Symphonie Fantasique
Overview of the five movements in Berlioz Symphonie Fantasique.
Snow Cover by Latitude
Using data sets from MYNASADATA students will create graphs comparing the amount (percentage) of snow cover along selected latitudes by date.
If the Public Would be Outraged by Their Rulings, Should Judges Care? (Other Resource)
This Foundation for Law, Justice and Society Annual Lecture, delivered by Professor Cass Sunstein on 24 May 2007, questions the limits and legitimacy of judicial independence in the face of public opinion.
Candle flame
Your skin covers and protects your body. Your skin can also detect heat and cold. If you put one of your fingers in the flame of a candle, your brain would gather this information and send a message to your muscles to move your finger out of the flame. This is because the brain receives a signal that the flame is extremely hot and in turn the brain tells your body you are in pain and that you should move your finger.
06.04.2012 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Freitag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
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Der deutsche Literaturnobelpreisträger Günter Grass hat Anfeindungen nach der Veröffentlichung seines Israel-kritischen Gedichts zurückgewiesen. Zugleich konstatierte er, dass in einem demokratischen Land wie Deutschland, in dem Pressefreiheit herrsche, eine gewisse Gleichschaltung der Meinung im Vordergrund stehe. In mehreren Interviews sagte de
Thomas Jefferson's Agricultural Life
When Americans visit Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Virginia, they’re visiting the home of one of history’s most impassioned farmers. A tour of Monticello today reveals part of his legacy in carefully maintained gardens and grounds. It’s where this founding father performed countless experiments of his own developing new edibles. In this video clip, learn more about Thomas Jefferson and his agricultural life. (03:32)
Tribute Warsaw Uprising 1944
Video shows pictures of the war, the people, and the effects of the war. 63-day struggle to liberate World War II Warsaw from German occupation. Undertaken by the Armia Krajowa (Home Army), the Polish resistance group, at the time Allied troops were breaking through the Normandy defenses and the Red Army was standing at the line of the Vistula River.
UN Ideas That Changed The World - Richard Jolly Marant
Honorary Professor and Research Associate of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex and co-ordinator of the UN Intellectual History Project draws on the 17-volume official history of the UN
Learning how to count to $1.00!
Radio Caroline - A Pirate's Tale (6)
9:16 From the BBC 2 Arena programme. Part 1 of 8 Radio Caroline Pirate Radio attacks a conservative society. The future of Radio in England shows the history and complaints are exactly the same ones they make today regarding music piracy on the internet. Robert Kennedy sends messages to the youth of Britan!
Duke Chapel Live - 4/15/2012 - Candice Ryals Provey
A service of worship in Duke University Chapel. Ms Candice Ryals Provey delivers a sermon entitled "The Way, the Truth, the Life."
Opening Excerpt from the Sermon (36:07)
It was evening the first day when the disciples gathered and Jesus came, but Thomas wasn't with them.
Imagine with me these two very different scenes:
Thomas sits alone at home as the shadows gather at dusk, turning over the events of the past week, the past year, thinking through the things he once knew to be true...
How
A Deeper Dive into the Page Flip in Canvas/HTML5 Here is the link to the awesome blog post by the IETeam on handling touch and mouse inputs across browsers: Here is a download of all the files that make up the PageFlip a
Handling Touch Inputs Across Device Browers
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2011/10/19/handling-multi-touch-and-mouse-input-in-all-browsers.aspxGetting All the Page Flip Code
Zhujiajiao Water Village, Shanghai, China
1:52 Zhujiajiao Water Village, Shanghai, China slide show. This is an ancient water town. I was there! ~ ECP
chinavine.ucf.edu/shanghai/zhujiajiao/4/
Floor Hockey (CYR)
Gatekeepers no More: Public Relations gets the better of journalism in the digital age
John Lloyd, (senior research fellow at the Reuters Institute), gives a talk for the Reuters Institute seminar series
Coroner's Report: Al Capone
Al Capone survived assassination attempts, brutal gang wars and an attack by a fellow inmate at Alcatraz. In this video clip, learn how unprotected sex took down one of history's most notorious gangsters. (2:38)
Dance Bunny Hop
Bill Nye-Food Web
Mountain Hare in Snowy Habitat
This short video gives excellent real life footage of Mountain Hares in a snowy habitat. Students will enjoy the close up views of these amazing creatures. The Mountain Hare has a lighter build than the brown hare, and is easily distinguished by its tail, which is completely white throughout the year, whereas in the brown hare the tail has a black upper surface. The ears are tipped with black, and the coat is brown in summer, turning white during winter. This is a great resource to help bui
