Neptune: The Planet
The frozen planet Neptune sits as the farthest planet from the Sun. Its distance and thick atmosphere make Neptune difficult to study, leaving scientists with many unanswered questions about this icy gas giant. The images are set to music and does not include any narration. (05:13)
A Matter of Competence: A National Study of the Preparation of New Student Affairs Professionals
Dr. Peter C. Mather,
Kent Smith,
Sarah Skipper
This mixed-methods, national study gauges the extent to which new professionals in student affairs use competencies identified as important b
Operate tractors
In horticulture tractors may be used to cut grass, plough, spray or dig trenches. Tractors have
special features and, therefore, you will require special training in order to
operate them safely. This resource supports the learning required to 'Operate
tractors' and addresses tractor safety, pre-start checks and operation of
tractors.
Serious Breaches Relating to the Food Act
Use of e-learning tools for 3 units of Certificate III in Hospitality
(Commercial Cookery) for apprentice cooks. These units are the first 3 units to be
studied in the program and to be available on line can reduce the face to face learning
time and enable the apprentice to commence study while waiting to commence trade
school.
Identify, assemble and prepare ingredients
Use of e-learning tools for 3 units of Certificate III in Hospitality (Commercial Cookery) for apprentice cooks. These units are the first 3 units to be studied in the program and to be available on line can reduce the face to face learning time and enable the apprentice to commence study while waiting to commence trade school.
Cleaning and Sanitizing Part B
Use of e-learning tools for 3 units of Certificate III in Hospitality
(Commercial Cookery) for apprentice cooks. These units are the first 3 units to be
studied in the program and to be available on line can reduce the face to face learning
time and enable the apprentice to commence study while waiting to commence trade
school.
Furniture making and design - Task: Set up for
machining
This task contains information and activities about setting up
for a CNC machining and processing centre. The user is guided through the process of
recognising and checking safety equipment on a CNC machine, setting and adjusting a
CNC machine, checking cutting tools and jigs, conducting a trial run and making
final adjustments where necessary. Comprehensive resources are provided which
contain interactions and activities. Opportunities for collaborative discussion are
in
Real Change 1
This resource expands on the “Making it Real” resource, to include a
financial literacy component. Topics include; Needs and wants, Making a budget, Start saving, Open a bank account, and Online banking.
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
From the Go Figure video series: In this video, the math concepts of fractions, decimals and percents are presented in a fun and engaging way. Those students wanting to review the basics within these three areas will find this study-aid an effective way to do so. Video is slow moving at the beginning. Run time 16:23.
RISE in Action
Absolute Beginner #16 - Spanish Singles
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! After searching a Spanish online dating website, you decide to try to make a love connection. You start typing your e-mail in Spanish, but you’re having a hard time coming up with the right Spanish words. You decide to ask your friend for some advice. You ask in Spanish, “What approach [...]
Learn English Through Song - Listening Comprehension
Help listening comprehension from the lyrics of the song Dancing in the Street by Martha and the Vandrellas. Learn English Through Song Program helps English Second Language (ESL) students study speaking, conversation, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening and grammar. More songs at www.learn-to-speak-english-esl.com
AMNH Explorer App for iPhone & iPod touch
Chart your own course at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City with AMNH Explorer—a new app that is part custom navigation system, part personal tour guide for the Museum's world-famous halls. Providing turn-by-turn directions, AMNH Explorer takes visitors from the edge of the universe to the age of the dinosaurs. Choose from a variety of Museum-designed tours or create your own from a list of popular exhibits, specimens, or artifacts. AMNH Explorer also lets you share your a
Museum Bird Walks in Central Park
Learn how to use field marks, habitat, behavior, and song as aids in identification. Walks start across from the Museum on the northeast corner of Central Park West and 77th Street and take place rain or shine.
Produced/Edited by James Sims. For more information, visit http://www.amnh.org
Mom Loved Him Best: Bert & Ivan Sutherland
[Recorded February 3, 2004]
Computing industry legends and brothers Bert and Ivan Sutherland reminisce about their collective 100 plus years with computers and electronics.
Bert Sutherland developed, managed and mentored some of the most important computing innovations of the past half-century, from Bolt, Beranek & Newman ( BBN) and Xerox PARC in the 1970s to managing Java development at Sun Microsystems Laboratories in the 1990s.
Ivan Sutherland is considered by many to be the creator of comp
Colour on the Thames (1935)
(This is a higher-quality version of one of BFIFilms' most popular titles)
This film is tricky to describe: is it a boat study, a film-poem, an experiment, a picture postcard? One thing is certain: it's a rare colour snapshot of the Thames and London in the 1930s - and it looks quite magical.
Its artistic qualities may look a bit old-fashioned to us today; the slow pace, orchestral music and moody colours definitely belong to a bygone era, strikingly peaceful and undemanding. Yet colour film w
Computer-Animated Overview of the Digestive System
In this computer-animated video, the viewer will learn how the digestive system works in our body, start with the oral cavity. This video is suitable for upper sixth-graders and older.
Authors@Google: Matt Ridley
In this clear-sighted book, Matt Ridley demonstrates that the world is getting better, and at an accelerating rate: food, income and lifespan are up; disease, child mortality and violence are down?all across the globe. Necessities and luxuries alike are getting cheaper; population growth is slowing down; Africa is following Asia out of poverty; the internet and the mobile phone are enriching people's lives as never before. The pessimists who dominate public discourse insist that we will soon rea
Allegra Goodman: 2010 National Book Festival
Author Allegra Goodman speaks at the 2010 National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: Allegra Goodman began writing short stories in high school, and the summer after she graduated in 1985, she submitted her story "Variant Text" to Commentary magazine, which accepted it for publication. Goodman continued to write for the magazine, and on her graduation day in 1989 from Harvard, her first book was published - a collection of stories. At Stanford, she studied William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlo
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