Amazing Octopus Color Transformation
Ever wish you could change shape and color the way the Cyanea octopus can? (02:28)
Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures: Happy Earth Day
Told from the perspective of 5-year old Betsy, Betsy's Kindergarten
Adventures is designed to ease a child's transition from the home
setting to a school environment by generating interest and excitement
about the kindergarten experience in young viewers. This episode is about waste and where it ends up. (13:07)
Barney's "The Friendship Song"
In this classic video, Barney and his friends sing about the importance of friendship. The words to the song are displayed as they are sung. Building friendships is such important skill and this is a great resource for the early childhood classroom. (1:04)
Landscape painter Alan Cotton talks at Bath - Alan Cotton
Alan Cotton, Honorary Professor of Art at the University of Bath, gives his inaugural lecture where he presents stories about people and places from his travels.
The Alcan Highway: Road To Alaska
The Alcan Highway connected the Alaskan wilderness to the lower 48 states for the first time. During construction, crews faced brutal work conditions and other challenges. In this video clip from Modern Marvels learn about the role the U.S. military played in the highway’s construction. (3:57)
Horse Uses Treadmill Under Penn Vet Supervision
Located on 678 acres of scenic rural land in Kennett Square, Pa., the New Bolton Center provides education, treatment, and scientific research into the welfare of large food, farm, and athletic animals. It is home to one of the largest and most respected equine surgical and treatment facilities in the nation.
At the Center, racehorses, show horses, work horses, and pet horses receive routine, emergency, and intensive veterinary care that ranges from sports medicine and reproductive services to
Josh Kraft Speaking at Northeastern College of Professional Studies Commencement
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Provost Stephen Director Speaking at Northeastern College of Professional Studies Commencement
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Relentless: The Global Formula Racing Pursuit of Perfection
This documentary chronicles a year in the life of Global Formula Racing Team. Made up of students in a multinational partnership who design and build formula cars for an extremely competitive international racing circuit, the GFR team hails from Oregon State University and DHBW Ravensburg, Germany. They devote every waking moment to the relentless pursuit of an international championship.
Human Prehistory 101: Prologue
Award winning video introduces human prehistory starting over 200,000 years ago. Who were our first human ancestors? Where did they live? (04:41)
The Union Siege of Vicksburg
The heavily fortified city of Vicksburg is the gateway to the Mississippi River. To force surrender, Ulysses S. Grant holds the rebel forces under siege for six weeks. Grant will defeat the Confederate forces and gain control of the Mississippi River. In this clip, learn more facts about the Union siege of Vicksburg. (2:37)
Lecture by Heather Roberge, Murmur
CCA Architecture Lecture Series
Recorded Monday, April 9, 2012, in Timken Lecture Hall on the San Francisco campus
at California College of the Arts
Visit cca.edu/architecture
Heather Roberge is a practicing architect and educator in Los Angeles. She is associate vice chair of the Department of Architecture at UCLA, and director of the undergraduate program in architectural studies. She teaches graduate courses in design and technology. Formerly, as coprincipal of Gnuform, she explored an arch
Word. World. 2012 (MFA Program in Writing Thesis Presentations)
Presented by the MFA Program in Writing
Recorded Friday, March 30, 2012, in Timken Lecture Hall at the San Francisco campus of California College of the Arts
Info: 415.551.9237 or twalsh@cca.edu
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Poetry, prose, and writings in between by graduate students in the MFA Program in Writing. Celebrating 10 years of literary excellence!
Featured Students
Jeff Von Ward
Jessica Chrastil
Fia Maxwell
Jason R Jimenez
Erin H. Heath
Anthony Dimitry
Steven Trull
Think Tanks and Liberty [GaryNorth.com] There is a fight going on inside the Cato Institute, which is a very well-funded libertarian think tank that deals with policy issues. That is what think tanks do. They are po
MIT Commencement 2008 Part 1
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David Holt Conexus
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Breakingviews: In China, no need to grease the wheels
April 26 - Bribery is not the key to success in China, in fact it's bad for business...especially when corruption scandals make media headlines, says Reuters Breakingviews.
ISS Update: Wearable Technology
NASA Public Affairs Officer Lynnette Madison talks with Human Interface Engineer Cory Simon about wearable technology containing sensors, displays and controls to assist future astronauts and augment their capability to perform more elaborate and complex tasks. Questions? Ask us on Twitter @NASA_Johnson and include the hashtag #askStation. For the latest news about the space station, visit http://www.nasa.gov/station.
StreetSmart SchoolSmart
CLPR Spring 2011 Speaker Series:
StreetSmart SchoolSmart: Urban Poverty and the Education of Adolescent Boys
James Diego Vigil
Professor, Department of Law
Criminology and Society
University of California, Irvine
Gilberto Q. Conchas
Associate Professor
Department of Education
University of California, Irvine
Date: December 9, 2010
Time: 3:00 PM -- 5:00 PM
Location: Shorb House, 2547 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
Description: This case study explores how a community-based truancy preventi
