Las Meninas - video en español
Descripción escrita por Arte Historia.
Las Meninas es la obra más famosa de Velázquez. Fue pintada por el
genial artista sevillano en 1656 según Antonio Palomino, fecha bastante razonable si tenemos en cuenta que la infanta Margarita nació el 12 de julio de 1651 y aparenta unos cinco años de edad. Sin embargo, Velázquez aparece con la Cruz de la Orden de Santiago en su pecho, honor que consiguió en 1659. La mayo
Celebrating the Games: Laura Weightman
Second year Sport and Exercise Science student and 1500m runner Laura Weightman speaks about her training schedule ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Atlantic Slave trade - Documentary
This video refers to slave trade as the largest migration of people in world history before the 20th century. There is a description of what slave trade was like and how Europeans enslaved Africans for labor and treated these peoples as commodities.
Ug99 Wheat Rust Threatens World Wheat Crop
Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/africa/stalking-wheat-killer.
Wheat rust has infected the wheat crop starting in Uganda and spreading from there. This fungal rust is killing the crop, costing farmers money to supply fungicides in an attempt to save their crop and still turn a profit. The first rust, discovered in 1999, has since spread into the farmlands in Kenya's rift valley all the way to Yemen and Iran. The fear is that under the right climate conditions, stem rust will cont
Build it Better!
Students use their knowledge of tornadoes and damage. The students will work in groups to design a structure that will withstand and protect people from tornadoes. Each group will create a poster with the name of their engineering firm and a picture of their structure. Finally, each group will present their posters to the class.
The Beat Goes On (Activity)
In this activity, students learn about their heart rate and different ways it can be measured. Students construct a simple measurement device using clay and a toothpick, and then use this device to measure their heart rate under different circumstances (i.e., sitting, standing and jumping). Students make predictions and record data on a worksheet.
Global Cohort: Sirley Chica
Entrepreneur Sirley Chica of Colombia talks about her company, ARTESA Diseño e Iluminación E.U., and her participation in the 2012 U.S. State Department and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Entrepreneurship Partnership Global Cohort at Thunderbird School of Global Management. http://www.thunderbird.edu
17.40 American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future (MIT)
The mission for this course is to explain and evaluate past and present United States policies. What caused the United States' past involvement in foreign wars and interventions? Were the results of U.S. policies good or bad? Would other policies have better served the U.S. and/or the wider world? Were the beliefs that guided U.S. policy true or false? If false, what explains these misperceptions? General theories that bear on the causes and consequences of American policy will be applied to exp
Paralelos y meridianos
En este video, el profesor explica como leer un mapa utilizando paralelos y merdianos. Perfecto para la clase de ciencias sociales. (6:53)
21L.451 Introduction to Literary Theory (MIT)
This subject focuses on the ways in which we read, providing an overview of some of the different strategies of reading, comprehending and engaging with literary texts developed in the twentieth century. The course is organized around specific theoretical paradigms. In each case our task will be, first, to work through the selected reading in order to see how it determines or defines the task of literary interpretation; second, to locate the limits of each particular approach; and finally, to tr
Geograph reaches Three Million Pictures
Geograph having over 3 million live images on its website!
Woorden met au of ou Met dit werkblad leren leerlingen woorden met au of ou correct schrijven. Deze woorden steunen op de au-strip en het au-lied.
MIT Civic Ignite- Matt Stempeck MIT Civic Ignite- Matt Stempeck
"DMC Upside": Basic Peace Officer Cadet Pinning Ceremony
The DMC Basic Peace Officer Cadet Pinning Ceremony for the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 classes was held on May 25, 2012 on the West Campus of Del Mar College.
This segment of the "DMC Upside" television program was featured in the June 2012 edition, which airs on cable channel 19 in Corpus Christi. The "DMC Upside" is produced by DMC TV.
Develop a Strategy
Management Tip from Cranfield School of Management: Dr Tazeeb Rajwani focuses on 3 simple steps that need to be addressed when developing an organisation's strategy.
Nixon Addresses "Silent Majority"
On the heels of a major nationwide protest against the Vietnam War in October 1969, President Richard Nixon delivers a speech on November 3, laying out his plans for ending the war through diplomatic negotiations and asking for the support of the "great silent majority" of Americans. (1:53)
Huislectuur : Vreemde culturen De basis van deze bijdrage is het thema vreemde culturen uit het boek Nieuw Netwerk Nederlands 1. Naar aanleiding van een tentoonstelling over vreemde culturen in de jeugdliteratuur lezen de leerlingen een boek waar een …
LQP Asks: Are you going to watch the fireworks this Fourth of July?
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Derived copy of Arithmetic Review: Percent
Kelly Pernell
This module is from Elementary Algebra by Denny Burzynski and Wade Ellis, Jr. This chapter contains many examples of arithmetic techniques that are used directly or indirectly in algebra. Since […]
La gran piramide de Keops - video en español
Este video breve da las dimensiones de la pirámide de Keops. (.54)
