Introduction to Auto CAD
This 3:42 long video explains how to use the software. The narrator has a strong accent and so this may be difficult for some to follow. However, if the student has the software loaded it would be easier to comprehend.
Types of Rocks: The Rock Cycle
This student made six minute reviews the main types of rocks and provides examples of each and the rock cycle and what causes it. A good overview.
Slumdog Millionaire - Reaction to the Film
This 1:49 video reviews what people who live in the area where this film was made feel about the movie. The importance of this would be in allowing students to see actual sites and see how the people live.
How To Choose the Right Career
This 1:33 long video does a quick review of how to identify what you like to do and lists the steps one should consider before considering a specific career. Good ideas and easy for most students to do at most every age level.
Balance: Using the Karate Kid Method
This 1:31 video shows how to learn to balance using the Karate Kid one leg in the air method. A good exercise for all ages.
Magnetic Pole Reversals
Bernard Brunhes' study of volvanic eruptions led to the discovery of the Earth's magnetic field reversal. This 2:34 long video explains how his work revealed that the Earth's magnetic poles had reversed itself. Some evidence that the same thing happened on Mars.
How Helicopters Work
This 1:20 video explains how helicopters use various degrees of balance and rotation to fly and what the pilot has to do to control one.
Salt Lake City, Utah Area Flyover during Winter (NASM2002)
Landsat 7 imagery is combined here with terrain elevation data to create a view of the Salt Lake City area. This image was taken in the Winter of 2001 and can be compared to identical animations using images taken at other times of the year. This visualization was created for the NASM2002 presentation and is based on a earlier visualizations created for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Let the Textbook Revolution Begin
Textbook Revolution is a student-run site dedicated to increasing the use of free educational materials by teachers and professors. We want to get these materials into classrooms. On this site you'll find links and reviews of textbooks and select educational re
wisskomm wochenschau 3/08
German vodcast about science communications. Diese Woche aus aktuellem Anlass über das deutsche "Jahr der Mathematik". Interviews mit Prof. Günter M. Ziegler (Deutschen Mathematiker Vereinigung, DMV), Christoph Drösser (Die ZEIT) Dr. Herbert Münder (Wissenschaft im Dialog, WiD), Dr. Klaus Kinkel (Deutschen Telekom Stiftung) und Barbara Meier (Mathematikstudentin und "Germanys Next Topmodel"). Unser Fundstück der Woche: Der Auftritt des "Mathemagician" Arthur Benjamin bei den TED-talks.Die W
Les noces de la politique et de la communication
"Entretiens du Jeu de Paume" vendredi 17 juin, samedi 18 juin et dimanche 19 juin 2011, l'UTLS et le Château de Versailles présenteront à Versailles la seconde édition des Entretiens du Jeu de Paume autour du thème de la séparation des pouvoirs.
Les noces de la politique et de la communication
Sophie Coignard, journaliste à l'hebdomadaire Le Point, spécialiste des enquêtes sur les conflits d'intérêts
Cynthia Fleury, philosophe, C
7.5 Active and passive tags
Are you a technophobe? Bluetooth, Ethernet WiFi – are they terms that mean nothing to you? This unit will gently guide you to an understanding of how devices 'talk' to each other and what technologies and processes are involved. You will also look at wired and wireless communication technologies, introducing you to some of the key methods involved.
960 Grid System
The 960 Grid System is an effort to streamline web development workflow.
USC Dentistry: International Periodontal & Implant Symposium 2011 (Lynch)
Edward Lynch presented a lecture titled "Rationale for the Use of Ozonated Water instead of Water in Ultrasonic Periodontal Therapy" as part of the 36th annual USC Periodontal and Implant Symposium held in Los Angeles in 2011.
Lynch is head of dental education and research at Warwick University. He previously held the position of professor of restorative dentistry and gerodontology at Queen's University Belfast and served as a consultant in restorative dentistry to the Royal Hospitals. In April
Photo Slideshow: UA Camp Teaches Youth the Art of Acting
The Wildcat Junior Drama Camp, part of UA's Arizona Youth University, teaches middle school students about the world of theatre arts. During the summer camp, students work on script and scene development and practice performing.
An Interview with CIA Graduate Grant Achatz '94
Grant Achatz, who graduated in 1994, returned to his alma mater to speak to CIA students and share the incredible and inspiring story of his 2007 battle with tongue cancer as chronicled in his book Life, on the Line. The question and answer format was moderated by journalist and fellow CIA alumnus Francis Lam '03.
Achatz's Alinea in Chicago was named the Best Restaurant in America and 6th Best in the World for 2011 by London's Restaurant magazine.
In this interview, Grant talks about his caree
The 2011 Beantown Blitz at Northeastern University
Northeastern University hosts the Beantown Blitz, one of the largest off-season robotics events in the New England Area. Northeastern also mentors the Nutrons, one of the teams competing in the event.
Justice with Michael Sandel - CCCB: Bioethics: Designer children
Should parents be able to "design" their children based on genetic preferences? What are the dangers of turning children into commodities and childbearing into an extension of the consumer society? From a lecture at the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, as edited for broadcast on Spanish television (Soy Camara).
XNA: Game Development - Creating Player Animation Animating objects in your game requires setting them up right. In this video, David Thany walks you through creating a sprite strip that animates your player character. Watch, then follow along at http://create.msdn.com/education/tutorial/2dgame/animating_the_player. We will be featuring a new XNA Game Development video each Monday for the next ten weeks.
ENGL 200-01, Creative Writing: Introductory Poetry Workshop, Spring 2007
This class will introduce students to principles of good poetry,
including prosody, through readings of work by outside writers in Good Poems, edited by
Garrison Keillor, and through essays from Richard Hugo's The Triggering Town and
Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters To A Young Poet. You will complete writing exercises
assigned in class and in The Practice of Poetry edited by Robin Behn and Chase
Twichell. (4 texts) Students are expected to analyze and prepare to discuss the poems
and essays they rea
