Water Power
Students observe a model waterwheel to investigate the transformations of energy involved in turning the blades of a hydro-turbine. Students work as engineers to create model waterwheels while considering resources such as time and materials, in their design. Students also discuss and explore the characteristics of hydropower plants.
Wind Power
In this activity, students develop an understanding of how engineers use wind to generate electricity. They will build a model anemometer to better understand and measure wind speed.
Solar Power
In this activity, students learn how engineers use solar energy to heat buildings by investigating the thermal storage properties of some common materials: sand, salt, water and shredded paper. Students then evaluate the usefulness of each material as a thermal storage material to be used as the thermal mass in a passive solar building.
International Multilateral Negotiation
The seminar focuses on negotiated decision-making in multilateral settings. It will survey process issues such as: the differences between bilateral and multilateral negotiations, the particular problems of negotiations involving a very large number of parties, the complexities of issue-linkage, managed negotiation processes, the role of coalitions, conference diplomacy, treaty negotiations, knowledge in negotiation, etc. These topics will be discussed in the context of case studies dealing with
The Impact of International and Supranational Organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo
GRCC Peace Conference Panel Presentation entitled: The Impact of International and Supranational Organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Independence Hall: International Symbol of Freedom
recounts the history of the building in Philadelphia where the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence and where, a decade later, delegates to the Philadelphia Convention formulated the Constitution: the Pennsylvania State House. The Pennsylvania Assembly, which had been meeting ...
Power, Work and the Waterwheel
Waterwheels are devices that generate power and do work. Students construct a waterwheel using two-liter bottles, dowel rods and index cards, and calculate the power created and work done by them.
Potato Power
Students use potatoes to light an LED clock (or light bulb) as they learn how a battery works in a simple circuit and how chemical energy changes to electrical energy. As they learn more about electrical energy, they better understand the concepts of voltage, current and resistance.
Wind Power!
Students learn how engineers transform wind energy into electrical energy by building their own miniature wind turbines and measuring the electrical current it produces. They explore how design and position affect the electrical energy production.
Power to the People
Students read and evaluate descriptions of how people live “off the grid” using solar power and come to understand better the degree to which that lifestyle is or is not truly independent of technological, economic and cultural infrastructure and resources. In the process, students develop a deeper appreciation of the meaning of “community” and the need for human connection. This activity is geared towards fifth-grade and older students and Internet research capabilities are required. Po
African Politics, International Development, Democratization, and the Role of Women
GRCC Peace Conference Presentation entitled: African Politics, International Development, Democratization, and the Role of Women
Presented By: Dr. Virginia Beard
International Media Flows: Global Media and Culture
Ian Condry introduces five graduates of the Comparative Media Studies Program—Aswin Punathambekar, Xiaochang Li, Jing Wang, Orit Kuritsky, Ana Domb —in this final panel, who share their views and experiences about the international/global dimension of the program.
‘Comparative’ can be interpr
The rise of international environmental law: a Canadian perspective
Presentation and discussion with Paul Cassidy, senior partner in the national law firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon's Environmental Law Group in Vancouver.
September 16, 2010
Although increasing worries about climate change and water and air quality concerns around the world seem to make political borders irrelevant, environmental laws in Canada and elsewhere have traditionally had a distinct domestic flavour, focusing on purely locals aspects of these issues. However, recent experiences with tr
Staying Power: Six Enduring Principles for Managing Strategy & Innovation in an Uncertain World
This is an overview of Professor Cusumano's new book Staying Power: Six Enduring Principles for Managing Strategy and Innovation in an Uncertain World|, prepared for the 2009 Oxford Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies. The focus is on how managers can tackle the simultaneous challenge of "innovation and commoditization" in markets often subject to unpredictable change and disruption. Professor Cusumano positions each principle against other concepts associated with 'best practices' and comp
The Role of International and Supranational Organizations in Areas of Conflict
GRCC Peace Conference Panel Presentation entitled: The Role of International and Supranational Organizations in Areas of Conflict
2010 Nobel Laureates Documentary Trailer
• Nobel Laureates 2010 is a 56 minute documentary that explores the lives and careers of this year's Nobel Laureates who have been awarded the highest honour in their respective fields. From Japan to Peru, Spain, America and the Philippines, the film takes us all over the world, interviewing extraordinary people as diverse as the Peruvian Literature Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa and one of the youngest Physics Laureates, 36 year old Russian born Konstantin Novoselov. Filmed on location in their
CNIPsy 2010 Marseille - De la psychiatrie à la sexologie : un parcours atypique.
CNIPsy 2010 Marseille : 7ème Congrès National des Internes en Psychiatrie (CNIPsy).
Thème : «Mauvais genre»
Session : Sexualité et psychiatrie : un mélange des genres.
Modérateur : Pr Dominique PRINGUEY, Sandrine DYE
Titre : CNIPsy 2010 Marseille - De la psychiatrie à la sexologie : un parcours atypique.
Auteur : Mireille BONIERBALE (psychiatre, sexologue, rédactrice en Chef de Sexologies : Revue Européenne de Santé sexuelle, coordonnatrice de l'Uni
Patients and Populations: Medical Decision-Making Power of the Pen What is a power series?
Students will create petitions addressing their biggest concern relating to tobacco globally.
This is an introduction to power series, how to calculate them and how to find their radius of convergence. Many examples are presented to illustrate the ideas. These concepts are seen in university mathematics.
