Alienation, overcrowding, sensory overload, homelessness, criminality, violence, loneliness, sprawl, blight. How have the realities of city living influenced literature’s formal and thematic techniques? How useful is it to think of literature as its own kind of “map” of urban space? Are cities too grand, heterogeneous, and shifting to be captured by writers? In this seminar we will seek answers to these questions in key city literature, and in theoretical works that endeavor to understand the culture of cities.

To prepare for this writing assignment, students do a series of discussion section and homework assignments designed to familiarize them with scientific literature, literature reviews and the reading and interpretation of scientific papers and figures. In class students received a lecture on the example literature review providing continuity of topical content, in more depth than class lecture. The condensed literature review exercise serves as preparation for their term project, which includes a term paper and a presentation on a climate related topic of their choice. The topic content could be exchanged for any other for this writing exercise.

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9th edition

Short Description:
The MLA Style Citation Tutorial was created by librarians at the University of Alberta Library and NorQuest College Library to support students and faculty. The tutorial explores why citation is important and shows how to create citations for different types of sources, using the 9th edition MLA guidelines. This tutorial can also be used as a reference resource.

Long Description:
The MLA Style Citation Tutorial was created by librarians at the University of Alberta Library and NorQuest College Library to support students and faculty. The tutorial explores why it is important to use citations and how to create works cited list entries and in-text citations based on the 9th edition MLA guidelines. This tutorial can also be used as a reference resource. The MLA Style Citation Tutorial is an adaptation of the APA Style Citation Tutorial by University of Alberta Library.

Word Count: 4961

ISBN: 978-1-55195-478-3

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This is great exploring properties of magnetism science lab for young scientists. It is meant to be an experiential precursor before covering topics of magnetism. It could easily be adapted for older children.

At the beginning of a DNA, DNA replication, and mitosis unit, students are given a short science news article summarizing a recent research paper. This assignment links the article to figures and key techniques from a related journal article, requiring students to apply and transfer the knowledge they gained in the unit.

Word Count: 81283

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Edited by Sarah Hare, Jessica Kirschner, and Michelle Reed

Short Description:
This collaboratively authored guide helps institutions navigate the uncharted waters of tagging course material as open educational resources (OER) or under a low-cost threshold by summarizing relevant state legislation, providing tips for working with stakeholders, and analyzing technological and process considerations. The first half of the book provides high-level analysis of the technology, legislation, and cultural change needed to operationalize course markings. The second half features case studies by Alexis Clifton, Rebel Cummings-Sauls, Michael Daly, Juville Dario-Becker, Tony DeFranco, Cindy Domaika, Ann Fiddler, Andrea Gillaspy Steinhilper, Rajiv Jhangiani, Brian Lindshield, Andrew McKinney, Nathan Smith, and Heather White.

Word Count: 81533

ISBN: 978-1-64816-983-0

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This Pre-Calculus course is designed to prepare students for a calculus course. This course is taught so that students will acquire a solid foundation in algebra and trigonometry. The course concentrates on the various functions that are important to the study of the calculus.

This book is an exploration of the world of mathematics that many high school and college students have never encountered. Little algebra is necessary for the topics in this textbook: set theory, financial math, statistics, conversion, and geometry. These topics were chosen by their clear applications to everyday life and their thought-provoking exercises. This book will provide glimpses into ways of thinking mathematically while highlighting algorithmic, graphical, algebraic, statistical, and analytic approaches to solving problems.

Includes work from:
"Math in Society" by David Lippman is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
"Understanding Taxes: Teacher" by Internal Revenue Service is in the Public Domain
"Fundamentals of Mathematics" by Denny Burzynski and Wade Ellis, Jr. is licensed under CC BY 4.0

This activity is a field investigation where students observe, predict, and gather data on steam velocity, erosion, and discharge.

This activity utilizes randomly oriented strain markers created in Illustrator to estimate strain by measuring angular strain and lengths of lines, calculating shear strain, defining and orienting the principal strain axes, calculating stretching, and creating a Mohr Strain diagram using measurements as well as the strain equations.

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OverviewThis lesson gives students the opportunity to learn about the various ways to measure pulse and temperature. Students will complete activities measuring these vital signs.  StandardsHS.HS.6.4.d Demonstrate procedures for measuring and recording vital signs.

This lesson gives students the opportunity to learn about the various ways to measure pulse and temperature. Students will complete activities measuring these vital signs.

This is a lesson plan using Project Look Sharp resources. The plan procedures are what was included in their Teacher's Guide.

Media Studies 101 is the open educational resource for media studies studies in New Zealand, Australia, and Pacifica. We have constructed this text so it can be read in a number of ways. You may wish to follow the structured order of 'chapters' like you would in a traditional printed textbook. Each section builds on and refers back to previous sections to build up your knowledge and skills. Alternatively, you may want to go straight to the section you are interested in -- links will help guide you back to definitions and key ideas if you need to refresh your knowledge or understand a new concept.

What is the history of popular reading in the Western world? How does widespread access to print relate to distinctions between highbrow and lowbrow culture, between good taste and bad judgment, and between men and women readers? This course will introduce students to the broad history of popular reading and to controversies about taste and gender that have characterized its development. Our grounding in historical material will help make sense of our main focus: recent developments in the theory and practice of reading, including fan-fiction, Oprah’s book club, comics, hypertext, mass-market romance fiction, mega-chain bookstores, and reader response theory.

This textbook is designed to teach medical terminology, the language of medicine, in an engaging and meaningful way. Learning medical terminology will allow the learner to more easily understand the language of medicine and utilize this knowledge throughout their academic and medical-based career.
I. Introduction to Word Parts and Medical Language Rules
II. Directional Terms and Anatomic Planes, Regions and Quadrants
III. Body Structure, Color, and Oncology
IV. Musculoskeletal System
V. Nervous System
VI. Endocrine System
VII. Integumentary System
VIII. Cardiovascular System - Part I: The Heart
IX. Cardiovascular System - Part II: Blood and Blood Vessels
X. Cardiovascular System - Part III: The Lymphatic and Immune Systems
XI. Respiratory System
XII. Digestive System
XIII. Urinary System
XIV. Male Reproductive System
XV. Female Reproductive System
XVI. Embryology, Pregnancy, and Neonatology
XVII. Eye and Ear