Pileated Woodpeckers
This movie shows pileated woodpeckers well.... peck! This short movie shows this unique bird in action. Professional video footage set to music, no narration. Run time 01:00.
Our Water Commons: Toward a Rights Based Solution to the Global Water Crisis
Maude Barlow, senior adviser on water to the United Nations and author of `Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Fight for the Right to Water`
Backyard Turtles
In this video from the WPSU’s series Outside, a staff member at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center at Penn State University introduces the wood turtle and box turtle, commonly found in backyards in Pennsylvania, and describes their habitats and what they eat. Each species has identifying characteristics, which are also adaptations that help it survive. At the center the turtles eat a variety of foods and require proper light, water, and shelter. CLosed captioning included. Run time 04:03.
Animated Chemistry Tutorials and Models
Windows Recommended. Animated Tutorials for generating Lewis Structures and applyiing VSEPR theory. Visualization of Valence Bonds in Lewis structures. Animations of Phase Diagram, Heating/Cooling Curves, Hybridization and Water. Animation of Diatomic Molecular Orbitals Construction
Introduction to the Dissection of a Virtual Frog
This short, 46 second clip demonstrates initial three cuts made to the skin of the body cavity to reveal the frog's muscles. This is a small clip from the Digital Frog Virtual Dissection program.
Using composite materials to replace bone
In this podcast, Professor Chris Rudd, Dean of the faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, describes his work with composite materials in the car industry and how it can be applied to the field of medicine.
Traditionally, patients who have lost bone in an accident or have had bone removed due to cancer have had to endure two very long and very painful operations. One operation to attach steel plates to the bone, and a second operation once the bone has healed, to remove them.
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Apply legislation to the workplace
This learning pack contains information, resources and short
activities to introduce you to: the legal environment in Australia, employment contracts,
common law, statutory law, industrial awards and agreements, and environmental
law.
Treat risks
In this task we’ll look at monitoring the risks and identifying and implementing control measures. it contains a learning pack which addresses the issues surrounding the treatment of risks; strategies you will use control and assess both the ongoing and the short term nature of the risk; differing strategies in risk management; various models and devices to monitor risk.
Developing Apiculture (Beekeeping) Skills
This resource has been designed to support the 'Developing Apiculture (Beekeeping) Skills' short course. It examines the honey bee; hive management; pests and diseases; and harvesting honey.
Record and report chloramination disinfection processes
This learning object contains resources and activities that focus on recording and reporting requirements for the chloramination disinfection process in a water treatment plant.
The key areas are: record relevant information and report back.
The task is to record and report on work completed in the chloramination disinfection process.
Causes of Genetic Mutation
This short video shows some of the causes of genetic mutations. Color 3-D animation with pleasant narration. 35 sec.
11.949 Cities in Conflict: Theory and Practice (MIT)
This course's aims are two-fold:
to offer students the theoretical and practical tools to understand how and why cities become torn by ethnic, religious, racial, nationalist, and/or other forms of identity that end up leading to conflict, violence, inequality, and social injustice; and
to use this knowledge and insight in the search for solutions
As preparation, students will be required to become familiar with social and political theories of the city and the nation and their relationship to
Learn Public Places - Tourist Centers
This short video uses photographs and a talking elephant to introduce young learners to tourist centers such as Disney World.
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