Food Fight: A Teach-in On the 2007 Farm Bill
Michael Pollan moderates a panel discussion of the 2007 farm bill, now being debated, with guests Dan Imhoff, the author of Food Fight: A Citizen's Guide to the Farm Bill; George Naylor, Iowa corn farmer and president of the National Family Farms Coalition; Ann Cooper, Director of Nutrition Services for the Berkeley school system, and other leaders in the effort to reform federal agricultural policies.
Every five years or so, the President signs an obscure piece of legislation that determines w
"It Couldn't Go On Like This:" Jim Vacarella Describes Events Leading Up to the Kent State Shootings
Jim Vacarella was a student at Kent State University when the National Guard arrived on campus in 1970. Like hundreds of other campuses across the country, Kent State witnessed an upsurge in student activism following the American invasion of Cambodia in 1970. The Guardsmen arrived when students burned down the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) building, and Vacarella remembered that their arrival was met with hostility – along with thrown rocks and bottles – from angered students. Two
"Add 'Em Up"- A Song About Basic Addition
This computer-animated song shows students how to add one to one-digit numbers. The video strives to provide a conceptual understanding of the concept by showing each problem with cubes and numbers. Students can use cubes to demonstrate the problems as the video plays. ( 3:18)
-ir and -ri Words
Children identify the correct and incorrect spelling of -ir and -ri words.
Serial Dilution of Food Coloring Dye
Students use dyes to explore serial dilution, an important technique in physical science and engineering. Students systematically dilute solutions of food coloring with pure water. They observe how the color intensity, or saturation, of each subsequent solution changes. They also keep a running calculation of the concentration of drops per ml water. They apply what they learn to discussions of biomedical engineers working with cells.
A Study of Trees
Facts about trees, plus activities that encourage children to observe, study and learn the functions of deciduous and evergreen tree parts.
Earthworm Worksheet
Worksheet with questions and activities for children examining an earthworm.
Don't Waste Those Holly Berries!
Project where children plant some holly berries and observe their growth over a two- or three-year period.
Composting Activity
Information about composting as a natural method of reducing waste and recycling, plus instructions for creating and maintaining a compost heap.
Oral Exam - Picture Stimuli
Guidelines for students on choosing and using picture stimuli for the oral French exam.
Verbs that take à or de in the Infinitive
Printable worksheet requiring students to fill in the blanks as appropriate for the infinitive verbs.
Postcards
Printable worksheet that requires students to write simple postcards. It can be expanded as pupils' confidence grows.
Largent de Poche
Vocabulary building exercise aimed at preparing students for the Leaving Cert. It treats the often-used topic of pocket money and gives the necessary vocabulary and verbs to enable the student to talk easily about the subject.
Issue Tracking: Methodology for an Action Project
Details of a methodology that students can use to follow and explore an issue or topic in newspapers, television or radio over a period of time (1-2 weeks).
Films et Fiction
Details of a method of using film in the classroom. It improves aural comprehension and increases vocabulary.
Getting started on the word-processor
This exercise is interesting to read thus it will not be boring to type. It introduces the student to the DEL and BACKSPACE key. The cursor movement keys are learnt as are the RETURN and SPACEBAR. Therefore by the end of this exercise the students will have typed, learnt how to delete and know how to move around the screen. All these are essential before the teacher can progress any further on the word-processing course for LCAP.
Parkinson Disease - Motor Exam - Screening Tests Sub-exam - Patient 4
This 76-year-old man developed tremor of his right arm and leg 15 years ago. It has increased in severity over the years. A shaking right hand affects his writing, dressing and drinking. Occasional drooling, difficulty rolling over in bed and a soft voice at times are also issues. The tremor has affected his writing and he has mild difficulty with buttons and zippers. He spills when he uses his right hand to drink. He has occasional drooling and slight difficulty rolling over in bed. His voice
Spastic Paraplegia - Station and Gait Exam - Station Sub-exam - Patient 5
This video features a 54-year-old white male with a history of spastic paraplegia (diagnosed in 1994) and no previous history of heart disease or cardiac workup. He presented to the Emergency Room complaining of three days on-and-off retrosternal chest pain. Patient presented to the ER complaining of three days on-and-off retrosternal chest pain, rated 3/10, lasting approximately 30 minutes, occurring multiple times daily at rest or during activity. The first episode occurred three days before
Parkinson Disease - Cranial Nerves Exam - Hypoglossal (CN XII) Nerve Sub-exam - Patient 4
This 76-year-old man developed tremor of his right arm and leg 15 years ago. It has increased in severity over the years. A shaking right hand affects his writing, dressing and drinking. Occasional drooling, difficulty rolling over in bed and a soft voice at times are also issues. The tremor has affected his writing and he has mild difficulty with buttons and zippers. He spills when he uses his right hand to drink. He has occasional drooling and slight difficulty rolling over in bed. His voice
Where is Your Teacher?
In this activity, students will learn how to take bearing with a compass. They will also learn how to describe a bearing and find an object in their classroom using a bearing.
