Art Forum: Marc Leuthold
The ANU School of Art and the ACT government present the 2012 public Art Forum series.
Marc Leuthold creates objects and mixed media installations. His artwork creates a dialogue between cultures, history, and the senses. Leuthold has work in major museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, DC, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and Houston. He has taught at Princeton University, Parsons School of Design
Creating a Learning Society [Audio]
Speaker(s): Professor Joseph E Stiglitz, Professor Amartya Sen | Joseph E Stiglitz was chief economist at the World Bank until January 2000. He is currently University Professor at Columbia University and won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001. Amartya Sen teaches economics and philosophy at Harvard University, and was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, until 2004. He won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998. Professor Sen is an honorary fellow of LSE. This event is supported by LSE's Dep
Astronaut Jack Fischer Interview
Astronaut Jack Fischer talks about his training and the Fly NASA astronaut recruitment program.
Bonheur, Sheep in the Highlands, 1857 -Smart History at Khan Academy
Rosa Bonheur, Sheep in the Highlands, 1857, oil on canvas, 46 x 65 cm (Wallace Collection, London) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker. The Wallace Collection suggests that this painting is likely the result of a trip that the artist made to Scotland the previous year. (02:25)
Learn the Alphabet Letters and Sounds
This cute video introduces each letter and sound of the alphabet using animals. Young learners will enjoy the cute animal pictures. Each uppercase and lowercase letter are shown on the screen as it is said aloud. The name of the animal is also displayed on screen. This is a great resource to introduce and/or to re-teach this important skill in the early childhood classroom. (1:35)
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia are words that describe a sounds. This very short clip shows words that are onomatopoeia along with a song. (00:30)
Rainforest Animals of the Amazon Jungle
An otter family is saved in the Amazon jungle. The sun in shining and the Amazon Abyss spotters find a family of South American otters. (02:41)
CVs and Letters to Employers
CV’s and Letters to Employers is one of several Futures workbooks which help students choose and prepare for their careers. Like the other workbooks in the series you can dip in and out doing the exercises which are most relevant to you. You might want to include the exercises or the output in your personal development plan or e-portfolio.
How to Draw Simple Leaves and Vines
How to draw simple leaves and vines. In this video I will show you how to draw or doodle many different kinds of leaves and vines that you can use in your art. You can use any drawing tool such as markers, gel pens, pencils, or paint. (04:38)
Targeting 14th Amendment
This video is about the 14th amendment and how the Republican Party would like to change the amendments requirement for citizenship. Gives statistics and would be a great start for a debate.
02:18 run time
Teaching secondary science
This free course, Teaching secondary science, will identify and explore some of the key issues around science pedagogy in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on your practice as a science teacher and develop a greater awareness of the wider context of science education and how this affects science in the secondary school curriculumAuthor(s):
Trombones for Japan
Trombonists from all over the world perform a piece of music to benefit Japan relief.
Eureka! Episode 2 - Mass
Building on the concept of inertia, Eureka! adds the factor of mass, tells how it's measured, and shows how it differs from size. Concept: Inertia increases with mass. Eureka was a series of short cartoons on physics that ran on public television in the 1980's. The video explains the concept in simple and well illustrated way. Good for students of any elementary school level.
Welsh history and its sources
This free course, Welsh history and its sources, is a teaching and learning resource for anyone interested in Welsh history. It contains study materials, links to some of the most important institutions that contribute to our understanding of the history of Wales, and a pool of resources that can help you understand Welsh history and the way it is studied. Included in the material is a taster of the Open University course Small country, big history: themes in the history of Wales (A182).
The Black-Capped Chickadee
This video describes how to identify a Black-Capped Chickadee as well as the characteristics of the bird including location, behavioral habits, and diet. Run time 01:09.
Lithium battery rotating
This is simply a soundless QuickTime video of a lithium battery rotating. Might be useful if you simply want to show what a lithium battery looks like. To move the battery yourself, choose "QuickTimeVR Rotation" and hold down the control key while you click and drag over the picture. May take a little while to load.
Properties of Zinc
Zinc is far from boring. Chemists in the lab at the University of Nottingham perform a reaction with a zinc compound and it looks like he he shoots flames from a syringe. (03:16)
2.5 Summary When we read about genetics and the future of medicine, we should also think about genetics and the future of health services that have to deliver medical care. The advent of predictive medicine, based on more detailed DNA profiling of individual genotypes using technologies like gene chips, rather than screening for one gene at a time, may shift the relationship between doctor and patient. People will be seeking advice on how to manage their susceptibilities or genetic risks, rather than loo
Mortgage Rates Are Down – but Is the Housing Market Looking Up?
Mortgage rates recently fell for the third consecutive week, but the housing market is awash in uncertainty as unconventional mortgages rise and Washington debates the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Social Housing in Post-socialist Europe : Lost in Transition / Sasha Tsenkova
Social Housing in Post-socialist Europe : Lost in Transition / Sasha Tsenkova. In "Mixité : an urban and housing issue? Mixing people, housing and activities as urban challenge of the future", 23ème colloque international de l'European Network for Housing Research (ENHR), organisé par le Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités, Sociétés, Territoires (LISST) à l'Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail, 5-8 juillet 2011.
Plénière 5 : End or future of the Social
