Study Habits
This 1:35 minute student done video has a few good points such as looking ahead and not being distracted.
Comparing Absolute Values
Sal Khan evaluates and compares absolute values in this four-minute video clip.
Writing Proportions
Sal Khan of Khan Academy demonstrates how to set up proportions to solve a word problem in this six-minute video.
John Henry
This Weston Woods segment is about John Henry, a larger-than-life hero in folklore, who demonstrates extraordinary strength in a race against a machine. Â
Parenting & Family Advice : How to Encourage Good Teen Study Habits
Encourage good study habits in teens by organizing the study space and materials. This 2:43 video places an emphasis on supervising the student, having a quiet place for them to work, and keeping track of their calendar of assignments. Good material for parents to review.
The Cloud Project / Zoë Papadopoulo et Catherine Kramer
The Cloud Project / Zoë Papadopoulo et Catherine Kramer. In "Images & mirages @ nanosciences", colloque international organisé par le Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités, Sociétés, Territoires (LISST) de l'Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail, le Centre d'Élaboration de Matériaux et d'Études Structurales (CEMES) rattaché à l'Institut de Physique du CNRS et le Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de Nano-Objets (LPCNO) de l'INSA Toulouse. Université To
Moxie Effervescent Piano Music
ARTCRAFT piano arrangement on hand-punched paper. A very bubbly, healthful piano roll rendition of Just Make It Moxie for Mine. Douglas Henderson is the arranger cum laude. Performed and interpreted on a player piano from the 1920s. Note: Permission granted to me from ARTCRAFT to show this music roll online.
Mesoporous thin films: synthesis, characterization and optical properties
Mesoporous thin films: synthesis, characterization and optical properties, Lecture I, Soler-Illia, Galo, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Teacher Tipster-Place Value Game-(Ones, tens, hundreds)
Here's a fun game to help teach place value (ones, tens AND hundreds). You will need a 3 compartment dip tray and matching colored dice. Students play against each other. This is a great opportunity to review place value and even greater than/less than activities. (3:30)
Approaches to political studies
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.
As taught Autumn Semester 2010.
This module introduces students to alternative theoretical approaches to the study of political phenomena. We consider the different forms of analysing, explaining, and understanding politics associated with approaches such as behaviouralism, rational choice theory, institutionalism, Marxism, feminism, interpretive theory and post-modernism.
This module shows that the different a
Personal & Professional Development
Personal & Professional Development
Expert source on FEMA funding freeze available to media
Vanderbilt University researcher James Fraser has done extensive research on FEMA, buyouts and flood mitigation policies and is available to talk to media about the recent freeze on FEMA funding.
Absolute Beginner #18 - Loving and Hating in Japanese
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Even though you are staying with your close friend in Japan, you feel like you have to be on your best behavior. You’re making your bed every day, helping around the house, and doing whatever chores you can find to assist your Japanese buddy. When she suggests sushi for dinner, you [...]
MIG en MAG : Veilig en verantwoord lassen De technologie van het MIG en MAG lassen. De voor- en nadelen van beide lasmethodes en een analyse van de fouten die zich kunnen voordoen bij het lassen zelf. Extra informatie: Geschiedenis van het lassen, andere soorten …
International regulatory reforms hurt global recovery: report
Sept. 6 - IIF Managing Director Charles Dallara discusses the Institute's report revealing international regulatory reforms in the financial industry are adding pressure on the U.S., Japan and Western Europe.
9/11 widows move on
Sept. 6 - Ten years after their husbands were killed in the World Trade Center attacks, two widows reflect on their emotional journeys. Elly Park reports.
U.S. Day Ahead: McDonald's, Kroger in spotlight
Sept. 8 - McDonald's reports August sales and supermarket chain Kroger reports fourth-quarter earnings before the bell.
Jim Tiedje at the 2011 DOE JGI User Meeting
Jim Tiedje of Michigan State University on "Tackling Metagenomics' Largest Challenge: The Great Prairie Project" at the 6th annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting on March 24, 2011.
Ronald DePinho, M.D., on employee expectations
On Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, Ronald DePinho, M.D., began his presidency of MD Anderson Cancer Center. Here he shares his expectations of MD Anderson employees.
DePinho is internationally recognized for basic and translational research in cancer, aging and age-associated degenerative disorders. He's the fourth full-time president of MD Anderson.
DePinho succeeds John Mendelsohn, M.D., who remains on MD Anderson faculty, returning to clinical and translational research as co-director of a new In
Expedition Blue Planet- Ganges: Endangered Source
he source of the Ganges is Rishikesh, nestled in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains and fed by its enormous glaciers.At 1,560 miles (2510 km) long with a river basin between 200 and 400 miles wide, the Ganges river supports nearly half a billion people ‘Mother Ganges’ is revered by Hindus as the incarnation of a god.The source of the Ganges is Rishikesh, nestled in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains and fed by its enormous and endangered glaciers. The Expedition team inve
