"H" Sounds
Starfall's excellent interactive treatment given to the letter "H h”, with emphasis on the sound of the letter. Several examples and very clear pronunciation.
Authors@Google: W. David Stephenson
W. David Stephenson visits Google Cambridge to talk about his new book "Data Dynamite: How Liberating Information Will Transform Our World." From the description:
"Martin Luther unleashed the printed word by translating the Bible into German so priests were no longer needed as intermediaries, and allowed wide public access by printing it instead of having it copied by monks. Data Dynamite will do the same for data, unleashing its power by giving everyone access using the Internet.
"Data is com
Inside the News: Investors seen scrambling for safe havens
Nov. 10 - Investors are struggling to find a safe haven in the commodities markets to protect from problems in Greece or Italy, after considerable outflows from gold and silver, says Nic Brown from Natixis.
Grading the Graphics
Students work as graphics illustrators on a newspaper, interpreting, creating, and analyzing graphic displays. The page opens to the tasks as well as the solutions for each task and, most helpful, a scoring rubric.
2.6 A gene ‘for’ obesity? So far we have mostly emphasized the way in which different environmental factors may affect body weight and provide a partial explanation of both individual cases of obesity and the increase in average body weight that has been so clearly documented in both North America and Western Europe during the last two decades. There is also marked individual variability in body weight. For example, any weight between about 58 and 78 kg would be regarded as ‘desirable’ for a person of height 1.77
LQP Asks: Has someone close to you served in the military?
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Museum van mezelf : Spreekbeurt Met dit stappenplan bereiden de leerlingen een spreekbeurt voor. Voor deze spreekbeurt verzamelen de leerlingen een aantal voorwerpen die iets met hun leven te maken hebben. Ze geven meer uitleg over de voorwerpen.
Klokkendomino : Digitaal kloklezen Dit is een dominospel om het kloklezen (een digitale klok tot op 5 minuten nauwkeurig) op een speelse wijze in te oefenen.
Klokkenlotto : Kloklezen Met dit spel kan je analoog en digitaal kloklezen (tot op 5 minuten nauwkeurig) inoefenen op een speelse wijze.
Alrik, de Germaan : Verhaal over het Joelfeest In dit verhaal krijgen de leerlingen meer info over het Joelfeest. Leerlingen moeten ook een aantal vragen beantwoorden na het lezen van de tekst.
Nieuwe Talrijk 5 : Extra oefeningen voor blok 1 Extra oefeningen bij blok 1 van de methode Nieuwe Talrijk 5:
The Lost City of Atlantis [1/4]
This nine minute video provides students a look at possible sites of the city of Atlantis. Part of a series on Mystery Quest. Shows students how scientists work and deal with proving one's beliefs.
Roan Mountain Highlands
This Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations "virtual field trip" explores the natural beauty and geological and ecological diversity of the Roan Mountain Highlands that straddle the border between North Carolina and Tennessee. The rocks of Roan Mountain are interesting because of their age, their mineralogy, and the evidence they provide about the geological processes that formed them. The plant communities are interesting because they are southern examples of communities usually found mu
Diana Taylor | Labyrinth of Things || Radcliffe Institute
Diana Taylor, scholar of Latin American and US theater and performance, speaks about the play Bom Retiro 958 metros and its broad societal statement about the accumulation and transformation of things.
Taylor is a University Professor, Performance Studies and Spanish, and Founding Director, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, New York University.
Introduction by Martin Puchner, Byron and Anita Wien Professor of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature and Chair of the Com
World Affairs: The Arab Spring and Prospects for Democracy
Professor Keith St. Clair presents about the Arab Springs and the prospect for democracy, for GRCC's World Affairs series.
Sustaining enterprise education
This presentation examines the impact of enterprise education on the career aspiration, decisions and intentions of HE students
Wine Rules: Meat meets wine
Nov. 9 - Ray Isle, Executive Wine Editor at Food & Wine, overturns the traditional dinner table, pairing unconventional wines with red meat.
Galeries Lafayette rocks for Christmas
Nov. 9 - Paris department store Galeries Lafayette turns on its "rocking" Christmas displays. Tara Cleary reports.
The 10 Most educated people on the planet. These people are far from the smartest people on the planet ( sfter all who spends their entire life studying.) but they do hold more degress than a thermometer. This may be of interest to some people out there. Thanks to online colleges for this one.
Spanish Empire in the New World (en español)
This documentary traces the history of the Spanish Empire in North America from Columbus through the 1800s. Although not available in english, the visuals are intriguing enough to keep interest and it's not too hard to follow along. (español - Spanish Language version) (22min)
