Using Popcorn to Simulate Radioactive Decay
In this activity popping popcorn is used to illustrate the spontaneity, unpredictability, and irreversible change associated with radioactive decay. This site provides notes and tips, a list of teaching materials and methods, and links to related online resources.
McNamara's Whiz Kid
Alain Enthoven, an MIT economist, was the country's first assistant secretary of defense for systems analysis from 1965 to 1969. In this video segment, Enthoven recounts how public interpretation of 'flexible response' strategy ran counter to both the administration's overriding goal-to prevent nuclear war-and its bottom line: that nuclear war is unwinnable. In his interview conducted for War and Peace in the Nuclear Age: 'The Education of Robert McNamara,' Enthoven sets the stage for the missil
Land in front of J. W. Hall's farm house in Calhoun County, Alabama
Caption: "Landscape before improvement, J. W. Hall. Calhoun Co." April 1928.,JPEG from black-and-white photograph
Hand pump and tank belonging to the Rickard family
Caption: "Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Rickard, hand pump and tank. Russellville, Franklin Co., AL." August 19, 1926.,JPEG image from black-and-white photograph.
Lewis family cotton patches, Marengo County
Caption: "Melton Lewis, club boy, stands in his cotton patch to left; County Agent J.L. Lawson stands in Lewis's father's patch. Marengo Co.",JPEG image from black-and-white photograph.
Cotton field in Slocomb, Alabama
Caption: "L to R: H.B. Helms and M. H. Pearson in cotton field. Slocomb, AL. Geneva Co.",JPEG image from black-and-white photograph.
Cultivating cotton in Autauga County
Caption: "Judge Williams cultivating cotton on Alexander Bros. farm. Autauga Co.",JPEG image from black-and-white photograph.
Windows Into Wonderland - Yellowstone Electronic Field Trips
The geysers and hot springs of Yellowstone are surface manifestations of larger geological processes—the study of which has attracted scientists for more than 100 years. This 55 minute interactive program discusses how early studies were conducted in the park and illustrates that scientific research is an ongoing process. Students will learn how research methods change with technological advances and examine current investigations into the geologic forces of the vast living laboratory of Yello
Ongoing assessment strategies for writing
Making final assessment easier by helping students improve the quality of their writing along the way.
Observing other teachers
Learning from other teachers is an important means of professional development. Here are some suggestions for observing successful teachers in your school, in other schools, and on the web.
Real-world approaches to reading
Techniques for providing children with the literacy-rich environment that is crucial to both reading and writing success.
Ivy Day 1902, Pomona College
Pomona College seniors of the class of 1902 process in cap and gown towards Pearsons Hall. (Ivy Chapel Day was traditionally held as part of commencement week.)
Les aliments de demain - Gérard Pascal (audio)
Conférence du 29 février 2000 par Gérard Pascal.
Certains annonçaient il y a quelques décennies l'alimentation future sous forme de pilules. Il n'en a rien été et il n'en sera rien. C'est à partir du progrès rapide des connaissances scientifiques, des innovations technologiques et de la perception par le consommateur du rôle de l'alimentation, que l'on peut tenter de faire des prévisions à court terme. L'alimentation est un facteur d'environnement qui peut non seulemen
A snow leopard
Snow leopards are endangered because their bones are often used in traditional Asian medicine. Also, their habitat has been damaged and snow leopards sometimes attack herds of goats and sheep for food. The owners of these animals want to kill the snow leopards so they don't keep attacking the herds.
Expériences personnelles dans l’enseignement de l’informatique et du monde numérique (video)
L'informatique est partout, c'est devenu banal de le dire, mais qu'entend-on vraiment par là ? Comprend-on bien que le numérique, aujourd'hui, loin de se cantonner aux ordinateurs, est bien plus répandu dans les objets technologiques les plus divers, des téléphones aux avions ? Quelles en sont les implications, les qualités mais aussi les inconvénients, à commencer par les bugs ? En accord avec la devise du Collège de France, « enseigner la recherche en train de se faire », Gérar
Introduction to the Cranfield MBA
Sean Rickard introduces the Cranfield School of Management MBA
Mexico: Rescuing History
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Kid's Character Builder-Confidence-Part 1 of 2
In part one of this video confidence is defined as the courage to try. Smuggles was excited about the upcoming duck dash race. Smuggles finds a small, sad duck hiding in a bush named Weatherby. Smuggles tries to help build confidence in Weatherby so he will participate in race. Cute song played. Some lyrics include "When you're feeling so small you can't see past the wall. Confidence will make you 10 feet tall". This is a great teaching resource for a teachable moment that arises in the classroo
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle and American Socialism
A 3:14 minute long video showing the history of Sinclair and his publications and their impact. No narration. Students should not have any problem following this video and its how hard he worked at showing the conditions of the working class. The folk music may not be useful to students unaware of its meaning so muting the video might be considered.
Richard Wilkinson on The Age of Unequals
One of Britain's leading social epidemiologists, Richard Wilkinson, looks at what it means to live in a new age of inequality. Wilkinson is the co-author of the groundbreaking, international bestseller The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone.
