The Battle of Oriskany: Blood Shed a Stream Running Down
tells how long-standing prejudices and the Revolutionary War unleashed massive bloodshed among inhabitants of New York's Mohawk Valley. Located in rich farmland and at a strategic point in a fur trade route, the valley had been settled by European immigrants who had prospered from productive farms and lucrative trade. As war broke out, everyone had to choose sides: Rebel or Tory. It was not easy for many. Five hundred years of unity among the Six Nations was broken.
A Deeper Look Into Seeds
Developed for second grade. Students will: use their sense of touch and sight to discover differences between several types of seeds; discuss why seeds come in different shapes and sizes; make connections between art and science; discuss the growth process of a seed; discuss how different seeds are used in different products.
Biology In Elementary Schools is a Saint Michael's College student project. The teaching ideas on this page have been found, refined, and developed by students in a colleg
Processes of Research and Engagement , Spring 2007
In this course, students identify issues in educational or other professional settings on which to focus their critical and creative thinking skills. Each student works through the different stages of research and action - from defining a manageable project to communicating findings and plans for further work. Supervision is provided when the student's research centers on new teaching practices, workshops in the community, or volunteer. The classes run as workshops in which students are introduc
15.875 Applications of System Dynamics (MIT)
15.875 is a project-based course that explores how organizations can use system dynamics to achieve important goals. In small groups, students learn modeling and consulting skills by working on a term-long project with real-life managers. A diverse set of businesses and organizations sponsor class projects, from start-ups to the Fortune 500. The course focuses on gaining practical insight from the system dynamics process, and appeals to people interested in system dynamics, consulting, or manage
MAS.845 Special Topics in Cinematic Storytelling (MIT)
This seminar explores approaches to representation for distributed cinematic storytelling. The relationship between story creation and story appreciation is analyzed. Readings are drawn from literary and cinematic criticism, as well as from descriptions of interactive, distributed works. Students analyze a range of storytelling techniques; they develop a proposal using visualization techniques; and they prototype a working story experience, culminating in a final project displayed at the end of
Asia Climate Change Policy Forum - Session 02
Asia Climate Change Policy Forum at The Australian National University on 27 October 2010. Session 02Perspectives on the International Climate Change Regime (continued)
Stephen Howes
Director, International & Development Economics, Crawford School of Economics & Government, ANU.
Mutsuyoshi Nishimura
Special Adviser to the Cabinet, Government of Japan.
Eka Melisa
Vice Chair, Working Group on International Negotiation, National Council on Climate Change, Government of Indonesia.
Tae Yong Jung
Introduction to OO Programming in Java - Making Decisions
This reading material forms part of the "Making Decisions" topic in the Introduction to OO Programming in Java module.
CritiqueIt
Users can post a document and then invite others to critique their work.
Utopia Discussion Lesson Plan for high school students
This lesson plan is designed to have a discussion about Utopia and to have high school students create their meaning of what Utopia is to them.
Regents Review Questions Bank
This is a website with a ton of Living Environment regents questions taken from past exams. The questions are split up into two categories: interactive, which lets you select the answer and explains the correct answer; and topical archive, which only provide the questions. With over 30 different topics, divided up by different hyperlinks, it enables students a great resource of practice without being in the classroom.
Motion in Two Dimensions - Grade 12
Rory Adams,
Free High School Science Texts Project,
Heather Williams
Author(s):
The Art of the PFUG
Steven J. Cox
These modules capture the broad array of activities conducted by vertically integrated research groups comprised of member of the Mathematics, Statistics, and Computational and Applied […]
SADC - Supporting Distance Learners Course
<p>Conducting a workshop on Saide's Supporting Distance Learners in the 21st Century for a selected group of participants on behalf of SADC Centre for Distance Education.</p>
Biodiversity Consortium : Measuring Ecological Diversity 4 : Sampling Spatial Diversity
This package looks at the spatial scales of diversity, i.e. point, alpha, beta, gamma and epsilon as well as looking at turnover diversity.
Biodiversity Consortium image collection
This is a set of images taken from the Biodiversity Consortium's suite of teaching and learning resources, primarily consisting of images of the large mammals of Kruger National Park, in particular, the large ungulates occurring within the park. These images are hosted in the UK Centre for Bioscience's ImageBank.
Biodiversity Consortium_KrugerWorld_ORP_1_raw_data
Raw data for a mammalian census of Kruger National Park, separated into habitat. Data can be uploaded to excel for statistical analysis. Also contains background information on biodiversity indices and models. Web pages which should run on any pc / mac / VLE with javascript enabled
Biodiversity in an Urban Nature Reserve
A PowerPoint presentation illustrating the mammal, bird, amphibian and other diversity of Possil Marsh Nature Reserve in Glasgow. Designed to be used alongside a PowerPoint presentation on the habitats of the nature reserve and a PDF providing background information. Together they provide a case study illustrating the potentially varied biodiversity that can be retained by an urban nature reserve and show the characteristics of the habitats within which that biodiversity is found.
Habitats of an Urban Nature Reserve
A PowerPoint presentation illustrating the habitat types found within Possil Marsh Nature Reserve in Glasgow. Designed to be used alongside a PowerPoint presentation on the biodiversity of the nature reserve and a PDF providing background information. Together they provide a case study illustrating the potentially varied habitats that can be retained by an urban nature reserve and show the characteristics of the biodiversity that can be found within such an area.
Jacksons Chameleons - Breeding Pair
Editing Metadata in JorumOpen
How to add the UKOER tag to resources already deposited in JorumOpen.
