Best Practices Weekly--A New Key to Reading Comprehension
This teacher made video discusses research regarding reading comprehension. What is really behind reading comprehension especially for struggling readers and older readers? This research followed 3rd graders through 5th graders. Biggest difference between groups was in morphological awareness. This term means how words are put together and how they drive their meaning. This is a great professional development opportunity to improve reading instruction in the classroom. (6:42)
Using a Student-Friendly Rubric for Writing about Math
This teacher made video discusses research about using student friendly rubrics for writing about math. Teacher grades work using rubric and individual conferences to help students understand rubrics. This is a great professional development opportunity to improve math instruction and mastery in the classroom. (3:57)
Lesson 03 - One Minute Romanian
In lesson 3 of One Minute Romanian you will learn to say that you can speak a little Romanian. Remember - even a few phrases of a language can help you make friends and enjoy travel more. Find out more about One Minute Romanian at our website - http://www.oneminutelanguages.com. One Minute Romanian is brought to you by the Radio Lingua Network and is ©Copyright 2008.Author(s):
Lesson 05 - One Minute Romanian
In lesson 5 of One Minute Romanian you will learn to say that you're learning Romanian. Remember - even a few phrases of a language can help you make friends and enjoy travel more. Find out more about One Minute Romanian at our website - http://www.oneminutelanguages.com. One Minute Romanian is brought to you by the Radio Lingua Network and is ©Copyright 2008.Author(s):
22.05 Neutron Science and Reactor Physics (MIT)
This course introduces fundamental properties of the neutron. It covers reactions induced by neutrons, nuclear fission, slowing down of neutrons in infinite media, diffusion theory, the few-group approximation, point kinetics, and fission-product poisoning. We emphasize the nuclear physics basis of reactor design and its relationship to reactor engineering problems.
Ten Frames---How Many Chips?
This video shows chips in a ten frame and asks you to name how many chips are there and also how many blank spaces there are. This is a great resource to introduce and/or review ten frames in the elementary classroom. (2:43)
Alien Abduction Brain Teaser - Khan Academy
Saving Earth from becoming a mushroom farm. (16:59)
Cómo dibujar una estrella - en español
Resulta complicado dibujar una estrella a mano alzada, pero sigue estos pasos y te resultará más fácil. (1:09)
Paint by the Numbers
In this pencil and paper activity, learners work in pairs and simulate how astronomical spacecraft and computers create images of objects in space. Learners will discover the process of how light collected from a space object converts into binary data and reconverts into an image of the object. This lesson guide includes background information, tips, extensions, and blackline masters.
The Vowel Song (a e i o u) Â Â Short Vowels
A simple song and video to help practice short vowel sounds. Some of the three letter words formed are cat, bed, dog, and bus. This is a great resource to introduce and/or review short vowels in the early childhood classroom. (1:34)
How Many Fingers Do You Have? Â Counting to 10
A simple song and finger play to help practice numbers 1 - 10. This is a great resource to introduce and/or review number recognition in the early childhood classroom. (0:51)
The Concept Of Volume
This video lesson investigates the concept of volume as the amount of space that an object takes up. The host shows how various substances have the same volume even though they have different
masses. One activity shows water displacement. It explains a unit cube as a standard unit for measuring volume and demonstrates how to determine the volume of an object by finding out how many unit cubes it contains. (14:01)
Find the volume of a rectangular prism using unit cubes
This video lesson shows how to find the volume of a prism by packing it with unit cubes. At the end of the lesson, the instructor verifies that the packing method produces the same volume as the volume formula method. (2:19)
Journalist Austin Merrill: Ivory Coast War, Peace and Cocoa
Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/ivory-coast-civil-war-crimes-elections-conflict-militias-cocoa-farmers-alassane-ouattara-laurent-gbagbo
Writer Austin Merrill describes his history with Ivory Coast, why he chose to return, and some of the unfortunate surprises he found as he reported on the country's tentative post-war status.
While their intention was to document steps toward justice and reconciliation, Merrill and photographer Peter DiCampo saw more signs of bitter rivalry, woun
News #104 - Choose Your Own Way to Learn Spanish, Choose Your Own Spooky Savings
It’s no big secret – everyone has their own way of studying and learning Spanish. Some are visual learners, some are auditory and others combine several ways.
Do you just listen to lessons? Review with lesson notes? Or do you write down words and phrases and say them out loud until they’re natural? Tune in to [...]
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Otis Visiting Landscape Architect: Kevin Conger
The Otis Department of Architecture/Landscape/Interiors is proud to present a lecture by Kevin Conger.
Conger is one of three founding partners of CMG Landscape Architecture, a San Francisco-based studio. Mr. Conger serves as President and CEO of CMG, directing many of the firm's projects and developing a role in the Bay Area design community. His recent projects have included Better Market Street, the Yerba Buena Street Life Plan and redevelopment plans for Treasure Island, Hunters Point, an
Hans Rosling | Pickard Memorial Lecture
October 25, 2012
Sponsored by Harvard Statistics Department,
Harvard School of Public Health Biostatistics
Department, and The Harvard Foundation
