1.2 Rounding whole numbers
Scientific calculators are a wonderful invention, but they're only as good as the people who use them. If you often get an unexpected – or ridiculous – result when you press the ‘enter’ button, this unit is for you. Learn how to do a calculation correctly and get the right answer every time.
Texas A&M and UT-Austin: Partners in the Giant Magellan Telescope
Texas A&M University and the University of Texas and are founding partners of the Giant Magellan Telescope. This next-generation giant telescope, still in the planning and fundraising stages, will tackle exciting astronomical mysteries like dark energy, dark matter, and understanding extrasolar planets. For more information about this project, visit http://www.gmto.org
Stay on Message
In present day interviews, Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz discuss women's performance art during the late 70's, in the appropriate backdrop of Las Vegas where, in constant media interviews, they stayed on message that violence against women is wrong and that rape is not sex.
Edited by Teresa Flores.
Supported in part by a Grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles to Otis College of Art and Design Legacy Integrated Learning Program.
Special Thanks to Media Art Services, Suza
Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan (1928 Newsreel Footage with Open Captions and Audio Description)
This newsreel footage has been described for the blind and captioned for the deaf. Helen Keller's loss of vision and hearing in infancy made comprehension of the outside world next to impossible—or so it seemed. When teacher Anne Sullivan agreed to work with Keller, that world opened up, especially when Keller comprehended the function and purpose of language. Keller and Sullivan appear in this newsreel footage from 1928, in which Sullivan explains and then demonstrates the methodology use
Soapy Stress
To experience the three types of material stress related to rocks tensional, compressional and shear students break bars of soap using only their hands. They apply force created by the muscles in their own hands to put pressure on the soap, a model for the larger scale, real-world phenomena that forms, shapes and moves the rocks of our planet. They also learn the real-life implications of understanding stress in rocks, both for predicting natural hazards and building safe structures.
Lync IM an Expert - Part 2 of 2 IM an Expert is a publicly available Lync instant messaging question-and-answer service that enables users to find answers to questions by asking other users. Users can opt-in, and then the service harnesses the database of experts to connect people together via IM. In Part 2 of this series, Matthew Richardson, researcher at Microsoft, describes the technical details of IM an Expert, as well as the experiences that he and fellow researcher, Ryen White, had while developing a bot u
CIDMEF Libreville 2011 - Session CADMEF.
XVIIIème Journées Universitaires Francophones de Pédagogie des Sciences de la Santé de la CIDMEF.
3ème Congrès International Francophone de Pédagogie des Sciences de la Santé
16 – 19 avril 2011
Faculté de Médecine de Libreville (Gabon). Université des Sciences de la Santé
Titre : CIDMEF Libreville 2011 - Session CADMEF.
Intervenant : Abdel-Karim KOUMARE (professeur – Bamako, Mali)
Résumé : Session CADMEF. Facultés de Médecine du sud
The Turkish election
As Turkey prepares for a general election on June 12th, our correspondents discuss the government's growing intolerance of criticism
Volume of distribution
Explains the pharmacological concept of Volume of Distribution, and how it is calculated.
The History of US-China Relations
Reuters Editor-at-Large, Sir Harold Evans, walks us through the history of U.S.- China relations starting in 1945.
STS-135 Crew Profile
The last flight of the U.S. space shuttle is a return flight to the International Space Station for each of the four astronauts aboard Atlantis.
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Animated Song with Words
Cute version of Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. The words appear at bottom of screen as the narrators reads the rhyme. This is a good resource for the early childhood classroom. (1:20)
Een formulier invullen: Êtes-vous content?
Op het einde van deze les kun je een evaluatieformulier van een hotel invullen.
How Not to Become a Victim: Personal Protection
This ten minute interview is with an instructor and author about how you can help prevent yourself from becoming a victim and how you can defend yourself. Also find out how important it is to develop your awareness. This video applies to both sexes. A MUST watch for all students and others.
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Lung Cancer Risks raised by Genetic Variations
A research team led by scientists at MD Anderson Cancer Center report that 2 specific common inherited genetic variations are associated with increased risk of lung cancer for smokers and former smokers. Dr. Amos talks about how the findings are a major step forward in identifying those at high risk for non-small cell lung cancer and for understanding how smoking and genetic factors interact to cause the disease.
