Taxes and Perfectly Inelastic Demand
Who bears the burden for the taxes when demand is inelastic. (7:51)
Frog skeleton
The frog has large eye sockets on the top of its skull so that it can see outside the water while mostly submerged. Large nostrils also at the end of the skull help it breathe while mostly under water. The frog uses long legs as a spring to jump from place to place and to swim through the water. Frog ribs do not wrap around its body like most vertebrates. Its ribs only offer protection from an attack on the back. This makes sense because the frog spends much time floating or crouching with only
Angle of Friction
Worked example involving angles of friction using a past LC question.
FORMATIC – Paris 2011 – Ethique dans le domaine de la sante
Plénière du 8 février
Titre : FORMATIC – Paris 2011 – Ethique dans le domaine de la santé
Auteur : RIAL-SEBBAG Emmanuelle
Résumé :
Conférence enregistrée lors du congrès international FORMATIC PARIS 2011. Atelier TIC et pratiques innovantes au service de la formation des professionnels de la santé. Président de séance Antoine TESNIERE (Université Paris Descartes projet ILumens), modérateur Lisette CAZELLET (Consultant formateur TIC Santé).
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Hundreds rescued from migrant boat
July 13 - Italian coastguard officials carry small children from a boat packed with migrants after the overcrowded vessel ran into trouble off the Italian island of Lampedusa. Nick Rowlands reports.
Compliment Chain-- Documenting our respectful behavior
This video documents the celebration of our first 50 compliments of the school year. Mr. Harry's students celebrate each compliment received by building a chain. Their goal was 50 compliments and they reached their goal. They use the chain to learn about patterns and other math concepts. This is a great teaching strategy for any elementary classroom and even higher grades. It is also a positive parent communication tool(4:31)
Italy: Arts and Culture in Florence
This 2:27 long video shows the Renaissance period in Florence, Italy with images of architecture and art made during this time period. The video does show the statute of David and thus may be offensive to some.
SAP's Snabe: Small firms are our weak spot
July 24 - SAP sticks to its full-year targets even as turmoil deepens in Europe, but small and medium sized firms are struggling to finance investment says co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe.
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Morphology Optimization
By: icamp2012school Moritz Riede, TU Dresden
The Forecast Factory
The Forest Factory classroom exercise is an introduction to the topic of weather forecasting. Students role-play the various elements in forecasting process such as equations, announcers, data analysts, and airplanes. By following the script, the students will summarize the entire process in a single class period. This lesson plan is well suited to large classes in lecture-hall settings. This Starting Point website provides a discussion and summary of this teaching method as well as extensions t
Girl running
When we exercise, the heart works extra hard to pump blood to the lungs to pick up oxygen and then throughout the body to bring oxgyen and glucose to the cells for cellular respiration (a process to make the energy we need to exercise). Glucose is brought to the body, first by digestion and absorption of the food we eat, and then by circulation of the glucose via the circulatory system to the cells of the body.
Topic Writing In French
Overview of one teacher's approach to topic writing for Leaving Cert. It looks at a mixture of reading comprehension, oral work and written exercises, and has been tested in the classroom with good success.
Ping 147: Bing Fund, Maccabees Kinect Video, Bing Maps, MSNBC | Ping! Special guest co-host, Larry Larsen, chatted it up with Paul Mestemaker in the studio this week. This makes it another installment of Boys without Foys. Check out all of the stories and more on this week's episode of Ping:
A Look at The Reader's Workshop: Part 1
This video shows a teacher conducting a mini-lesson, a key element in the Reader's Workshop program. The video includes teachers providing background information and their reflections on the mini-lesson portion of the program. ( 9:31)
Las selvas tropicales de Costa Rica - el sotobosque (parte 4 de 4)
Bajo el follaje se extiende otro mundo bien distinto, un sotobosque sumergido en una constante penumbra. La escasez de luz limita el crecimiento de las plantas y el suelo es más pobre de lo esperado para una ambiente tan fecundo. Este mundo no deja de ser sorprendente. 2:28
Fragmento de un documental de la serie Mundos de agua de TVE.
Survive That Tsunami!
Students use a table-top-sized tsunami generator to observe the formation and devastation of a tsunami. They see how a tsunami moves across the ocean and what happens when it reaches the continental shelf. Students make villages of model houses and buildings to test how different material types are impacted by the huge waves. They further discuss how engineers design buildings to survive tsunamis. Much of this activity setup is the same as for the Mini-Landscape activity in Lesson 4 of the Natur
Income per day
The number of people living on less than one dollar per day has decreased in some places in the world while it has stayed steady in other areas. This could be because the population has been rising in those areas and the economy cannot cope in those certain places.
WSU Football Players Deliver Season Tickets to Pullman Fans
Cougar Football players stop at homes across Pullman to deliver season tickets to fans. This is the first year the team has done this, and players say it's a great way to meet fans and see just who is watching them from the stands at Martin Stadium.
Is Michigan a swing state?
Michigan is a second-tier swing state, but one Obama needs to win, says MSU political scientist Matt Grossmann.
EU as a global player: reality or illusion?
Dr Danilo Türk is President of the Republic of Slovenia. Dr Türk assumed the position of Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations in 1992. Following the successful conclusion of Slovenia's term (from 1998 to 1999) as non-permanent member of the Security Council, Mr Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Organisation, appointed Dr Türk as Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs. For more than five years his tasks included analytical and consulting
