Economic Update: "Following the Money Trails"
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On The Charlie Rose Show
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Goodnight D.W. Read-Aloud Online Storybook
This read-aloud is Goodnight D.W. written and illustrated by Marc Brown. It's time for bed, but D.W. can't sleep, not even after Mom, Dad, and Arthur tuck her in.Fortunately, D.W. finds that she can ease her fears of the dark all by herself-well, almost! There is a play button to start story and a pause button on each page. Each word is highlighted as the speaker reads. The speaker changes voices with each character. This is a wonderful resource to help build a literacy rich environment in the c
Favorite Read Alouds: Strategies for Fiction and Nonfiction Books (Virtual Tour)
This kindergarten teacher shares ideas on she uses books to teach reading strategies through read alouds. She shares her non-fiction and fiction gloves that helps students break down story concepts. This is a great professional development resource to enhance literacy instruction in the early childhood classroom. (2:47)
Building Word Families: Making and Breaking Words in the ABC Center
In this video, teachers will learn ideas for the ABC center for young learners. Students build word families at the ABC center by making and breaking words with the given materials. This is a great resource to help enhance literacy centers in the early childhood classroom. (2:37)
Café Drama Center: Developing Language and Vocabulary Through Play
Brainstorming ideas for what might be found in the café drama center and writing menus, helps students develop their vocabulary and provides an opportunity for meaningful talk in the classroom. This is a great resource to help teachers enhance learning in the early childhood classroom. (1:16)
Playing with Letters: Learning Letter-Sounds and Creating Words--Center Ideas
In this video, students fish for capital letters at the water table, create castles with letter blocks, and make words with letters from book jackets in order to develop their phonemic awareness. These are great center ideas for the early childhood classroom. (1:41)
Naming Objects from the Sound Bin: Building Awareness of Initial Phonemes (Literacy Center Idea)
Students identify the initial sound of a found object and place the object in the correct sound bin. This is a great professional development resource to help expand literacy instruction in the early childhood classroom. (0:50)
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Stream Consciousness
During this activity, students will learn how environmental engineers monitor water quality in resource use and design. They will employ environmental indicators to assess the water quality of a nearby stream. Students will make general observations of water quality as well as count the number of macroinvertabrates. They will then use the information they collected to create a scale to rate how good or bad the water quality of the stream. Finally, the class will compare their numbers and discuss
Fun with Bernoulli
While we know there is air around us all the time, we normally do not notice the air pressure. The purpose of this is activity is to use Bernoulli's Principle to manipulate air pressure so we can see its influence on the objects around us.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
This patient education program explains chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema including the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options for these diseases. It also reviews the anatomy of the respiratory system. This resource is a MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorial from the National Library of Medicine, designed and developed by the Patient Education Institute.
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S'inscrire à un cours de français: zich inschrijven voor een curus
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Language, language policies and education in Timor-Leste: Kirsty Sword Gusmão
Kirsty Sword Gusmão gives this lecture Language, language policies and education in Timor-Leste at The Australian National University.
Timor-Leste is a nation rich in cultural and linguistic diversity. With over sixteen languages spoken across the country in addition to the officials languages of Tetum and Portuguese,Timorese society is truly multilingual. Whilst the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste defines Portuguese and Tetum as co-official languages, and English and In
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