The K-W-L Chart
This video discusses the K-W-L graphic organizer. This is most often used when reading or researching about a specific topic. This video uses the topic of Egypt as an example. The K stands for what you already KNOW, the W stands for WHAT you WANT to know, and the L satnds for what you LEARNED. (4:00)
Shell's $5.7bn profit disappoints
The global oil major Shell reports five fold profits but figures have come in well below expectations leaving the market disappointed.
European Civilization, 1648-1945
This course offers a broad survey of modern European history, from the end of the Thirty Years' War to the aftermath of World War II. Along with the consideration of major events and figures such as the French Revolution and Napoleon, attention will be paid to the experience of ordinary people in times of upheaval and transition. The period will thus be viewed neither in terms of historical inevitability nor as a procession of great men, but rather through the lens of the complex interrelations
1909-11-28: A Woman Inventor Who Plans - and Expects - To Fly
This image is a newspaper clipping about E. Lilian Todd and the airplane she designed and that Mrs. Sage financed.,E. Lilian Todd was an unusual woman for her day, or ours. From a modest background and largely self-educated, she became a stenographer and then worked for a firm of patent attorneys in Washington, D.C. But in her spare time, she designed and built model planes and by 1906 she had developed a model biplane and was seeking a sponsor to enable it to be built and test-flown. Olivia Sag
Les métiers de la santé - Nancy 2011 : ergothérapeute
Les métiers de la santé - Nancy 2011 : ergothérapeute un métier mal connu
Balle de ping-pong dans un entonnoir (video)
Lorsqu’on plonge une balle de ping-pong dans l’eau, celle-ci remonte à la surface, en vertu du principe d’Archimède. Mais est-ce toujours vrai ? Pas sûr…
Alan Greenspan Was Right! (About Antitrust, Anyway) [Thomas DiLorenzo discusses his upcoming online Mises Academy class Competition, Monopoly, and Antitrust: The Austrian Perspective, a five-week course starting March 15.] For all his
Blinder Understates the Cost of a Carbon Tax In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Alan Blinder listed numerous alleged benefits of a phased-in carbon tax. Out of his entire column, he devoted a single sentence to the possible downside of his plan when he wrote, "No one likes to pay higher taxes." A more bala
Career Education for special education
Joy Heuer
This is a unit of career education lessons for a mod./severe special education class. These lessons are targeted towards a K-1 class. Included are lessons on name recognition, self awareness, […]
Marimba Beat: Jingchen Sun
In this performance video segment from From the Top at Carnegie Hall, 17-year-old percussionist Jingchen Sun plays a marimba, a percussion instrument with a fascinating history. The piece she plays, "Ultimatum I," is by German composer and percussionist Nebojsa Zivkovic. (04:20)
1.203J Logistical and Transportation Planning Methods (MIT)
The class will cover quantitative techniques of Operations Research with emphasis on applications in transportation systems analysis (urban, air, ocean, highway, pick-up and delivery systems) and in the planning and design of logistically oriented urban service systems (e.g., fire and police departments, emergency medical services, emergency repair services). It presents a unified study of functions of random variables, geometrical probability, multi-server queueing theory, spatial location theo
History of American Literature: Ernest Hemingway
A two minute video using quotes from Hemingway and an overview of his themes. A brief early biography.
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Video: Vanderbilt Orchestra: Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 4″
The Vanderbilt Orchestra, conducted by Robin Fountain, performed Symphony No. 4 by Felix Mendelssohn September 16, 2010, in Ingram Hall.
Annotating images with community ontologies: experiences from neuroscience
Speaker: Dr. Maryann Martone, UCSD
Troubles close pyramids
Pyramids shut because of Egyptian unrest.
Birmingham Canal - Birmingham Canal Navigations
Photographs by Geoograph contributors taken along the canal from Aldersley Junction to Gas Street Basin.
Santander's Polish bank bid
Santander is preparing to officially bid for the remaining share in Poland's Bank Zachodni WBK with an offer of $5.8m, which would make Santander the sole owner.
Suicide blast strikes downtown Kabul
A suicide attack in Afghanistan's capital Kabul kills at least two people and injures several others.
Plastic Pollution Introduction
A good introduction to plastic pollution on beaches. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Scientist Chris Reddy help AquaKIDs take a critical look at plastics and their effect on our environment.
