Cognitive Disability and Cognitive Enhancement
Prof Jeff McMahan,Rutgers University explores why it is important for our understanding of problems in bioethics to determine the moral status of human beings whose cognitive capacities and potential are no higher than those of higher nonhuman animals.
Neuroscience in the Courtroom
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Leverhulme Visiting Professor. Please note there is some interference on this recording.
Genetic Testing for Cancer: Is It Worth It?
Please visit: www.mdanderson.org/prevention for more information regarding prevention and screening How often you should get tested for breast cancer depends on your chances for getting the disease. If you are at increased risk for breast cancer, you may need to start screening exams at an earlier age, get additional tests or be tested more often. Learn when genetic testing makes sense for you. Dr. Banu Arun, Professor of Breast Medical Oncology and Co-Director of Clinical Cancer Genetics at The
Learn About a More Complicated Friction/Inclined Plane Problem
Khan Academy Presents: Fun with two masses, some wire, a pulley, and a ramp with friction. (10:15) Sal Khan uses computer software and different colors for demonstration.
Bobo the Baby Elephant Grows Up Read-Aloud Online Storybook
This read aloud is Bobo the Baby Elephant Grows Up written by Andis Sergejevs and illustrated by Aija Jasuna. In this story Bobo the baby elephant doesn't want to grow up. However in his adventures he learns to like being grown up. There is a back, stop, and next button on each page. Each word is highlighted as it is read. This is a good resource to help build a literacy rich environment in the elementary classroom. This would be great used i
Alberta Sparrow Read-Aloud Online Storybook
This read-aloud, online story is Alberta Sparrow written by Martha Crotty and illustrated by My Way in Education. The story is about a little sparrow bird named Alberta who overcomes her fear to fly. Each word is highlighted as it is read by narrator. There is a next, back, and pause button on each page. This would be a great resource to help build a literacy rich environment in the elementary classroom. This read-aloud would work well in a buddy
Cycads (Cycas revoluta)
Cycads look like palms but are not among the flowering plants. Cycad seeds develop on specialized leaves. These leaves pack together to form a cone.
Permeable Pavement
In this activity, students investigate how different riparian ground covers, such as grass and pavement, affect river flooding. They learn about permeable and impermeable materials through the measurement how much water is absorbed by several different household materials in a model riverbed. Students use what they learn to make recommendations for engineers developing permeable pavement. Also, they consider several different limitations for design in the context of a small community.
Household energy audit
Students review the electrical appliances used at home and estimate the energy used for each. The results can help to show the energy hogs that could benefit from conservation or improved efficiency.
5.2 Forces acting upon lithospheric plates
Plate tectonics is an earth sciences topic that attracts a good deal of interest, given that it a topic very often featured in popular science programmes on TV and radio. It is a subject that have strong visual appeal. The coverage is S279 is self-contained, up to date and is written in a way that will be accessible to those with interest and motivation, all the more so for those who have some pre-existing scientific understanding.
Where the Shape of the Egg Comes From?
The shape of the egg is postulated to be the consequence of opposing forces relative to the location of perspective of points that define the spaces of its' contents. For example, net velocities of motion of light emitted in two planes plus the velocity of motion of its' source would be expected to be decreased in the case when the direction of the light beam is opposed to the direction of motion to cause the blunt edge and increased when it aligns with the direction of motion of its' source t
Profile: Peter Sutherland, Chairman, Goldman Sachs International and London School of Economics Une soirée entre amis: tickets reserveren Smoke, Mirrors, and Inflation Expectations Some influential commentators believe that the Federal Reserve's timing for the withdrawal of its record monetary stimulus could be determined by inflation expectations. (A popular measure of inflation expectations is the difference between the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note and the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury inflation protected security [TIPS]). After settling at 1.5 p Energy Forms, States and Conversions Lync IM an Expert - Part 1 of 2 IM an Expert is a publicly available Lync instant messaging question-and-answer service that automatically connects participants with experts who can answer their questions. Users can opt-in, and then the service harnesses the database of experts to connect people together via IM. In Part 1 of this series, Ross Smith, Director of Test, OCDG, gives an overview of IM an Expert. He describes how the idea came about, shows the user interface, and explains how the service fits in 18.100B Analysis I (MIT)
Peter Sutherland, discusses his career and his role as Chairman of Goldman Sachs International and London School of Economics
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The students participate in many demonstrations during the first day of this lesson to learn basic concepts related to the forms and states of energy. This knowledge is then applied the second day as they assess various everyday objects to determine what forms of energy are transformed to accomplish the object's intended task. The students use block diagrams to illustrate the form and state of energy flowing into and out of the process.
Analysis I covers fundamentals of mathematical analysis: metric spaces, convergence of sequences and series, continuity, differentiability, Riemann integral, sequences and series of functions, uniformity, interchange of limit operations.
