U.S. Stocks jump one percent
Dec. 29 - Summary of business headlines: U.S. stocks gain on encouraging economic news; Pending home sales surge; Midwest factory activity improves; Italian 10-year bonds hover near 7 percent. Bobbi Rebell reports.
Media??o digital e revis?o dos processos de design em Arquitetura [Digital mediation and review of d
This paper presents partial results of doctoral research entitled Architecture, Semiotics and Second Order Cybernetics: observation, representation and performance in design process. The research is linked to the Nomads.usp research group and proposes a review of design process, considering the mediation of digital media by using concepts of Second order Cybernetics. This work start with the hypothesis that in a contemporary context, professional demands of architects and designers requires a d
Botany of The Los Amigos Conservation Area
Connexions course version of the Los Amigos Conservation Area website.
Ciencia@NASA
ofrece las ltimas noticias de la ciencia. La clase de jueves proporciona nuevos planes y actividades de la leccin basados en una historia actual del ttulo y conecta la ltima investigacin de NASA con la instruccin. Pasados asuntos incluyen Buck Rogers, Cuidado!, Adis a la MIR, Despus de tres intentos, se retira La Nia?, y ms.
X-Ray Vision, Crystallography
This site features a tutorial designed to allow students to gain an appreciation of how X-ray crystallography works. Using X-ray diffraction patterns to determine the arrangement of atoms in a molecule requires sophisticated mathematics. This activity depends only on light from an overhead projector passing through a ball-and-stick molecular model placed on the stage of the projector, making it an ideal introduction to x-ray diffraction.
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
School Governors: building relationships
School governors need the skills to develop working relationships with the school community. This unit will help you to understand what each stakeholder within the community needs, from headteacher to pupils and parents. Effective interaction between all parties can prevent problems from arising.
Blooming prickly pear cactus (Opuntia) from the Sonora desert
Cacti are often overlooked as flowering plants. In fact, cacti bloom with colorful flowers and reproduce like all other angiosperms.
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
Consumer Surplus Introduction
During this five-minute video Sal Khan discusses consumer surplus as the difference between marginal benefit and price paid for goods.
