You Decide: Should the US federal government legalize marijuana?
This educational guide focuses on the debate as to whether or not marijuana should be legalized by the federal government. Students are invited to examine the arguments on both sides of the debate, developing critical thinking skills as they work through the activities and learn how to support their arguments with evidence and reason. It is expected that at the end of this guide students will determine where they stand on this controversial issue.
3.2 The agreement to protect the ozone layer
Global warming: are we responsible? Is our environmental impact damaging the planet? This unit examines the use of ozone depleting technology, the impact of fossil fuel use and explores how the development of technology can influence the direction of a society. From the Industrial Revolution to the present day find out how we have changed the planet.
3.1 Refrigeration and chlorofluorocarbons
Global warming: are we responsible? Is our environmental impact damaging the planet? This unit examines the use of ozone depleting technology, the impact of fossil fuel use and explores how the development of technology can influence the direction of a society. From the Industrial Revolution to the present day find out how we have changed the planet.
2.4 Changing environmental attitudes
Global warming: are we responsible? Is our environmental impact damaging the planet? This unit examines the use of ozone depleting technology, the impact of fossil fuel use and explores how the development of technology can influence the direction of a society. From the Industrial Revolution to the present day find out how we have changed the planet.
4 Continental break up and opening of the lapetus Ocean
Some of Britain’s most dramatic scenery is to be found in the Scottish Highlands. The sight of mighty Ben Nevis, the desolate plateau of the Cairngorms, or the imposing landscapes of Glen Coe can unleash the call of the wild in all of us. Although these landforms were largely carved by glacial activity that ended some 10,000 years ago, the rocks themselves tell of a much older history. The Highlands are merely eroded stumps of a much higher range of ancient mountains. This unit is an account o
8 Multiple plate collisions and the end of the Iapetus Ocean
Some of Britain’s most dramatic scenery is to be found in the Scottish Highlands. The sight of mighty Ben Nevis, the desolate plateau of the Cairngorms, or the imposing landscapes of Glen Coe can unleash the call of the wild in all of us. Although these landforms were largely carved by glacial activity that ended some 10,000 years ago, the rocks themselves tell of a much older history. The Highlands are merely eroded stumps of a much higher range of ancient mountains. This unit is an account o
3.1 Using a framework to think about communication between professionals The objective of this activity is: to use a variety of tools to help you examine your practice. Honeybee Venom Detected by Enzyme Immunoassay Floors and Concrete - Crossword Preservation of adaptive plasticity across scales of biological organization: from molecules to soci Telling the Story of Gaza Essential Tremor - Station and Gait Exam - Gait Sub-exam - Patient 12 ISS Update - April 7, 2011 It Takes All Kinds to Make a World Building the First Solar Community Impact! Tracking Near-Earth Asteroids 22. Democracy and Majority Rule (I) Vehicular Ad-hoc Network Simulations with JANE Global Wonders: Hello Song With Sing a Long
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The venom of the honeybee, Apis mellifera, contains numerous enzymes, volatiles, and other components. Allergic individuals develop anti-venom antibodies which may cause hives, anaphylactic shock, and death. In this exercise students detect concentrations of bee venom on nitrocellulose membranes following incubation of membranes with anti-venom antibodies, enzyme-conjugated secondary antibodies, and a colorimetric substrate. The intensity of the colored substrate deposited on the membrane is pro
An interactive crossword (Requires Java) which covers terms and definitions relating to floors and concrete. Can be completed online or on a printed sheet.
This webcast outlines why and how adaptive plasticity is maintained at each and every scale of biological organization
Laila El-Haddad is a talented blogger, journalist, social media activist, and parent-of-two from Gaza. She is author of the recently published book Gaza Mom: Palestine Politics, Parenting, and Everything in Between, based on the award-winning blog she has written since 2004, and contributing author to The Goldstone Report: The landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict.
She received her B.A. from Duke University and her MPP from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
From 2003-2006, El-Had
The patient is a 70-year-old Caucasian female who first noticed voice and head tremor about 15 years ago. She has had a gradual progression of this tremor that now causes her head to shake, her voice to tremor and her bilateral arm to tremor. The tremor is most noticed when the limbs maintain a posture or are in motion. Her writing is affected especially when she attempts to write small. Fine motor tasks have become more effortful as the years have passed. The tremor is worsened by fatigue. She
The International Space Station video update for April 7, 2011.
This fun Web site is part of OLogy, where kids can collect virtual trading cards and create projects with them. Here, marine biologist Melanie Stiassny introduces kids to biodiversity in the ocean. The article contains three engaging, kid-friendly sections: Diversity of Life on Earth, which has an overview of six major groups of life on Earth and challenges kids to determine the correct group for nine different life forms, including blue-green alga, spiny lobster, red mangrove, and white marlin.
This BioBulletin reports on how the citizens of one Wisconsin town rebuilt their community after a catastrophic flood. The article begins with the choice facing Soldiers Grove: rebuild their destroyed community behind new protective levees or relocate the town to higher ground.
This interactive feature story is part of Science Bulletins, an innovative online and exhibition program that offers the public a window into the excitement of scientific discovery. Published in May 2005, this AstroBulletin introduces a team of astronomers on the watch for near-Earth asteroids and comets.
Moral Foundations of Politics (PLSC 118)
Professor Shapiro transitions today to the third and final section of the course, an in-depth look at democracy and its institutions. According to him, democracy is the most successful at delivering on the mature Enlightenment's twin promises to recognize individual rights as the ultimate political good and to base politics on some kind of commitment to objective knowledge. And interestingly, democracy as a tradition was not made famous by its champions,
In this video we use the JANE simulator to present the relation between the performance of the IEEE 802.11b standard and the number of hops involved in the transmission of files when using car-to-car communications in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs). For more info, please visit: CARLINK
This is a cute animated video about different ways to say hello. The words to the song are displayed on screen and each word is highlighted as it is sung. Real photographs of children and people from different parts of the world are shown with their greeting word shown in their language. Content is appropriate for elementary students. (1:40)
