The American Revolution — Open Yale Courses
The American Revolution entailed some remarkable transformations -- converting British colonists into American revolutionaries, and a cluster of colonies into a confederation of states with a common cause -- but it was far more complex and enduring then the fighting of a war. As John Adams put it, "The Revolution was in the Minds of the people . . . before a drop of blood was drawn at Lexington" -- and it continued long past America's victory at Yorktown. This course will examine the Revolution
Investigate the Choral Position
This module represents suggestions to find out more about a choral position for which one has made application and is being considered.
Landsat 7 Rotation around Washington DC
A complete rotation around Washington DC using a Landsat 7 image acquired on May 11, 1999
Supraconductivité (video)
Manipulation qui présente l'effet supraconducteur d'un matériau sous l'action d'un champ magnétique : effet Mesner, ancrage des vortex, thermalisation.
Vidéo issue du projet VideoManip dont l'objectif est la réalisation de courtes séquences filmées, montrant des expériences réelles, qui seraient à la fois trop complexes pour être montées et montrées en amphi, et pas assez riches d'enseignement pour justifier un TP de plusieurs heures. Les sciences de l'ingénieur consi
Homeostasis
Introduction to the principles of homeostasis.
Descriptive statistics for interval and ratio scale data
Describing the use of measures of central tendency - mean, mode, median - and dispersion - range, Standard Deviation.
19.06.2011 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainieren Sie Ihr Hörverstehen mit authentischen Materialien. Nutzen Sie die Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Sonntag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.Der griechische Ministerpräsident Giorgos Papandreou hat im Parlament die Vertrauensfrage gestellt. Griechenland befinde sich an einem "Scheideweg", sagte Papandreou. Er forderte daher das Parlament auf, das Vertrauen in die neue Regierung zu erneuern. Der Chef der stärksten Oppositionspartei, der bürgerlichen Nea
Conduction, Convection, and Radiation
With the help of simple, teacher-led demonstration activities, students learn the basic concepts of heat transfer by means of conduction, convection, and radiation. Students then apply these concepts as they work in teams to solve two problems. One problem requires that they maintain the warm temperature of one soda can filled with water at approximately body temperature, and the other problem is to cause an identical soda can of warm water to cool as much as possible during the same thirty-minu
Carl Sagan: The great library of Alexandria.
A ten minute video that recreates the library and its role as the center of all learnng at that time. The first research institute, the library was vital to human learning and it encouraged some of the greatest minds in all history. Students need word list to watch this and it could result in some great essays about which person who studied here is the most important. A valuable asset. Startling facts that could encourage an appreciation for those who worked and contributed to this library.
Stressie Cat's Tribute to Vincent van Gogh
Set to part of Don McClean's tribute to van Gogh, Stressie Cat appears in paintings based on van Gogh's paintings. Paintings are by Lucia Stewart. This is a delightful tribute to van Gogh as Stressie Cat visits inside of his paintings.
Buckalope Elementary - Talented Song
Buckalope Elementary is a 12-episode Puppet Educational Series (K-4) that promotes social, emotional, and academic development, and gets kids excited about learning. (02:19)
Place Values up to Millions This video offers great help to understand how to read and write place values up to millions. Place value, through million, is put on the screen. Then place value is defined, standard form is shown and discussed, expanded form is shown and discussed, and word form is shown and discussed. After looking at the different forms of a number, some examples are done using the place value chart. This is a good video fo
Decimal Place Value, Part 2 of 2
Problem: Write 63.15 in word form.
Mr. Khan, the instructor, uses computer software for his demonstration. Although he uses different colors for emphasis, the screen is a little 'busy' so the viewer may want to open the screen to 'full screen' to see all the information more clearly. (03:31)
The Solid Earth - Environmental Science
A professor (Dr. Pal Tackley) Department of Earth Science at UCLA narrates how the solid interior of the earth affects the outer layer through mountain ranges, volcanoes and plate tectonics. The speaker uses a lecture format but the video has good photographs of the processes. Run time 02:54.
Earth's Future
Watch this animation to see how earth's continents may eventually change to alter the surface of the earth. No audio. Run time 0:26.
Continental Drift (sv)
A little clay in the hands of a Golden Gate National Parks team goes a long way. Learn about continental drift and faults from this clever piece using clay animation set to music. No narration or explanation. Run time 01:10.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Excellent audio/visual version of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address as recited by Jeff Daniels. Audio is heard over slideshow of Gettysburg and Civil War era images. Run time 02:49
Counting from 10 to 20 (Song)
In this simple song, children hear and see how to count from 10 to 20. Graphical images of the numbers are shown - as the singer sings each number - while the song progresses.
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet - Characters
In this short video (01:17), the viewer will be introduced to a very brief description of the main characters in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
