American Museum of Natural History-Resources for Learning
This site presents a collection of scientific learning resources for educators, parents, kids, after-school coordinators, informal learning center staff, and anyone else interested in teaching or learning about science. The site provides a searchable database of resource materials, including activities (computer based and otherwise), curriculum materials, articles, evidence and analytical tools and procedures, exhibition materials, reference lists, and special collections of resources organized
The Constitution: Drafting a More Perfect Union
This lesson focuses on the drafting of the United States Constitution during the Federal Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia. Students will analyze an unidentified historical document and draw conclusions about what this document was for, who created it, and why. After the document is identified as George Washington’s annotated copy of the Committee of Style’s draft constitution, students will compare its text to that of an earlier draft by the Committee of Detail to understand the evolution
It's an ad!
How do marketers target kids -- and how can we teach kids to know the difference between advertising and fact? These websites provide strategies to build critical thinking skills for media literate kids.
Becoming an online teacher
For even the most experienced classroom teacher, teaching online requires a thoughtful transition to the new environment.
Greeting your Limited English Proficient (LEP) students in their own language
Even a simple "Hello" or "How are you today?" can help to integrate a student into a new environment. This article offers strategies and tools for teachers wishing to learn a few words of a new language.
Plant Hormones: Bioassay for Gibberellin
This simple assay makes use of the ability of the plant hormone GA3 to induce starch breakdown in the endosperm of a barley seed from which the embryo has been removed. The effect of the hormone is clear and repeatable. This exercise can be used in introductory biology courses to demonstrate a basic plant process, or can be modified and used to investigate more sophisticated questions in a developmental biology course.
Lecture by Cristina Diaz Moreno and Efren Garcia Grinda, AMID.cero9
Presented as part of CCA's Architecture Lecture Series, this lecture was filmed Monday, October 17, 2011, in Timken Lecture Hall on the San Francisco campus of California College of the Arts.
Info: 415.703.9562 or architecture@cca.edu
AMID.cero9 is Cristina Díaz Moreno and Efrén García Grinda. Their works include the Opera Prima 2010, a prize-winning Industrial Building for Diagonal 80 in Madrid, and the Cherry Tree Blossom Pavilion, which was exhibited in the 12th Venice Architecture Bienn
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
National Security and Civil Liberties - The Basic Legal and Ethical Controversies
The first of three panel discussions at SMU on October 22, 2011, at the conference on "National Security and Civil Liberties" was concerned the basic legal and ethical controversies. The conference was sponsored by SMU's John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies and the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility. The panel was chaired by Joseph F. Kobylka, Associate Professor of Political Science at SMU, Robin Lovin, the Cary M. Maguire University Professor of Ethics at SMU'
JIVE: Joint Institute for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) in Europe
Provided by the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (ASTRON), the Joint Institute for Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) in Europe (JIVE) operates the EVN MkIV VLBI Data Processor and offers support to astronomers and the Telescope Network. The website offers clear summaries of many research topics pursued at the Institute including gravitational lensing, interstellar scintillation, and pulsar astrometry. Visitors can learn about the operational status and history of the EVN M
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ISS Update - Jan. 23, 2012
The International Space Station video update for Jan. 23, 2012.
Coping with Cupid (1991) - extract
Viv Albertine of punk legends The Slits made this agreeably loopy short for the BFI in 1991. Three blonde extra-terrestrial investigators have just 48 hours to find love on Earth whilst trying to avoid the deadly "loneliness virus". They are aided on their quest by a number of talking heads, including filmmaker/musician Don Letts, feminist Shere Hite, journalist Ros Coward and members of the public. (Alex Davidson)
You can see the complete film and over 2000 other titles free in BFI Mediatheque
20-Year Map of Global Rainfall
The distribution of rainfall on Earth follows clear patterns that can be traced to factors that influence cloud formation, such as the amount of solar heating, surface temperatures, topography, and proximity to moisture. In this visualization from NASA, observe the monthly distribution of global rainfall from January 1979 to January 2001, as illustrated by data gathered with a combination of remote-sensing and ground-based methods. (3mins)
Defining Dissolving
n this introductory activity students see that sugar and food coloring dissolve in water but neither dissolves in oil. Based on their observations, students can conclude that both solids and liquids can dissolve, but they don't necessarily dissolve in all liquids. Through this activity, students will refine their definition of dissolve. There is a downloadable activity sheet that will be very helpful to educators, and will help students stay on track. An assessment sheet is also available on the
Spanish Consumer Health Information
This Web page from the 24 Languages Project out of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library provides access to sound files on various consumer health topics including chickenpox immunization, hepatitis B, alcoholism, smoking, and drug abuse, as well as health insurance, HIV, and cancer. A QuickTime plug-in, Real Media, Windows Media, or other MP3 player is needed in order to use the resources.
Anatomía I (2011)
La materia de Anatomía queda incluida en el bloque formativo “estructura y función”, según la clasificación establecida en el Libro Blanco de Veterinaria. Debe suministrar al estudiante un conocimiento básico y claro sobre el desarrollo, forma, estructura, función y relaciones recíprocas que establecen los órganos en los animales domésticos sanos, con un enfoque comparado y una finalidad aplicativa. Los contenidos de la asignatura “Anatomía I” quedan referidos al estudio detall
Breakingviews: Thermospat
Feb. 10 - Breakingviews columnists discuss a patent dispute between Honeywell and Nest Labs over the iPod of thermostats.
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