Plate Tectonic Movement Visualizations
This collection provides a wide array of visual resources and supporting material about plate tectonic movements. Visualizations include simple animations, GIS-based animated maps, paleogeographic maps and globes, and numerous illustrations and photos. This collection is not exhaustive but does represent some of the best sources for teaching. Resources can be incorporated into lectures, labs, or other activities.
Santa Clara County, California's Historic Silicon Valley
features 28 historic places that illustrate how this fertile valley blossomed from small agricultural towns linked by railroad into a center of technological innovation. Located south of San Francisco, the history of Santa Clara County is rich with stories of Spanish and Mexican settlement, the romance of the Gold-Rush era, the pastoral beauty of abundant orchards, of post-war suburbanization, the race to the moon, and the invention of the silicon chip.
Les aliments de demain - Gérard Pascal (audio)
Conférence du 29 février 2000 par Gérard Pascal.
Certains annonçaient il y a quelques décennies l'alimentation future sous forme de pilules. Il n'en a rien été et il n'en sera rien. C'est à partir du progrès rapide des connaissances scientifiques, des innovations technologiques et de la perception par le consommateur du rôle de l'alimentation, que l'on peut tenter de faire des prévisions à court terme. L'alimentation est un facteur d'environnement qui peut non seulemen
Welcome to my room, 3. klassile
UNIT 11 - Welcome to My Room. 3. klass, I kooliaste. Word'is koostatud 10 töölehte sõnavara ja grammatika omandamiseks."Arvuti koolis" lõputöö.
Introduction to the Visual Arts, Fall 2004
Introduction to artistic practice and aesthetic analysis through studio work and lectures. Students communicate ideas and experiences through various media such as sculpture, installation, performance, and video. Projects evolve through stages of conceptual and material development to final presentation. Lectures, visiting artist presentations, field trips, and readings supplement studio practice, providing an index to the historical, cultural, and environmental forces that affect both developme
Salad in a Pot
Video instructions for growing potted vegetables with children. By Elfriede Berger 
The Science of Measurement: Accuracy vs. Precision
This site defines precision and accuracy and offers dart and bullseye illustrations as a visual example of the difference between them. This explanation is provided as a resource for a lab on measurement for an introductory science distance-learning course from a community college.
Edgar Allan Poe Biography
A ten minute biography of Poe with accompanying printed material. An excellent work, but it does mention his drinking problem and horrific death of his mother.
Electrónica
Adquisición por el alumno de conocimientos básicos de Electrónica (tanto teóricos como prácticos, orientados fundamentalmente a circuitos digitales) que permitan abordar el estudio de sistemas de lógica programada en cursos posteriores. Desarrollo teórico (5 cr.), complementado con problemas (2 cr.) y prácticas de laboratorio (2 cr.)
Top 50 Drama Games Unpacked Author: Celia Pennae Price: $29.95 Practical teacher's resource kit filled with drama games plus added lists, picture cards and activities.
Late night delights (pizza and wings)!
Southwest Delivery Express now offers UMass Amherst students in the university's largest residential area the opportunity to order wings and pizza from the campus's award-winning Dining Services.
How do I Apply for Financial Aid?
This video helps explain the process of applying for different types of financial aid at Kent State.
Redisplaying the 19th-20th Century European Collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Hear curator Jane Munro talk about the Museum's mission to refurbish and redisplay one of its most popular galleries, and learn more about three painters featured on its walls: Augustus John, William Nicholson and William Orpen.
Darwin's mother and the miniature: with Randal Keynes
Charles Darwin's mother Susannah Wedgwood died when he was just eight, and he could never remember her face - until he discovered a long-hidden portrait of her as a young woman. Hear Darwin's great-great-grandson Randal Keynes explain why finally seeing this miniature of his mother (on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum) was so significant for the great naturalist, and why portraits of loved ones were so important to both the Wedgwood and Darwin families.
This month with the President - Feb. 2011
This month, McMaster University President Patrick Deane reflects on the recent series of open discussion forums held on topics such as differentiation, internationalization and community and talks about upcoming sessions on other topics of importance to the McMaster community.
Upcoming forums:
Forum at the McMaster Downtown Centre - Feb. 28, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Room 216
Forum on Teaching and Learning - March 10, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Gilmour Hall Room 111
Forum on Research - March 17, 2
JFK50 The Call to Public Service — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, remembers John F. Kennedy's call to public service and its resonance with young people today.
JFK50 The Mission to Give Back — Giovanna Negretti
Giovanna Negretti, a native of Vieques, Puerto Rico, and Harvard Kennedy School alumna, talks about the influence the Kennedy legacy had on her.
Diversity Lecture: Ta-Nehisi Coates
As part of our Bob and Aliecia Woodrick Diversity Learning Center Diversity Lecture Series, Grand Rapids Community College presents Ta-Nehisi Coates speaking on "A Deeper Black: The Meaning of Race in the Age of Obama."
The Decision
After many hours of intense and exhausting preparation, Team Giving Grounds brace themselves for the final decision. Is theirs the winning plan?
Penn Transit Open House
Penn Transit at the University of Pennsylvania invites the campus community to an open house at its newly recycled facilities at 34th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue from 1 to 3 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 23. Complimentary transportation is available at any Penn Transit stop during that time. The transportation service relocated to the former site of the DuPont Co.'s Marshall Laboratory in December 2010 and was able to reuse and repurpose a lot of the furnishings and materials as well as the buildings.
