Elements of Poetry: ( An Interactive Game)
In this interactive game, students listen to lines of poetry and identify elements of poetry present ( rhyme, imagery, metre). ( This link is for an interactive game and may take a few minutes to load.)
Science Bulletins: PETM- Unearthing Ancient Climate Change
Fifty-five million years ago, a sudden, enormous influx of carbon flooded the ocean and atmosphere for reasons that are still unclear to scientists. What is clear is that as atmospheric CO2 content increased, the average global surface temperature rose 5°C to 9°C (9°F to 16°F). The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), as this global warming event is known, lasted upwards of 170,000 years and had dramatic impacts on living things both on land and in oceans. In this feature, a team of pale
Science Bulletins: Yellowstone: Monitoring the Fire Below
Three of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions in geologic history occurred at a place now visited by nearly four million people a year: Yellowstone National Park. The magma chamber responsible still lies beneath, and continues to steam, heat, and shift the park landscape. Science Bulletins talks with the geologists regularly monitoring these disquieting signals to understand where this active region lies in its volcanic life span.
Breakingviews: Activism in the toilet
June 4 - Breakingviews editors discuss how Nomura shareholders will vote on matters of bathroom style, armpit odor and "crystal roles" thanks to an activist's snarky approach to the bank's troubles.
Advanced three Ball Juggling Tricks : The Claw Juggling Trick
2:25 Learn the claw juggling trick in this free juggling video. Expert: Malik Haddadi Pop and Claw Lesson flys in a triangle pattern with beanbags.
Trapped's Wall of Sorrow: Story Planning: Interative Game
Try these story writing games and complete Trapped's Wall of Sorrow. Students will strenghten their knowledge of the parts of a story by playing these games, which will help them in planning their own stories. ( This link is for an interactive video/game and may take a few minutes to load.)
Special message from Queens' Drs. Hadley & Reed
Find out how alumni of Queens University of Charlotte can make a difference in the lives of future Royals. http://www.queens.edu/give
Dr. Carlos Corvalán - Keynote speaker
20th Annual John K. Friesen Conference - 2011
Growing Old in a Changing Climate:
Exploring the Interface Between Population Aging and Global Warming
Dr. Carlos Corvalán
Senior Advisor in Risk Assessment and Global Environmental Change, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/WHO, Washington, DC, USA
More info: http://www.sfu.ca/grc/friesen/friesen2011/
Off the Charts: The Song-Poem Story - Web Karaoke (Interactive)
Create a poem that becomes the lyrics to a song in this interactive karaoke activity. Type in the lines of your poem, listen to the melody while singing along and print your song.
Morpheus Tether Test #17
Morpheus conducts another tethered test, June 18, 2012. Morpheus is a full spacecraft and rocket-powered lander, which demonstrates new green technology, as well as an autonomous landing and hazard detection technology.
For more info visit:
http://morpheuslander.jsc.nasa.gov/
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/exploration/morpheus/index.html
Leafy Spurge Weed Invasion
This video segment from Evolution: "Extinction!" explores the invasion of western U.S. grasslands by a Eurasian weed called leafy spurge. Brought to this country in the 1800s, leafy spurge has progressively taken over grazing land from the native grasses. Ranchers have begun to eradicate the weed, using one of its natural enemies: the flea beetle. Closed captioning included. Run time 04:44.
About the Pentagram
A pentagram is a regular polygon that contains 10 isosceles
triangles, and is used in golden ratio applications. In this video learn about the characteristics of a pentagram and its use as a religious symbol.
Verschillende soorten stemvolumes De leerlingen leren hun stemvolume aan te passen in functie van de opdracht. Ze gebruiken hun: Dit document kan dienst doen als wandplaat in het …
Spreaker Information Tutorial--Managing the Media Library
This tutorial explains how to use the Spreaker Music and Media Library. This informative video gives auditory and visual step by step directions on how to manage and use the music and media library. This is a great resource to enhance the use of Spreaker in the classroom and at home. (2:47)
Surf's Up!
This lesson introduces the concepts of longitudinal and transverse waves. Students see several demonstrations of waves and characterize them by transverse and longitudinal behavior. This lesson also introduces the Sunken Treasure theme of the Sound and Light unit a continuous story line throughout the lessons.
El sistema nervioso
Este video describe el sistema nervioso. El video tiene dibujos que ayudan a explicar el sistema. (2:08)
Arquitectura Románico (subtitulado en español)
Este video tiene imagenes sobre el románico, el arte que se desarrolla durante la época feudal. Hay imagenes de iglesias y pinturas. (2:25)
San Salvador en el año 1947
Imágenes y secuencias de la década de 1940 adorna este video de San Salvador, la capital de El Salvador (un país Latinoamericano). (1:32)
Teaching Pragmatics
Teaching Pragmatics explores the teaching of pragmatics through lessons and activities created by teachers of English as a second and foreign language. This book is written for teachers by teachers. Our teacher-contributors teach in seven different countries and are both native-speakers and nonnative speakers of English. Activities reflect ESL and EFL classroom settings. The chapters included here allow teachers to see how other teachers approach the teaching of pragmatics and to appreciate the
Picture of the Big Bang (a.k.a. Oldest Light in the Universe)
Where does all the stuff in the universe come from? Explore a map of the big bang! (04:01)
