Fun with Bernoulli
While we know there is air around us all the time, we normally do not notice the air pressure. The purpose of this is activity is to use Bernoulli's Principle to manipulate air pressure so we can see its influence on the objects around us.
Sleeping Beauty Invades Rat's Genome
Knockouts are not just for Mice anymore. Aron Geurts and Howard Jacob from the Medical College of Wisconsin talk about their plans for creating transgenic rats using the Sleeping beauty transposon. Coming out of work pioneered by Colin Bishop's lab, Geurts and Jacob describe how the Sleeping Beauty system can be used to make transgenic rats and their plans to make the phenotype data from these rats available via the MCW PGA website (http://pga.mcw.edu) and the strains themselves accessible via a
Protein interaction networks - Prof. Yin Liu
Inference of gene modules and protein interaction networks using using synthetic lethality method (e.g., Pan X et al, Cell 124 1069-1081, 2006) the yeast-two-hybrid method and homology with model organisms. Part of the Computer-Aided Discovery Methods course taught at Baylor College of Medicine.
TRMM Rainmap for September 1998: The Far East
Monthly average rainfall over the Far East for September 1998 as measured by TRMM. High rainfall rates are in red.
Not your everyday commuter
Op het einde van deze les kun je over een dialoog over pendelen via de Kanaaltunnel inhoudsvragen beantwoorden.
Reading, writing, vocabulary: The Pet detective
The student practices their reading and writing skills by describing a pet. At the end of this lesson he/she will be able to write a "missing pet poster" for a lost pet and will make use of the newly learned vocabulary.
Visible Pulse!
Developed for third grade. Line graph, individual tables for charting each person's pulse rate, and one large table for the entire class.
Biology In Elementary Schools is a Saint Michael's College student project. The teaching ideas on this page have been found, refined, and developed by students in a college-level course on the teaching of biology at the elementary level. Unless otherwise noted, the lesson plans have been tried at least once by students from our partner schools. This wiki has
Touch N' Feel Box
Developed for first grade. Students will describe objects using their sense of touch and then pick out an identical object on the table.
Biology In Elementary Schools is a Saint Michael's College student project. The teaching ideas on this page have been found, refined, and developed by students in a college-level course on the teaching of biology at the elementary level. Unless otherwise noted, the lesson plans have been tried at least once by students from our partner schools. This wiki has b
Pump it up
Developed for third and fourth grade. There will be a sheep heart available for the students to look at, so that they can see the different parts of the heart. It will be used to describe the process involved when the heart pumps blood to the rest of the body. Students will be taught how to take his or her pulse. They will then be comparing their pulses at rest to their pulse after doing several different activities. After recording their findings on a data table (see Figure 1), they will graph
Introduction to Innovation Management
The course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of how innovative activities of a firm are managed. Broadly defined, innovation is a new product, process, or idea that is available for adoption, use, or consumption. Innovation management deals with generating and screening new product/process ideas or concepts, transforming these ideas or concepts into products, processes, or services that are useful for one or more target markets, and developing strategies and tactics that
Not in Our Town Northern California: Summer of Hate - Redding and Sacramento, CA
"Not In Our Town Northern California: When Hate Happens Here" looks at five communities that are dealing with hate violence. This Educator Guide addresses events that took place in Sacramento and Redding, California. In a three-week period in the summer of 1999, three synagogues in Sacramento were fire-bombed, and a prominent gay couple in Redding was murdered. This guide includes discussion ideas and activities related to hate crimes.
Not in Our Town Northern California: Staging a Response to Hate - Newark, CA
"Not In Our Town Northern California: When Hate Happens Here" looks at five communities that are dealing with hate violence. This Educator Guide addresses events that took place in Newark. Students from Memorial High School were planning a presentation of "The Laramie Project" for their fall play when they learned that one of their peers, a transgender student, had been murdered in a crime similar to the one they were exploring on stage. This Guide includes discussion ideas and activities relate
Agricultural and Urban Revolutions
What do historians know about the earliest farmers and herders, and the evolution of cities? Newly emerging evidence about the “cradles of civilization” is examined in light of the social, technological, and cultural complexity of recently discovered settlements and cities. (28:35)
Inflation explained:Supply and Demand
Inflation and unemployment rate is explained to some extend in this cartoonish, five minute video. No narration. Graphics carry the weight of the presentation. The real point is supply and demand. Teachers should review the video carefully so that the students don't become confused between the two terms. A good introduction with proper explanation.
Exercice 4 (Dénombrement) [05284]
Exo7. Exercices de mathématiques pour les étudiants.
Bonus (Ã 2'38'') : exercices.
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Exercice 5 (Dénombrement) [00239]
Exo7. Exercices de mathématiques pour les étudiants.
Bonus (à 4'14'') : poker, probabilité d'avoir un carré, un full,...
... (plus d'infos)
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Exercice 6 (Dénombrement) [02912]
Exo7. Exercices de mathématiques pour les étudiants.
Dénombrement d'applications et de bijections.
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Bonus (Ã 4'21'') : nombre d'applications (de bijections, d'injections)
d'un ensemble fini vers un autre.
Compare Human-made Objects with Natural Objects
In small groups, students will experiment and observe the similarities and differences between human-made objects and nature. The students will compare the function and structure of hollow bones with drinking straws, bird beaks, tool pliers, bat wings and airplane wings. A classroom discussion can be held to discuss similarities and differences that were observed along with follow up assessment activities such as journal writing and Venn diagrams.
2.6.2 Cohere
The power of graphics should not the underestimated. They can express information clearly and simply. This unit will help you to assess which style of graphic to use in different situations.
2.4.2 A systems map
The power of graphics should not the underestimated. They can express information clearly and simply. This unit will help you to assess which style of graphic to use in different situations.
