Marimba Band in Antigua, Guatemala
Marimba Band in Antigua, Guatemala. Students will practice listening skills by listening to the story iMarimba Animales from A to Z. They will relate to the book by watching this video cllip. (01:02)
Magnitude 3.0 aftershocks likely for US East Coast: geologist
Aug. 23 - In the wake 5.9 earthquake that shook the U.S. East Coast and as far west as Cleveland, Ohio, David Oppenheimer, seismologist at U.S. Geological Survey, expects aftershocks of 3.0 for months.
Case closed: Charges against DSK dropped
Aug. 23 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn says he's eager to return to France after a New York judge dismissed all criminal sexual assault charges against him. Deborah Gembara reports.
USGS: Earthquakes for Kids
This site provides comprehensive information about earthquakes for students. Teachers will find animations, images, and real-time data of earthquake activity, and students will learn about the career of a geophysicist and how seismology works. Games, puzzles and quizzes provide additional learning opportunity.
Python vs Alligator
The Burmese Python is taking over as one of the Florida Everglades most dangerous wild animals. This aggressive Burmese Python takes on an alligator. (3:00)
Guide to the Papers of Charles D. Palmer, 1942-1975
This collection contains the papers of Charles D. Palmer, who was Director and Chairman of the Board of the Port Authority of Allegheny County from 1964-1977. Palmer was instrumental in developing the Early Action Program and the Transit Expressway during the early years of the Port Authority. Palmer's papers are in the form of correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, studies, contracts, photographs, and film.
Chemical and Physical Changes
This student-created video defines chemical and physical changes. Then a demonstration of a chemical change ( digestion) and a physical change ( breaking a watermelon) are shown. ( 1:39)
Formation of a 'phantom traffic jam'
Read the full story at http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/traffic-0609.html
Watch these inside buyers for predictive stock moves: Tarsala
Aug. 31 - Manufacturers and one big investment banks saw some significant insider buying in August, and a few were snatched up by seemingly predictive buyers, says Reuters Quantitative Analyst Mike Tarsala.
SeaWiFS - California Wild Fires Close Push (Oct. 17, 1999)
SeaWiFS - California Wild fires close push (Oct. 17, 1999)
Enlisted soldier delivers on personal promise to get college degree.
Christine is a proud veteran of the U.S. Army. Married, with three children, Christine had always intended on getting a college degree, but as she says "life got in the way." While stationed at Penn State she got connected with Penn State Adult Learner Programs who not only helped with getting her acclimated to college life but encouraged her to think about studying abroad. Watch and see where Christine's journey takes her. Produced by: Adult Learner Programs
A funeral in Damascus for a 14-year-old boy
Sept. 13 - Syrians hold funeral for 14-year-old Damascus resident Sobhi Salam, while protests intensify across the nation. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Data show US kept slowing in August
Sept. 15 - A slew of data ranging from regional factory activity to foreclosures to weekly jobless claims show the economic recovery continued to struggle in August and early September. Conway G. Gittens reports.
Clinical Skills Examination Procedures: Afrikaans & Xhosa
Shown here are a single set of techniques which are both simple to employ and reliable for four examinations. General Examination: preparing the patient for examination; describing the patient's appearance; examination for features of specific illnesses; taking the pulse; assessing warmth, perfusion, hydration and temperature; inspecting the hands, eyes, mouth and pharynx; looking for lymphadenopathy; and inspecting the legs. Abdominal Examination: preparing the patient for the examination; look
Breivik arrives in Norway court
Sept 19 - The man who has admitted to killing 77 people in a shooting and bombing rampage in Norway arrives for a court remand hearing in Oslo. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Statistics - an intuitive introduction : variability
Statistical data vary: range and inter-quartile range measure this. Are they good measures?
The Best Part of Everything: A Modern Family
A family’s evolution as the children face the real world and the parents prepare for an empty nest and retirement.Weaved together by an assemblage of aesthetically and emotionally rich interviews, an extraordinary array of archival material and vérité footage, The Best Part of Everything explores an American family facing their hopes, dreams, ambitions, and regrets as the 20-something children face the real world and the parents prepare for an empty nest and retirement.Jes Th
Quelles maths faut-il apprendre pour répondre aux questions des élèves et traiter leurs erreurs ?
Les travaux sur les erreurs des élèves ont montré que leur forme est constante, indépendante des enseignements, et qu'elles apparaissent longtemps encore après les commencements, de manière quasi aléatoire (Bardini 2003, Abou Raad 2004). Les ingénieries didactiques permettent en revanche de les faire apparaître au fur et à mesure des problèmes auxquelles elles sont des réponses non consistantes, et donc d'identifier les manières de penser qui les produisent.
SMU Family Weekend 2011
SMU families celebrated Family Weekend 2011 where the weekend theme was "SMU: It's a State of Mind." Parents, Student Affairs Vice President Lori S. White and Cinema-TV Chair Sean Griffin were among those interviewed.
"The Texas theme really works with everything we have planned, from the Dads' Club barbecue to Cowboys Stadium tours," said junior John Angle, chair of the Student Foundation committee that is coordinating the events.
The weekend also included a luncheon co-sponsored by the Mothe
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