Understanding the Nucleus, Part 1 of 2
In this seven-minute video the viewer will learn about the Rutherford Experiment and the nucleus of the atom. Sometimes the instructor is in the upper right-hand corner with information filling up the rest of the screen.
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GPS on the Move
During a scavenger hunt and an art project, students learn how to use a handheld GPS receiver for personal navigation. Teachers can request assistance from the Institute of Navigation to find nearby members with experience in using GPS and in locating receivers to use.
Author(s): Janet Yowell,Malinda Schaefer Zarske,Matt Lundberg

Shanta Driver, Alan Foutz: Political Science Colloquium Fall 2007
Affirmative Action - Shanta Driver, Alan Foutz. Guest speaker at Political Science 179: Undergraduate Colloquium on Political Science - Fall 2007. Political issues facing the state of California, the United States, or the international community.
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Studying the Changes of Ice on Earth, 2/2
Studying the Changes of Ice on Earth, Part 2/2 - Learn about why the research team in Antarctica is taking samples of ice. (05:32)
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ESD.801 Leadership Development (MIT)
Students in ESD.801 Leadership Development work in a seminar environment to develop leadership capabilities. Readings, assignments and class discussion explore the topics covered in this class. In addition, students participate in an Outward Bound experience and participate in "leadership lunches" with global leaders.

Mark Behrens
Professor Mark Behrens reviews in more detail and touches on key elements of his research that the students in video (Student Presentation #5) discussed. In describing his work, Behrens offered "think of looking through color filters." The filters eliminate any unnecessary or unforeseeable data, and when you combine all the filters together, the yield reveals amazing overlaps and patterns.
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Wall St. hopes for last minute deal
July 25 - Stock prices fell, bond yields rose and gold hit a record high, but the market's response to the threat of a U.S. default or credit downgrade was not as severe as feared. Conway G. Gittens reports.
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Dead Man Walking
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Mars Flyover based on MOLA Data for the Carl Sagan Lecture
This visualization of the topography of Mars was created for Maria Zubers Carl Sagan Lecture. The camera flies over several areas of interest. The south pole, Tharsis Rise, the north pole, and Valles Marineris. This animation was created using Maya and Renderman, using MOLA Topography data. The colors represent height - dark blue is about 8km deep and white is over 14km high (as measured from an arbitrary location picked as sea-level).
Author(s): Greg Shirah,Maria Zuber

7.2.4 Trap 4: words and wordiness

I have seen some effective rich pictures with lots of words in them but they are quite rare in my experience. More often, lots of words make the rich picture less rich. Part of the later use of a rich picture might include looking for patterns. Words inhibit your ability to spot patterns.

If you do use speech bubbles, use what people say, not your interpretation, unless the bubble is about some general attitude. Examples might be ‘Aaagh!’, ‘Help!’, ‘Oops!’ –
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