A is an introd
Lecture 14 (of 16) | Introduction to Robotics
Though this is an entry-level university course, there may be high school students who desire to enter into the field of Robotics, and this course may inspire them.
Lecture by Professor Oussama Khatib for Introduction to Robotics (CS223A) in the Stanford Computer Science Department.
In this segment, Professor Khatib shows a short video on A Finger-Shaped Tactile Sensor Using An Optical Waveguide, then lectures on Robot control and the one degree of freedom.
Lecture 16 (of 16) | Introduction to Robotics
Though this is an entry-level university course, there may be high school students who desire to enter into the field of Robotics, and this course may inspire them.
Lecture by Professor Oussama Khatib for Introduction to Robotics (CS223A) in the Stanford Computer Science Department.
For the last meeting of the quarter, Professor Khatib shows a short video on PUMA robots demonstrating compliant motion and force control, lectures on Compliance, and shows the clas
Understanding Societies
Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free educational resources for the course "Understanding Societies" in the Department of Sociology. Sociology is the science – and the art – of understanding social relationships, human behavior, and the society that we live in. As a comprehensive introduction to the discipline, the goals of Understanding Societies are to stimulate your fascination with sociology and to encourage you to recognize sociology’s practical value, as well as its unique pers
Nanotechnology 501 Lecture Series
Welcome to the Nanotechnology 501, a series of lectures designed to provide an introduction to nanotechnology.
Introduction To Algebra
This 11:25 video uses many "notes" to help students. This video should be stopped several times so students can discuss the contents. A good video for an introduction to Algebra, but it does cover too much for one session.













