Public Lands: America's Largest Classroom
Are you looking for new ways to increase your students' interest and achievement in science, mathematics, and reading? Is student motivation suffering in your classroom? Why not consider taking your teaching outside? Studies have shown that using the environment as a learning tool not only increases student achievement but also helps students develop lifelong learning skills and a greater sense of respect and responsibility.
If this approach sounds intriguing, consider the Hands on the Land prog
Soil Change Guide - Procedures for Soil Survey and Resource Inventory
This Guide is designed for soil survey, vegetation, and ecological site or unit inventory work in order to help soil scientists and other inventory specialists collect interpretable data about soil change within the human time scale. This Guide describes a sampling system to measure dynamic soil properties for all major land uses (except urban lands where the land and soil have been significantly reshaped). The Guide includes instructions for project planning, field execution, and data analysis
Tim Noakes - The body is willing but the mind is weak. Or is it the other way around?
On Thursday 8 October the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA) Great Texts Big Questions lecturer will be Professor Tim Noakes who will address "The body is willing but the mind is weak Or is it the other way around." The suggested reading is "Muscular Movement in Man The factors governing speed and recovery from fatigue" by AV Hill (1927). Noakes cofounder of the Sports Science Institute of SA author respected academic and A 1 rated scientist. He has long been acknowledged
George Ellis on The Nature of the Physical World
On Thursday 17 September the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts GIPCA Great Texts Big Questions lecture will present an opportunity to hear one of the worlds leading cosmologists discuss the way scientific and everyday views of the nature of things relate to each other. How do relativity theory quantum theory and cosmological theory change our views of the world and the universe? How do they relate to every day life? George Ellis Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University
La Cité de Dieu, après-demain ? (video)
Quand Rome est mise à sac le 24 août 410, des voix se lèvent s’interrogeant sur les raisons d’un tel désastre et sur le devenir de Rome. Demain qu’adviendra t-il de la Roma aeterna ? Déconcerté par ce pillage et soucieux d’éclairer les jugements, Saint Augustin décide alors de mener à bien son projet déjà ancien de composer une fresque théologique.
Il compose ainsi La cité de Dieu, œuvre qui oppose la cité terrestre et la cité céleste et qui
Une nouvelle théorie du cancer (audio)
Conférence publique proposant une vision darwinienne des processus de différenciation cellulaire pouvant rendre compte du phénomène de tumorisation.
La conférence a été donnée à l'Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 dans le cadre du cycle de conférences "L'invité du Mercredi" / Saison 2005-2006 sur le thème "L'espoir". Service culturel Université Victor Segalen de Bordeaux 2 /
Enquête scientifique sur « le génie » des artistes - Jean Pierre Mohen (video)
Une conférence de l'UTLS au lycée
Enquête scientifique sur « le génie » des artistes
Lycée Maurice Ravel (64480 Saint-Jean de luz)
Avec Jean Pierre Mohen (Directeur de la rénovation du Musée de l’homme)
Partenariat Région Aquitaine
Big Screen Keys Tutorial
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'GlyphSea': A New Way to Visualize Vector Data
Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and other organizations within the University of California, San Diego, have developed a novel way to encode and display vector data that clearly shows magnitude and direction. This new visualization technique may help seismologists to accurately analyze ground movements for an earthquake, measure magnetic turbulence in deep space, or allow medical researchers to study areas such as blood flow and nutrient absorption.
Making Trouble, Making Babies What Limits on IVF
Coverage of the 2010 Pediatric Bioethics Conference continues with Jeff Ecker, Associate Professor of Obstetrics Harvard Medical School, as he recounts the story of the California octuplets and ethics implications. Then a panel discussion on issues that arise prior to birth includes speakers Mark Mercurio, MA Director of Yale Pediatric Ethics Program, Norman Fost, MPH Director, Program in Bioethics, University of Wisconsin who discuss illegal and prescribed drug use. Elena Gates, Professor and V
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Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Mayland Chang, a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame, has received a grant from NFL Charities to design and develop therapeutics for the treatment of traumatic brain injury. Learn More:http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/17898
How Much Does Good Management Matter? Evidence From India.
The quality of management varies significantly across countries, with less developed countries featuring a large share of poorly managed firms. In a field experiment we explore why so many Indian firms are poorly managed, whether this can be improved and what the effect of better management is on performance. We find strong positive results.
Banking Crisis Hits America
Following the Wall Street Crash of 1929, thousands of banks collapsed
when depositors demanded their money back, money the speculating banks no longer have is the subject of this 2:50 video. The lacks of confidence by depositors created a "run on the bank" and a financial crisis developed. This resulted in legislation to make sure this did not happen again due to an insurance program that the president, Franklin Roosevelt, passed into law. Let this video run and another one starts that hel
TED415 Session 2 Spring 2011
TED415 Multicultural Education Session 2 01/30/2011 Jeff Miller
Conservation and Bio-Diversity
Dr. Richard Field research interests lie in conservation, biodiversity and the forces that structure ecological communities.
In this podcast, Dr Field from the School of Geography compares and contrasts his experiences as a researcher in national parks in Honduras and Indonesia, and the different types of ecological communities he has studied, and goes on to introduce t
Dr Richard Field
Orchestrating cell separation in plants: What are the risks and benefits?
In this podcast, Professor Roberts from the School of Biosciences discusses his research into the mechanism responsible for regulating cell separation in plants. In particular how plants ‘shed’ parts of themselves such as leaves or fruit. Professor Roberts explores the potential application of his research, through prevention or encouraging of the ‘shedding’ proces
Professor Jerry Roberts
Joining forces for good
In this podcast Rev. David Burrell - Hesburgh Professor Emeritus in Philosophy and Theology at the University of Notre Dame - talks about his astonishing career and work in the field of comparative theological study.
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Could inter-religious approaches help resolve the situation in the Middle East?
Distance learning material
The materials provided are taken from three postgraduate modules which students study as part of the School's distance learning MA degree programmes in 'Literary Linguistics', 'Applied Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching' and 'Modern English Language'.
Our courses generally consist of 10 units which cover the key areas of study within particular disciplines, in conjunction with material documenting the latest developments within each field. The 'Descriptive Lingu
