Isostasy and Gravity
This site provides visual resources that illustrate the concept of isostasy and show how measuring gravity over mountain ranges provides evidence that mountains have deep roots. Visualizations in this collection include images, animations, interactive graphics and photographs. These resources can be integrated into lectures, classes, labs or other activities.
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
This resource presents a brief overview the glaciation that created the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. Links are provided to maps of the region, information about coastal geology, glaciers, volcanoes, mountains, and recommended reading.
The Presidency
This site features 40 documents from 23 Presidents -- Washington's first inaugural address, Adams' description of his reception by King George III as America's first minister to Great Britain, Adams' letter ordering the relocation of government offices from Philadelphia to D.C., Lincoln's instructions to the commander at Fort Sumter, Roosevelt's letter thanking Oppenheimer and his colleagues for their ongoing secret atomic research, and more.
Two paths to knowledge
For students who always finish their class work early or want more information than you have time to give, try curriculum compacting.
Play with purpose
Electronic whiteboards make the internet an active communication vehicle of engagement and learning.
Understanding and using fonts
Serifs, sans serifs, and when to use them.
Not your mother's math teacher
North Carolina's 2001-2002 Teacher of the Year, Carmen Wilson, talks about real-world math and teachers' roles as professionals.
Eesti selgroogsed
Interaktiivne õpiprogramm. Eestis leitud 484 selgroogsete loomade liigist on Eesti selgroogsete lehekülgedele paigutatud 283. Need on süstematiseeritud loomarühmade (kalad, kahepaiksed, roomajad, linnud, imetajad) lõikes. Lisaks loomarühmade ja liikide kirjeldustele on Eesti selgroogsed varustatud ka õpiülesannetega, liigi leidmist hõlbustab tähestikuline liiginimekiri. Programmist leiab veel vastava loomarühma üldiseloomustuse, Eestiga seotud teabe ning looduskaitsealuste liikide vÃ
Our experts make it rain inside Nottingham Contemporary!
It's not every day our experts are asked to make it rain inside an art gallery...but for an installation by Klaus Weber at Nottingham Contemporary the team at the Environmental Technology Centre (ETC) pulled out all the stops.
For more information about the exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary visit http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/
Phones power Samsung to record profits
Jan. 06 - Samsung Electronics forecasts a 73 percent jump in operating profit for the Oct to Dec period, after record-smashing sales of smartphones. Arnold Gay reports.
Subtracting Decimals
In this video, a teacher demonstrates how to subtract 8.6-5.43 on a white board. The problem is first shown horizontally, and the teacher rewrites it vertically. This is beneficial in showing students how to line up the decimals and to add zero after six in the first number. ( :36)
Darwin's Frog Avoids Snake by Floating Down Stream
This short video gives excellent real life footage of a Darwin's Frog floating down stream to avoid being eaten by snake. Students will enjoy the close up shot of the frog upside down floating in water. Discovered by Charles Darwin in the thick, gloomy forests of southern-central Chile, Darwin’s frog (Rhinoderma darwinii) possesses a distinctive appearance and an unusual biology. The head of this species has a triangular appearance due to the presence of a pronounced, fleshy proboscis
Gerda Warnholtz - Part time PhD student from Mexico
Watch Gerda Warnholtz, a part-time PhD student from Mexico, in the International Centre for Events, Tourism and Hospitality at Leeds Metropolitan University talk about the PhD programme, why she chose our department and what she is studying.
Trouble for NYSE, D. Boerse deal
Jan 10 - European anti-competitive regulators are prepared to block the $9 billion merger of Germany's Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext. Conway G. Gittens reports.
Week #003 Review, Wednesday Ascoltate = Listen Leggete = Read Ripetete = Repeat Rispondete = Answer Scrivete = Write Aprite i libri = Open your books Chiudete i libri = Close your books Fate l'esercizio = Do the exercise Capite? = Do you understand? Ancora una volta! = One more time! Attenzione! = Be careful! or Pay attention! Giusto! = Correct! Benissimo! = Very good! Sbagliato! = Wrong! Tutti insieme! = All together!
Student Feedback Videos
Student Feedback Videos.
Martin Luther King, Jr. on NBC's Meet the Press in 1965
On March 28, 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr. appeared on NBC's Meet The Press. One week after leading his historic five-day march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, King said that the demonstration was necessary not just to help push the Voting Rights Bill through, but to draw attention to the humiliating conditions in Alabama such as police brutality and racially-motivated murder.
16.01.2012 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainieren Sie Ihr Hörverstehen mit authentischen Materialien. Nutzen Sie die Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Montag - als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
Spezialkräfte der Feuerwehr haben an Bord des vor der Küste der italienischen Toskana gekenterten Kreuzfahrtschiffes "Costa Concordia" ein weiteres Todesopfer entdeckt. Wie die Nachrichtenagentur Ansa berichtete, handelt es sich um einen Passagier. Der Tote habe sich auf dem zweiten Deck befunden und eine Schwimmwes
Simple Machines - Part1
Our Mousetrap Car
