Common Hermit Crab--An Overview
This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of a Common Hermit Crab. Despite the common name, hermit crabs are related more closely to lobsters than to crabs. They lack a hard carapace, and adopt the empty shells of gastropod molluscs (such as whelks), carrying them around and swapping them for a larger shell as they grow. When seen out of a shell, hermit crabs have a bizarre appearance; the soft abdomen is twisted, which allows it to fit into the coils of th
The State Is a Harsh Mistress When I mention that I believe that it is not the proper role of government to subsidize research in space technology, the looks I receive from my fellow aerospace engineering classmates seem to suggest that they want to send me to the dark side of the moon (on the taxpayers' dime). If there's one libertarian position that is exceedingly difficult to argue, it is the notion that scientific
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Formation Médicale 2011 – Le développement du sens critique, pour une formation continue.
Titre : Formation Médicale 2011 – Le développement du sens critique, pour une formation continue.
Intervenants : Pascale JOLLIET (Nantes, CNPM).
Résumé : Atelier : Partage d’expériences : le médicament, les vecteurs de sa connaissance de la formation initiale médicale continue. CNPM et APNET. Les moyens d’une approche critique dans l’utilisation des thérapeutiques médicamenteuses et non médicamenteuses
L’auteur n’a pas transmis de conflit d’intérê
Wildcat Art Inspires Youth Creativity
Wildcat Art is a non-profit K-12 art program that serves the Tucson community while providing hands-on teaching experience for advanced undergraduate and graduate art and visual culture education students. The program operates every spring semester, and the students' work is exhibited in the UA's Union Gallery.
Montreal Council of Women's Centennial Tapestry on loan to Concordia University
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The Montreal Council of Women is lending their Centennial Tapestry to Concordia University to mark the university's commitment to the advancement of women. The Tapestry was created in 1993 to mark the 100 years of the Montreal Council of Women. The official hand-over took place on International Women's Day - March 8th, 2012
Cómo empezó la Guerra Civil Española - en español
Entre las causas lejanas están: la oposición radical, el ejército, la
escasa modernización social y las ideologías europeas. La causa próxima
es la crisis económica, social y política. (4:00)
Dust Explosion (Interactive)
In these videos adapted from the Journal of Chemical Education, learn about the dangers of grain elevators and observe the combustion of lycopodium powder. The demonstrator places fine particles of lycopodium powder into a funnel inside a container that also holds a lit candle. Air is forced through the funnel, causing the powder to disperse within the container, and then resulting in an explosive chemical reaction. This demonstration illustrates the hazard of dust explosions—specifically,
Formation Médicale 2011 – La formation à la recherche, quand et pour qui ?
Titre : Formation Médicale 2011 – La formation à la recherche, quand et pour qui ?
Intervenant : Joël MENARD (Paris).
Résumé : Table ronde : une formation commune, des métiers multiples.
L’auteur n’a pas transmis de conflit d’intérêt concernant les données diffusées dans cette vidéo ou publiées dans la référence citée.
Conférence enregistrée lors des Etats Généraux de la Formation Médicale (EGFM) : Enjeux, Parcours, Evaluation. Table ronde
An Introduction to Social and Emotional Learning
This 4:11 video has some interesting ideas about helping students control their emotions, reduce violence and improve the school atmosphere. Lots of good visuals and insights. Well worth watching.
How animals move
This video is from a lecture that shows students the different ways that the some animals move. A good way to motivate students to watch various animals and how the move and thus learn observation skills.
STS Activity - Microwave Oven
Structured worksheet on the microwave oven.
The Painted Garden
A freelance garden historian, Russell Bowes, will use the clues displayed or hidden in paintings to look at the major developments of gardening styles from ancient times to the present day.
2012 Meigs Professor Dr. Jeffrey Berejikian.mov
Jeffrey Berejikian
Berejikian is described by students and colleagues as a dynamic and demanding teacher with a knack for engaging students whether he is delivering a traditional lecture or using more unconventional teaching methods. For one course, he uses a computer-based simulation in which teams of students manage their own countries and make policy decisions. "This allowed us to have as close to a first-hand experience creating grand strategy as one can get without working from the Oval Off
318 GG Dashes, Colons, and Commas
They can change the way your sentences feel. Learn how they differ.
Singapore Math--Model and Solve Word Problems Using Thinking Blocks-Percents  (Part 2 of 2)
This video shows how to use Thinking Blocks to model and solve a percent word problem. The word problem asks students to find the sale price. The teacher uses an interactive board to draw bar models, labels, and question marks to solve problems. This would be a great resource to use as teacher professional development or for direct instruction. (03:53)
The Jade and Marjorie Project
Here is a video clip done by students in secondary 5 (16-17 years old) from Du Tournesol Secondary School in Windsor, Quebec, Canada. (02:49)
How the Islands of Hawaii Were Formed
The origins of the Hawaiian Islands have remained a geological puzzle for generations, but recent investigations uncovered that volcanoes hold the key to much of the formation of these beautiful islands. In this video clip, learn more about what these investigations talk about. (2:59)
The Earth's Seasons (in Arabic)
An Arabic educational animation about the Earth's seasons, day and night, and phases of the moon. (02:00)
