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Frog Life Cycle Animation
This is a two-minute animation for toddlers and preschoolers about life in an Australian wetland. This sequence depicts the life-cycle of a frog, and is from the second of a series by Life for Beginners. Music Mark Johnson, sound design Chris Vik.
36. Topografie: landen, hoofdsteden en provincies : ICT op het menu In het lager onderwijs gebruiken we de atlas en andere naslagwerken bij het verkennen van Europa en België. Essentieel daarbij is een stuk memorisatie van de opgedane kennis. Leerlingen leren de landen van de EU (Europa) benoemen en …
Learning to classify land plants
There are four main groups of land plants: bryophytes, seedless vascular plants, angiosperms (flowering), and gymnosperms (cone-producing). The four groups are distinguished by structural and reproductive traits.
Australian Fires: 1-4-2002
Zooming down to New South Wales, Australia to view smoke.
MODIS Snow Cover over North America
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) provides data in 36 spectral bands, some of which are used in an algorithm to map global snow cover. In this animation, a time series of global snow cover from MODIS-derived 8-day composite snow maps with a spatial resolution of about 5 km shows the dynamic behavior of the advance and retreat of continental snow cover over North America during the winter of 2001-02.
Daily Snow and Sea Ice Temperature over Asia
This animation shows the global advance and retreat of daily snow cover along with daily sea ice surface temperature over Asia from September 2002 through May 2003. The snow cover was measured by the MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite, while the sea ice surface temperature was measured by the MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite. Since these instruments cannot take measurements through clouds, in cloud-covered regions or areas with suspect data quality, the prior days value is retained un
Periodic Table song
Skylark, The Movie, Part Seven
This selection contains part seven of the movie Skylark. Skylark is the sequel to the book Sarah, Plain and Tall. ( The selection is rather unsteady and blurry.) ( 3:12)
Fiddling whilst the ice melts
Dr Shazhad Ansari asks whether organisational academics are prepared to help build new narratives and to reconcile human and social evolution with the physical reality of climate change, or will they simply 'fiddle while the ice melts'?
Elon University physics robot competition
Students in Jochen Fischer's class constructed robots and pitted them against each other with the goal of knocking the opponent off the playing surface.
Desert Biome
This is a student-made project about the desert. Images and information are set to upbeat music. Several interesting facts about plants and animals from the desert are listed throughout the video. No narration. (02:32)
Interpréter dans les sciences et les arts : points communs et différences / Catherine Allamel-Raff
Interpréter dans les sciences et les arts : points communs et différences / Catherine Allamel-Raffin. In "Images & mirages @ nanosciences", colloque international organisé par le Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités, Sociétés, Territoires (LISST) de l'Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail, le Centre d'Élaboration de Matériaux et d'Études Structurales (CEMES) rattaché à l'Institut de Physique du CNRS et le Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de Nano-Obj
Venture capital firms focus on Berlin
Oct. 28 - The German capital has gained a reputation as Europe's newest start-up hub, and now venture capital firm Earlybird is setting up an office in Berlin to be closer to the firms it wants to invest in. Joanna Partridge reports
Total gets lift from higher oil prices
Oct. 28 - French oil major Total posted higher quarterly earnings on Friday as stronger crude prices and improved profitability in its refining business helped make up for a fall in its worldwide oil and gas production. Hayley Platt reports
Asia Week Ahead: Major PMI figures coming up next week
Oct. 28 - Major economies from Japan to India will release PMI figures next week; Australia's RBA is expected to slash rates by 25 basis points after softer-than-expected inflation last quarter. Kei Okamura reports.
Spain's jobless rate at 15-year high
Oct. 28 - Spain's unemployment rate rose to the highest level since the end of 1996 in the third quarter with little hope of job creation. Investors are watching Madrid closely as it remains at the forefront of their concerns about Europe's debt commitments. Joanna Partridge reports
Scuffles at Greek "No" protest
Oct. 28 - Scuffles between anti-austerity demonstrators and police break out in Athens as national Oxi Day parades are disrupted by protesters. Conway G. Gittens reports.
End of the attack in Kandahar..
Oct. 28 - Afghan security forces kill four Taliban insurgents who attacked a U.S military base in Kandahar. Deborah Lutterbeck reports
