Japanese Popular Culture, Spring 2003
This course examines Japanese popular culture as a way of understanding the changing character of media, capitalism, fan communities and culture. Topics include manga (comic books), hip-hop and other popular music in Japan, anime (Japanese animated films) and feature films, sports (sumo, soccer, baseball), and online communication. Emphasis will be on contemporary popular culture and theories of gender, sexuality, race, and the workings of power in global culture industries.
Great Gull Island
On the eastern edge of Long Island Sound, a small, rocky piece of land known as Great Gull Island houses the crumbling battlements of a U.S. Army fort and some 11,000 nesting pairs of Common and Roseate Terns. The American Museum of Natural History purchased the island in 1949 to preserve a breeding habitat for terns displaced from Long Island's beaches by increasing development.
Project director Helen Hays has led the Museum's research efforts on Great Gull Island since 1969. Among the field
MMW 4T - Lecture 12 - 11/3/2009
MMW 4T - Lecture 12
Interview with Annie Manuel, Tohono O’odham Potter
Lisa Falk, ASM director of education, talks with Annie Manuel, a potter from Hickiwan, Arizona, about her art. The interview took place at a Culture Craft Saturday program at Arizona State Museum, May 2007.
Quasars - Khan Academy
Quasars (09:15)
Growing Bugs
"What? Growing bugs is a real job? And it requires math?!" Organic
farmers depend on Jan Dietrick to supply them with good bugs that attack bad bugs. She depends on her knowledge of numbers to get the job done.This video explains what she does and why it is important. Running time 1:19 minutes
Time-Lapse: Watch Flowers Bloom Before Your Eyes
Witness dozens of different types of flowers unfurling in this stunning time-lapse video from filmmaker David de los Santos Gil. He used 5,000 out of 50,000 shots of his floral subjects for the final video, which was filmed over a period of nine months. (03:24)
Precession Causing Perihelion to Happen Later - Khan Academy
Clarifying the effect of axial precession on the calendar and the date of perihelion and aphelion. (12:04)
Lincoln's Life Masks
In this video clip, view the life masks of Abraham Lincoln taken in 1860 and 1865 that reveal the physical changes that the president experienced during four years of war. (1:43)
Free Tools to Help you Flip your Classroom
Florida Virtual School's Latest Venture
Aboriginal Dream time story
unFOILed: Episode 1 -- Adding Fractions
Join Professor McComb, Adam, Diffy, Delta, Polly, Denom & Ator as they travel to Parallel-a-Land to learn about adding fractions. Featuring special guest star N.O.I.D. (Number One in Disguise). (12:13)
Apsidal Precession (Perihelion Precession) and Milankovitch Cycles
Apsidal Precession (Perihelion Precession)
Science Nation - There Are No Limits in This "Universe Quest"
By: nsf They moved from classroom to observatory to beach, learning about astronomy, video games and digital photography.
Twenty-one sixth- through tenth-grade girls from the San Francisco Bay area spent a week at "Universe Quest" Summer Academy, a camp promoting scientific exploration. Some of the girls have always been hooked on math and science, but for others, it's a brand new adventure.
Making the DIY Clinometer
Link to Youtube video showing how to make a do-it-yourself clinometer
Colors of Concordia student report
http://concordia.ca/now | http://coloursofconcordia.com
Since 2003, the Colors of Concordia has been dedicated to encouraging and promoting projects that help bring about a greater understanding between cultures. Consisting of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends, the Colors of Concordia participates annually in Montreal's Tour de l'Ile, a 50-km bike tour of the city. Student journalist David Adelman reports on the June 3, 2012, event.
