Virtual Maths, Shapes Space and Measure, Surface of a semi cylinder template
Diagram and template for using a semi-cylinder to calculate area
What's the Buzz?
After reading "A Sound of Thunder," students will further investigate the impact of the "butterfly effect" as it pertains to a nonfiction piece (a news story from China) about the dwindling bee population and its effects on the pear industry. The US bee population has dwindled in the last few years, too, and a second video documentary on Colony Collapse Disorder allows students to make inferences and predictions about the impacts of bee loss on the US economy, too.Students will then be able to i
Access My Library College App for iOS
This library database app lets college students find good quality resources from their mobile devices. It works on iPad, iPod, android and the iPhone platforms.This is a free app
The Marine Life Index
A collection of images and videos of marine life from the Puget Sound, Washington, USA. The collection is primarily of animals , but there are plant images as well. In addition to the multimedia, there is information on underwater photography and videography and diving in the region.
Frontline: Busted - America's War on Marijuana
In this material, "Fronline goes behind the scenes of America's marijuana industry, examining the production, sale, and effort to eradicate the nation's most widely used illegal drug. The program takes viewers underground to see firsthand hidden indoor marijuana grow rooms; tells the stories of men and women who are serving sentences of up to 93 years for marijuana offenses; and follows law officers as they arrest offenders in the $10 billion a year war on marijuana." There is supplemental mate
Victims Virtual Walkthrough
Being a victim of a crime can be a difficult and confusing experience. This interactive virtual tour has been developed to provide information about the Criminal Justice System (of England and Wales) process as it relates to a victim of a crime. There is plenty of support out there more than you might think and everyone involved in tackling crime is determined to do more to help victims.The tour aims to guide any victim of crime through the processes that they will encounter, from the time a c
Guide to Financial Statements
Explains three major financial statements: income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement. Includes interactive activities, quizzes and printable study guide. To view a video of the award winning author, go to Guide to Financial Statements - the Business 2007 Award Winner video
Who Killed William Robinson? Race, Justice and Settling the Land: A Historical Whodunnit
This site includes a complete collection of historical documents and images related to a famous murder case in British Columbia. When three Black men are murdered in the space of 18 months around 1868 on bucolic Salt Spring Island, alarm bells go off. Who is killing the Blacks of Salt Spring? A year later an aboriginal man was charged, tried and hanged in short order for one of the murders, that of William Robinson. But did he really do it? Visitors can look at the collection of archival materia
Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History
This site includes a collection of nine historical mysteries which draw students into Canadian history, critical thinking and archival research through the enticement of solving historical cold crimes. Each of the mystery archives includes an average of 100,000 words in English (and in French), as well as up to several hundred images plus maps. Some of the mystery websites also include 3-D recreations, videos and oral history interviews. Site users can look at the collections of archival materia
Professor Germaine Greer - An Insight - Full Interview
Warning: Explicit Content
Professor Germaine Greer delivered the 2010 Winifred Mercier public lecture at Leeds Met on Tuesday March 23.
Born in Melbourne and educated in Australia and at Cambridge University, Professor Greer's first book, The Female Eunuch (1969), took the world by storm and remains one of the most influential texts of the feminist movement.
She has had a distinguished academic career in Britain and the USA and makes regular appearances in print and other media as a broadcast
University of Surrey Learning Skills portal
The University of Surrey Skills Portal is a classified collection of quality materials designed to enable students to develop information literacy, research and study skills. It has been built using Openly licensed resources including several from Leeds Metropolitan University.
Gratis Office 365 ProPlus voor medewerkers als je school beschikt over een Microsoft schoolagreement Indien jouw school beschikt over een Microsoft schoolagreement (type MSKIS) dan hebben vanaf nu niet alleen de studenten/leerlingen recht op gratis Office 365 ProPlus, maar ook de medewerkers (dus ook de leraren van die school). Office 365 ProPlus …
Copyright for Librarians
Copyright for Librarians is a joint project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and EIFL, a consortium of libraries from 50 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe. The goal of the project is to provide librarians in developing and transitional countries information concerning copyright law. More specifically, it aspires to inform librarians concerning: 1) copyright law in general, 2) the aspects of copyright law that most affect libraries, 3) how librarians in the future could most ef
1.4 An overview of the global energy budget Figure 12 incorporates the additional factors considered in Section 1.3, including the non-radiative energy transfers across the surface-air boundary (green arrow). Essentially a more detailed version of Figure 7, this figure gives quantified estimates of the globally averaged energy budget for the whole Earth-atmosphere system, and its component parts. Question 3 should help you to find your way around Figure 12, and to draw together many of the key points developed so far in this chapter. M
11.020 Poverty, Public Policy and Controversy (MIT)
This course covers topics and questions such as: What is poverty? How is it defined and measured in the United States and other countries? What are the different program designs that countries use to relieve poverty? To answer these questions, the course examines the main public policy frames that guide theory, research, policy, and practice. How do the definition and policies to deal with poverty change over time? What are the economic, political, and social forces that contribute to the persis
DDG
The Delft Design Guide presents an overview of product design approaches and methods used in the Bachelor and Master curriculum at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering in Delft.
Product design at Industrial Design Engineering in Delft is regarded as a systematic and structured activity, purposeful and goal-oriented. Due to its complexity, designing requires a structured and systematic approach as well as moments of heightened creativity. In this guide we restrict ourselves deliberately t
Wright Brothers, Part II
This is an animated biography of the Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur) and their first 'controlled' flight from the Discovery Channel Education series. This series is aimed at older elementary school children. Run time 4:32
Advanced Materials App for iOS
'Read the leading weekly materials science journal “Advanced Materials” on your iPad and iPhone – a high-impact spectrum of original research Communications and cutting-edge Review Articles, Progress Reports and Research News. Enjoy the best of materials science at your fingertips and be the first to read up on the latest developments in materials science and chemistry, physics and engineering:- Access the latest articles through EarlyView – updated almost daily- Be notif
At least 20 dead in Nepal blizzard
Guides, hikers amongst the dead after unseasonal blizzard kills at least 20. Julie Noce reports.
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Graduate skills
Graduate Skills is one of the series of Futures workbooks, which help students choose and prepare for their careers. Like the other workbooks in the series you can dip in and out doing the exercises which are most relevant to you. You might want to include the exercises or the output in your personal development plan or e-portfolio.
The aim of this workbook is to introduce you to the concept of graduate job skills and enterprise, looking at which career path you decides to follow. It’s not j
