Mice Rule! (Or Not)
Students explore the relationships between genetics, biodiversity, and evolution through a simple activity involving hypothetical wild mouse populations. First, students toss coins to determine what traits a set of mouse parents possesses, such as fur color, body size, heat tolerance, and running speed. Next they use coin tossing to determine the traits a mouse pup born to these parents possesses. These physical features are then compared to features that would be most adaptive in several differ
Heredity Mix ’n Match
Students randomly select jelly beans (or other candy) that represent genes for several human traits such as tongue-rolling ability and eye color. Then, working in pairs (preferably of mixed gender), students randomly choose new pairs of jelly beans from those corresponding to their own genotypes. The new pairs are placed on toothpicks to represent the chromosomes of the couple’s offspring. Finally, students compare genotypes and phenotypes of parents and offspring for all the “couples” in
Lost in the Amazon
The Lost in the Amazon curricular unit is a series of minds-on and hands-on engineering activities based in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Motivated by an adventurous theme, students discover, learn and apply the following: 1) Classification of Plants and Insects; 2) General Categorizing Skills; 3) Process Skills: Problem Solving and Critical Thinking; 4) Scientific Testing and Experimentation; 5) Properties of Materials The investigative, exploratory and problem solving nature of Lost in the
Analyze the Data
Students go through the logical process of quantitatively analyzing data from the FasTracks system. They gain experience identifying problems with the current design based upon their earlier observations and experiences in activities 1 and 2. Students discuss the flaws that they find in the system. This activity requires the use of the FasTracks Living Lab, a web portal to interactive train (transit) traffic data for a major metropolitan city.
Asteroid Impact
Asteroid Impact is an 8-10 class long (350-450 min) earth science curricular unit where student teams are posed with the scenario that an asteroid will impact earth. They must design the location and size of underground caverns to save the people from uninhabitable earth for one year. Driven by this adventure scenario, student teams (1) explore general and geological maps, (2) determine the area of their classroom to help determine the cavern size required, (3) learn about map scales, (4) test r
Testing the Caverns - Optional
This activity provides a fun, activity-based closure to the Asteroid Impact unit. Students build model caverns using paper mache or clay and bury them in a tray of sand. Next, they test the models by dropping balls onto them to simulate an asteroid hitting the earth. By molding paper mache around a balloon to form a dome, or around a small cardboard box to form a rectangular structure, students will be able to build their caverns.
Smakers, jongeren en cultuur 2010 : Lees- en kijkboek Gratis online boek, uitgegeven door CJP en de afdeling Jeugd over jongeren (15 tot 25-jarigen). Je vindt zowel resultaten van Europese en andere onderzoeken als reportages over uiteenlopende onderwerpen: …
Leerkrachten nemen leerlingen creatief beet Op de jaarlijkse "fop-dag" hebben heel wat leerkrachten creatieve manieren om de leerlingen beet te nemen. Volgens de traditie van één april, vertellen ze de leerlingen een verhaaltje dat nog nét geloofwaardig is. KlasCement, het lerarenportaal …
Organització i gestió de centres d'educació infantil i d'educació primària
L’assignatura pertany a la formació de la diplomatura de Mestre d’Educació Infantil i Primària. Es centra en l’estudi de les funcions que corresponen al mestre d’Educació Infantil i Primària, en la visió pedagògica sobre els processos i pràctiques d’innovació didàctica que s’han de dur a terme en l’Educació Infantil i Primària, tant en contextos escolars com en els extraescolars, així com en el coneixement de l’organització i gestió d’una escola intercultural i i
7.342 Systems and Synthetic Biology: How the Cell Solves Problems (MIT)
A millennial challenge in biology is to decipher how vast arrays of molecular interactions inside the cell work in concert to produce a cellular function. Systems biology, a new interdisciplinary field of science, brings together biologists and physicists to tackle this grand challenge through quantitative experiments and models. In this course, we will discuss the unifying principles that all organisms use to perform cellular functions. We will also discuss key challenges faced by a cell in bot
Dyslexiesoftware? En nu! : Een opmerkelijke brochure Voor 60 000 leerlingen in onze Vlaamse scholen is lezen en/of spellen een ware kwelling. Dankzij de computer kunnen ze vandaag toch alle kansen krijgen die ze verdienen. Voorleessoftware kan namelijk teksten voorlezen en typen lukt …
"Yes we can!" is back -- immigration activists hit White House
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Cervical Myelopathy - Cranial Nerves Exam - Spinal Accessory (CN XI) Nerve Sub-exam - Patient 13
This 46-year-old African American male presented with progressive weakness of the lower extremities for three months. He had increasing difficulty with walking and balance and now is unable to walk without assistance. He also complained of numbness and "pins and needles" sensation in the upper extremities with clumsiness and decreased dexterity in his right hand. He did not have neck or radicular pain and had no bowel or bladder problems or sexual dysfunction, but did have some urinary urgency.
9.1.1 What is an rtf file?
Frightened of the internet? This unit will help you make effective use of the internet, giving you the basic skills required for using web-based resources. Useful tricks and tips are provided as well as information on web browsers, the main features of a browser window, how to look at websites, using hyperlinks, searching for information on the internet, copying text, avoiding computer viruses, and using PDFs.
What's a Job Good For? Most people say that a job is good for making money. So, if you don't need money, what's the point? The fabled English aristocratic class of the late 19th and early 20th century apparently thought that way, if the caricatures painted by Jeeves and Wooster, Author(s):
Public Service Is an Ignoble Calling [The Independent Institute, January 2011. An MP3 audio file of this article, narrated by Steven Ng, is available for download.] Texas A&M University, which is a more
Anne Hathaway and Automatic Trading A humorous financial story making the rounds concerns the apparent relationship between media mentions of the actress Anne Hathaway and jumps in the stock price of shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. The presumed culprits are algorithmic trading programs, which raises the question, What does Austrian economics have to say about computers b
Week 10: March 31, 2011
Discussion about pheromones and hormones.
De Speelplaats De Speelplaats is een site voor creatieve leerkrachten die al spelenderwijs plezier willen hebben in het leren samen met kinderen. Leerkrachten kunnen allerlei gratis te printen differentiatiemateriaal vinden, voor de kinderen zijn er …
Stephen Pearl Andrews's Fleeting Contribution to Anarchist Thought [Transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode "Stephen Pearle Andrews"] Suppose you decided to spend a little time boning up on the individualist anarchists of 19th-century America. Th
