USAWC Class of 2012 Seminar 10
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USAWC Class of 2012 Seminar 11
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USAWC Class of 2012 Seminar 18
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PreK Science Center 4
1.2.4 Conveying information to others Diagrams are used extensively in most types of texts, but why do authors use them? There are two main reasons: to illustrate what something looks like; to demonstrate how objects or ideas or quantities are organised or related. But there is also a subsidiary reason I hinted at. Authors also use diagrams: to decorate and enhance the text to make it more pleasing to read.
Checking the Surf
This lesson introduces the concepts of wavelength and amplitude in transverse waves. In the associated activity, students will use ropes and their bodies to investigate different wavelengths and amplitudes.
Dance: One Minute Dance Lesson
People create dance performances in different ways all over the world. This short animation provides a quick lesson on the history of dance. Explore different types of dance such as Salsa, Russian, Ballet, Jazz, Modern and Tango.
Vivan las castañas - canción en español
Aquí tiene un video de una canción llamada, "Vivan las Castañas." La canción está alegre y tiene buen ritmo. Algo que estudiantes más jovenes podrán disfrutar. Estudiantes en español 1 también se benefician de esta canción. (1:35)
Wonder Red's Freeze Dance Rhyming (Interactive Game)
Play this Super WHY! game, Freeze Dance Rhyming, to practice recognizing rhyming words! Students are given a word family and have to identify which words rhyme in order to keep Wonder Red dancing!
Memory Match Body Parts (Interactive Game)
In this "Fizzy's Lunch Lab" interactive, students take a tour of the human body and match organs and other body parts.
Sully's Delivery Day in the Body (Interactive Game)
In this "Fizzy's Lunch Lab" interactive, students navigate Sully's cab around the digestive system in order to deliver important energy packages to parts of the body. Use the arrow keys to drive the cab around. Pick up the energy package and maneuver through the maze by pressing buttons to open gates. Deliver the package to the appropriate body part indicated on the map.
Sculpture: One Minute Sculpture Lesson
Throughout history, people have been creating sculpture in different ways and with different materials all over the world. This short animation provides a quick lesson on the history of sculpture. Students will understand that sculpture is three-dimensional art with height, width and depth.
Media Arts: One Minute Media Arts Lesson
People have created media in different ways in different places and times. This short animation provides a quick lesson on the history of communications and media arts. Students will follow the Artopia guide on a quick tour through the history of Media Arts.
Liberia's Ongoing Water Crisis: Does Rhetoric Match Reality?
Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/liberia-monrovia-water-population-urbanization
Despite continued promises from Liberia's government agencies to improve water conditions in the country, Liberia's water supply remains contaminated and inaccessible to many communities. Currently, 18 percent of all deaths in Liberia are related to illnesses caused by poor water and sanitation. In 2008, the Liberian government launched the Poverty Reduction Strategy to chart development and promised t
Water and Peace in Ivory Coast: Reconciliation After Civil War
Learn more: http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/ivory-coast-water-management-peace-ethnic-violence
After recent civil war divided Ivory Coast's communities, some in Ivory Coast look to local water management as a key to reconciliation, social cohesion and long-lasting peace.
As the Ivorian government struggles to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to mend communal divisions after the civil war, Ivory Coast communities are already working towards peace on one very important issue:
Books Read this Year
Virtual Maths, Calculating the Volume of a Brick
How to calculate the volume of a brick, guide (pdf)
7.347 Peptides as Biological Signaling Molecules and Novel Drugs (MIT)
How do we sense hunger? How do we sense pain? What causes growth in our bodies? How are we protected from pathogens? The answer to many of these questions involves small polymers of amino acids known as peptides. Peptides are broadly used as signal molecules for intercellular communication in prokaryotes, plants, fungi, and animals. Peptide signals in animals include vast numbers of peptide hormones, growth factors and neuropeptides. In this course, we will learn about molecular bases of peptide
Women, Rights, and Power || Women Making Democracy || Radcliffe Institute
Given that demands for democratization are typically framed in universalistic language, this panel will consider ways in which women take important roles in making demands for democratization or for participation in newly democratic governments. It will also examine how gender-specific issues become a central component of demands on newly democratized governments.
00:00 Introduction by Jane J. Mansbridge, Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Harvard Kennedy School
BIOL 315-01, Ecology Laboratory Field Schedule, Fall 2007
This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor.
