Mississippi Map
This National Geographic maps allows students to explore the relative location of places in Mississippi and Mississippi's relative location to other states.
What is a Recession?
This two minute video explains what a recession is, the basic economic terms, and the psychological factor that often fuels a recession. It moves very rapidly so the teacher should be prepared to stop the video at times to review terms. A list of terms would also be helpful. The three ways to handle a recession are mentioned as well.
Colts Neck Community Band - Pirates of the Caribbean
In this amateur video, the Colts Neck Community Band plays with NJ Youth Symphony Orchestra, theme from Pirates of the Caribbean. April 2, 2009. Colts Neck, NJ. (05:37)
HTML Basics (#9)
Most websites are written in HTML-hypertext markup Language. Web browsers understand this markup language of the web and allow the page to be shown. By knowing some of this language you can tweek your webpages.
Insect Collecting During the Day
Join entomologist Gary Hevel as he demonstrated insect collecting with a net and cyanide jar. He also looks for insects in the tree bark and logs and suggests that bug collecting takes a great deal of patience. Run time 06:41.
Insect Collecting at Night
Join entomologist Gary Hevel as he provides tips for collecting insects at night. Gary suggests looking for insects in tree bark, porch lights, commercial lights, and a technique called sugaring. Run time 03:11.
Collecting Insects Using Small Traps
In this video, entomologist Gary Hevel demonstrates how to make various small traps out of plastic cups and dishes to help collect insects. Run time 03:08.
General Bug Preparation for an Insect Collection
Entomologist Gary Hevel gives tips on how to prepare a bug for your insect collection. He explains the various ways to mount the insect on a foam board using pins. Run time 04:50.
An Introduction to Insect Collecting
Join entomologist Gary Hevel in this video as he helps you start an insect (bug) collection. Gary will show you the various equipment and supplies needed before starting the collection. Run time 02:40.
Spreading Winds of Butterflies and Moths
In this video, entomologist Gary Hevel explains how to spread the wings of butterflies and moths for an insect collection. He demonstrated how to mount them using pins, a spreading board, and tracing paper. Run time 06:09.
Red Wind Chapter One by Raymond Chandler (story reading)
This is great prose. If you want to read the rest it's here:
http://www.ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/chandler__red_wind__en.htm
I just barely squeezed it into 15 minutes. I'd read more stories if YouTube would let me upload pieces longer than 15 minutes. They let other people do this, but not me. I don't know why.
Newsmaker: George Soros
September 15, 2010 -- Chrystia Freeland interviews financier, businessman and notable philanthropist, George Soros, at NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City.
Newsmaker: Larry Summers
June 24, 2010 - Chrystia Freeland interviews Larry Summers at the Newseum in Washington, DC.
The Shenzhen Special Economic Zone
Landsat Thematic Mapper views Shenzhen, China, located on the Pearl River, in 1988, 1992, and 1995. The band combination used in these images is 432. To view related animations, please see animations 942, 1396, 1397, and 1398.
Police, demonstrators clash at Greek austerity protest
June 28 - Greek police clash with groups of hooded protesters outside of parliament in central Athens at the start of two days of strikes and protests against cuts demanded by international lenders as the price for more financial aid. Parliament is due to vote this week on a package of spending cuts, tax increases and privatizations. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
ART 328-01, Baroque Painting from Caravaggio to Rembrandt, Spring 2006
The course objective is to investigate European painting of the seventeenth century, a period normally called the Baroque. Students will be introduced to the major artists, subjects, and stylistic developments of the period, with an emphasis on Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and their followers. Additional emphasis will be placed on issues such as patronage, technique, the relationship of painting to sculpture and architecture, and recent discoveries and debates. The course will include visits to the Me
1.5.5 The modern day relationship
To set up a care relationship that works well is a delicate matter, whether you are at the giving or the receiving end. In this unit we explore the very varied meanings of care relationships and how these meanings arise. Millions of care relationships are going on as you read this, and each carries its own particular meanings for those involved. But where have all those people picked up their ideas of how to relate to each other? How does any of us know where to begin?
1.3.7 Models of adjustment
This unit looks at the way people identify and become attached to places, buildings and objects. It also analyses how this attachment can impact on personal well-being. Understanding this is important in assessing the care people of all ages need and how this care should be delivered.
Next steps
In this unit, you will be hearing and reading about the issues faced by people living in poverty in Britain in 2000. This is intended to give you an understanding of what poverty is like from the perspective of the people themselves, both in terms of the experience of living on a very low income, and some of the effects this has had on their lives. One of the biggest problems facing people living on a very low income is how to afford adequate heating.
MAS.836 Sensor Technologies for Interactive Environments (MIT)
This course is a broad introduction to a host of sensor technologies, illustrated by applications drawn from human-computer interfaces and ubiquitous computing. After extensively reviewing electronics for sensor signal conditioning, the lectures cover the principles and operation of a variety of sensor architectures and modalities, including pressure, strain, displacement, proximity, thermal, electric and magnetic field, optical, acoustic, RF, inertial, and bioelectric. Simple sensor processing
