Marie Curie Actions: Chemical Party
This is a funny video made to promote chemistry. It features funny characters that act as elements that have different interactions. It was directed by Roderick Fenske. (01:31)
Polarized Light Mosaic
In this activity, learners use transparent tape and polarizing material to create and project beautifully colored patterns reminiscent of abstract or geometric stained glass windows--no glass required! Learners discover that rotating the polarizer as they view the patterns causes the colors to change. With a little creativity, learners can also create colorful renditions of objects or scenes. Use this activity to introduce learners to concepts related to light and optics including polarization,
Deploying Enterprise Apps | Introducing Windows 8 In this video we'll cover how to take your Line of Business (LOB) apps and deploy them with your Enterprise. We'll talk through your options that you have for getting your app directly to your users. And the implication of those options to both you as the developer, the IT administrator in the Enterprise, and your users. For more information on deploying your apps, please see the following reference links:
The Exchange: Business lessons from the Grateful Dead
Rob Cox talks to the New Yorker's Nick Paumgarten about how the rock band's focus on touring, taping and community presaged the post-album era of the music business.
Arthur's Perfect Christmas Part 3
Arthur's Perfect Christmas
Trading at Noon: Retailers eye holidays; YUM's China woes
Nov 30 - Retailers benefitting from holiday shopping, with Five Below and Christopher & Banks leading the charge.
Game Changers: Mark Cerny with EA's Rich Hilleman
[Recorded: November 7, 2012]
Mark Cerny is one of gaming's most influential designers, a true "game changer." He's received the International Game Developers Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as been inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame.
Mark Cerny joined Atari at the age of 17, and in a career spanning over thirty years has worked variously as a game designer, programmer, producer and business executive. His first major success was the classic
Using the Analytics Reports from the Windows Store Dashboard | Introducing Windows 8 When we set out to build the Windows Store for developers, we wanted to provide data to developers to help them decide how to market their app as well as how to improve their app over time. For more information on the Windows Store Dashboard, please see the following link:
In this video, you will learn how to use the Analytics reports from the Windows Store dashboard and how it can help you make customer-focused decisions about your app.
National Geographic Presents Diwali: Festival of Lights
This is an introductory video from National Geographic about the Indian holiday, Diwali. The video goes through some of the important aspects of the festival such as the use of colorful sand as well as the act of sharing. (3:06 minutes long).
PBS Presents the Story Behind Uncle Tom's Cabin
This video is part of the PBS series, The American Experience. This particular documentary is entitled The Abolitionists. The clip gives an introduction to the book Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe as well as how it came to be written. It goes into the inspiration behind the story, Stowe's personal connection the plight of the slaves, and the public reception to her novel. (02:56)
Mysterious Mars News
Hank brings us news from planets all around the solar system: Mars, Mercury, and even planet Earth have been in the news lately. A retraction from NASA about the Curiosity mission; the discovery of water and organic material in craters on Mercury; bad news for Earth's climate and good news about mRNA flu vaccines for the future. (07:27)
Of Pentameter & Bear Baiting - Romeo & Juliet Part I: Crash Course English Literature #2
John Green examines Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare. John delves into the world of Bill Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers and examines what the play is about, its structure, and the context in which it was written. (12:42)
The Mosquito Population
Explore Research at the University of Florida: Philip Koehler, a UF professor of entomology, discusses how the university's research helps control mosquito populations around the world. (02:06)
Colloquium Week 5: "Funding Conservation and Development in the Dominican Republic"
A Paper detailing fieldwork analysing funding for conservation and development in the Dominican Republic. The debate over the best way to conserve biological resources while allowing for the development of communities that live around or in and work with those resources has long been contentious. The degree to which forest residents, subsistence farmers, and indigenous tribes degrade or protect biodiversity remains unresolved, as does the best way to merge the interests and needs of communities
Colloquium Week 7: "What are the social work types and why should we care?"
A paper presented on Tuesday 9th June 2009 at the St Cross College Colloquium. Recent literature and policy movements in the UK and USA have given a great deal of focus to evidence-based practice (EBP) in social services, however there remains little clarity in the literature as to the realities of what these concepts look like in practice. As educational models in the social sciences and policy pressure on human services continue to develop, it is imperative to examine what is being considered
Open Classroom - 11/28/12 - #3 Paul Toner
The 2012 Election: Policy Advice to the President
Topic for 11/28/12: K-12 Education & Early Childhood Development
Venus: Crash Course Astronomy
Venus is a gorgeous naked-eye planet, hanging like a diamond in the twilight -- but it’s beauty is best looked at from afar. Even though Mercury is closer to the sun, Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, due to a runaway greenhouse effect, and has the most volcanic activity in the solar system. Its north and south poles were flipped, causing it to rotate backwards and making for very strange days on this beautiful but inhospitable world. (10:50)
03.12.2012 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Montag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
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Im Machtkampf in Ägypten wollen die Richter des Landes die Volksabstimmung über eine neue Verfassung boykottieren. Laut der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur Mena erklärten die Richter, dass das Dekret des islamistischen Präsidenten Mohammed Mursi in die Arbeit der Justiz eingreife und ihre Unabhängigkeit verletze. Damit dürfte es schwerfallen, das
Upper Beginner #24 - Feasting on the Bullet Train in Japan
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The person sitting across from you on the six-hour Japanese bullet train ride has been eating Japanese snacks since you left the station. He has devoured everything the Japanese cart attendant has brought by, from Japanese crackers to fish, and he has probably eaten more than you do in an entire [...]
