Addiction and the Brain
Learn about the structure of the human brain and how it is affected by drugs of abuse.
Article :: Real World Camera Raw: Digital Image Anatomy
Jeff Schewe describes the anatomy of a digital image, including pixels, resolution, bit depth, dynamic range, color, and gamma and tone mapping.
VUCast: First breath, first look, first day!
Having a baby is all about handling the unknowns; go inside a new reality TV series focusing on baby’s first day. Plus, get on the field with ‘Dores baseball coach Tim Corbin, and snazzy new digs are coming for Vandy students.
Projectile Motion
Learn what a parabolic path is. Discover why a vector analysis of motion is useful. Learn how to do simple vector sums.
NTC readies to take Sirte
Sept 19 - Hundreds of families flee city of Sirte in Libya as National Transitional Council forces prepare another offensive. Jessica Gray reports.
City of Wheeling
This is a section taken from the listed photograph.
Documentary about Peabody College airs on NPT Nov. 3
Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development celebrated its 225th anniversary last year. A new documentary on Nashville Public Television will celebrate that milestone. Paying the Debt: A History of Vanderbilt Peabody College airs at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, on NPT. Narrated by Tony Award-winning actor Brian Dennehy (Broadway’s Death of a Salesman,keep reading »
Science as a verb
Inquiry science requires active relationships between students, teachers, and science. Building these relationships is a three-step process that involves thinking about inquiry as a process of science, as a pedagogical strategy, and as a set of skills and behaviors to encourage in students.
Discuss it with discussion boards and forums
This "Teacher Time Saver" looks at free tools for creating Web-based discussions.
Consider the source
Information is everywhere -- especially in the presence of the Internet. It's hard enough for adults to make sure that information is valid, but it's even harder for students to make that judgment. Here are some suggestions for helping students learn to recognize bad information when they see it.
Alternative discussion formats: the talk show
The talk show is a format with which students are already familiar, and it provides the structure for a great discussion.
Reading comprehension: What works?
Teach reading comprehension in the elementary grades with flexible strategies that connect reading to the real world, promote independence, and keep students engaged.
East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam
Photographs and text tell the story of the Cham and Khmer cultures of southern Vietnam and Cambodia, including a look at Angkor Wat and other great temples and cities.
Writing for the web
Why teachers need to think about how they communicate on the web.
Communicating information and ideas: A philosophy of writing
Many kinds of writing can be adapted for the web, but it's important to know what you're trying to communicate.
Reading picture books
Two strategies for helping children understand a story through illustrations.
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Sewage-tracker gets to the bottom of waste disposal
Nov. 4 - A Polish water company wants local residents to become more environmentally aware by learning about the local sewage network, so it has developed a smart-phone application that shows them the route, time and speed their 'delivery' takes from the toilet to the local sewage system. Jim Drury reports.
ISS Update - Nov. 13, 2012
The International Space Station video update for Nov. 13, 2012.
