Climate Change Impacts Alaska Glaciers
This video adapted from KTOO takes a look at Earth's warming and cooling cycles and the current atypical trend of warming that is impacting the glaciers in Alaska's Inside Passage.
Energy Flow in the Coral Reef Ecosystem
This video segment, adapted from NOVA, describes the energy flow in a coral reef, including its food web.
Weather 2 - Quiz
Do you have a nose for the weather?
Galliano's absence overshadows Dior show
July 5 - Dior debuts its first Haute Couture collection without ousted designer John Galliano. Alicia Powell reports.
Puppetry
Information and directions on how to make a basic puppet.
The Rothbardian World of Online Auctions In our world of interventionist laws and regulations, I have found a Rothbardian island, so to speak — a place where the ethics of liberty live.[1]
My island is an online-auction site. Because this site is similar to myriad other auction sites, I will only provide a quick overview of the rules: Sellers offer items for sale or a
1.2 The economics of water Water has traditionally been regarded as a free resource in the sense that there is nothing to stop anybody collecting their own supply of water from rainfall. Even water from the public supply is very cheap. Although sand and gravel only cost around £12 a tonne in the UK in 2004 (Argles, 2005), the average of £0.80 per tonne (a cubic metre) for supply of mains water in England and Wales is even cheaper. However, some regions of the world are less fortunate. For example, in Kuwait most fres
Show Me the Money
Students learn about the major factors that comprise the design and construction cost of a modern bridge. Before a bridge design is completed, engineers provide overall cost estimates for construction of the bridge. Students learn about the components that go into estimating the total cost, including expenses for site investigation, design, materials, equipment, labor and construction oversight, as well as the trade-off between a design and its cost.
Where is Here?
In this lesson, students are shown the very basics of navigation. The concepts of relative and absolute location, latitude, longitude and cardinal directions are discussed, as well as the use and principles of a map and compass.
Making a Simple Circuit
Instructions and notes for conducting a lesson on the topic of simple electrical circuits.
Experimenting with Fabrics and Fibres
Lesson ideas for encouraging children to experiment with different fabrics and to discover various informal ways of attaching them.
Floating and Sinking 2
Printable worksheet that guides children through a hands-on exploration of how shape affects floating. Also provides opportunities for recording ideas and observations.
Rational Expressions: Summary of Key Concepts
This module contains the a rational expressions from Elementary Algebra by Denny Burzynski and Wade Ellis, Jr.
Quadratic Equations: Solving Quadratic Equations
This module contains the a quadratic equations from Elementary Algebra by Denny Burzynski and Wade Ellis, Jr.
Libertarian Journalism in the '60s, '70s, and '80s Mummy Studies | Closer To Invisibility Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall ICSE 2011: Conversation with Baris Aktemur Barış Aktemur is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Özyeğin University. His research interests include runtime program generation, programming language design and semantics, static program analysis and transformation, software engineering and type theory. [source] Here, Wolfram Schulte interviews Barış at ICSE 2011. Th
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Hear how scientists are using modern technology to study Otzi the Iceman. Also, learn about engineered materials that can guide light around objects.
Originally created as a vocational school for women in 1906., today it hosts facilities for CFA programs and an Intelligent Workplace.
