Breakingviews: #Patents trending
April 19 - Richard Beales and Breakingviews columnists discuss Twitter's new engineer-friendly patent strategy and how it might cool down the tech sector's intellectual property wars.
A nice cup of tea - Russell Bowes
Garden historian Russell Bowes talks about the horticultural history of the tea bag, from its origins in the foothills of the Himalayas right through to the modern tea bag.
GAB with ALisa - Profiles: College of Southern Maryland Coach of the Year Alan Hoyt
MetroCast Channel 10's ALisa Casas interviews College of Southern Maryland men's basketball coach Alan Hoyt about being named Coach of the Year by the Maryland Junior College (MDJUCO) Athletic Coaches Association, after leading the Hawks to a 10-6 regular season record and fifth-place conference finish. To read more about Coach Hoyt, visit: http://www.csmd.edu/news/archive/2012/e715551b6963d0821a3eecab4247c024da8a5592.html
The University of Memphis minute for the week of April 20, 2012.
The University of Memphis minute for the week of April 20, 2012.
Visual Learning Bridge: Wholes and Equal Parts
In this animated video, students will learn the difference between equal and unequal parts. Students will easily understand the concrete and colorful visuals. This is a great resource to introduce and/or to review equal and unequal parts in the elementary classroom. (3:39)
Pete Seeger "Forever Young"
At 92 years old, Pete Seeger’s version of “Forever Young” by Bob Dylan. Hounded by the McCarthy anti-communists in the 1950′s, the grandfather of modern folk music.
Ironically, driving Pete Seeger underground spawned the interest of a whole generation in protest music, which helped to end the War in Vietnam and defined the 1960s rebellion.
Pete Seeger was a friend of Woody Guthrie and a major inspiration for
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Moodle 2.0 Lesson - part 2
This video shows you how to add question pages to your Moodle 2.0 lesson. It continues from the previous video, where we created a simple linear lesson of content pages. (03:02)
Finding Common Denominator
This selection teaches three ways to find a common denominator: see if the smaller denominator goes into the larger one, multiply the two denominators, or find the least common multiple. An example of each method is worked on an interactive white board. ( 3:07)
Human Prehistory 101: Epilogue
Final video in a series that introduces human prehistory, this video describes how when people started crossing oceans, genetic and cultural differences between people from different continents began fading. (02:46)
Japanese Body Language and Gestures Lesson 1
This 1:39 long video shows how body language can be used to help students understand how gestures can help them learn Japanese. A woman shows a gesture and explains its meaning. The gesture demonstrated means, " I'm Sorry."
Buoyancy Brainteasers (Interactive)
What will it take to make a floating toy sub sink to the bottom of a bathtub? You're sitting in a boat in a pool of water. With you in the boat is a large rock. You toss the rock overboard. Will the pool's water level rise, fall, or stay the same? Which way do you think a helium balloon inside an idling car will move when the driver puts the pedal to the metal? Put your understanding of the factors that influence an object's buoyancy to the test in this interactive brainteaser
Parts of Plants 2
Fry Phrases 4th Hundred
Article :: Creating Graphic Symbols in Adobe Fireworks CS6
In this excerpt from Adobe Fireworks Classroom in a Book, you will learn how to convert a simple logo graphic into a graphic symbol.
Caillou the Paleontologist (Interactive)
Discover what paleontologists do, find dinosaur bones and match each bone with the box containing the same shape. Assemble the dinosaur bones in a museum exhibit, and watch a short animated clip to see what the dinosaur looked like.
Toward Regulation of Nanomaterials: Cluster Discussion 3
Learn More: http://reilly.nd.edu/conference/nanomaterials
WOD 4-27 ratiocination
Learn To Tell Time--What is "Half Past" the Hour?
In this animated video, students will learn about "half past" the hour. Students will easily understand the clear and colorful visuals. They show what each time looks like at half past the hour. This is a great resource for the elementary classroom. (3:27)
Caillou the Gardner (Interactive)
Plant flowers, vegetable plants and trees in this interactive game. Water and prune your plants to make them grow and flourish.
