High School Geology
An alternative introduction to the chapter "Adapting and Living Together" - explained with Vamipres! It sits within the Ecology and Environment topic of the virtual school GCSE Biology. Teachers can choose which engagement video is better for their own uses and students.
- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Lecture
- Syllabus
- Date Added:
- 02/21/2013
Learn about how organisms adapt to their habitats. This video is part of The Virtual School's "Adapting and Living Together" chapter within our Ecology and Environment topic.
- Material Type:
- Diagram/Illustration
- Full Course
- Lecture
- Syllabus
- Date Added:
- 02/21/2013
An introduction to the chapter "Adapting and Living Together" within the Ecology and Environment topic of the virtual school GCSE Biology.
- Material Type:
- Diagram/Illustration
- Lecture
- Syllabus
- Unit of Study
- Date Added:
- 02/21/2013
Study of the most common advanced optimisation models in engineering problems, both Industrial and Telecommunication.
- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Date Added:
- 03/16/2015
How do animals communicate in the environment? And how does this affect their behaviour? Learn about animal communication in this GCSE / K12 Ecology video from the Virtual School.
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- Material Type:
- Diagram/Illustration
- Lecture
- Date Added:
- 03/18/2013
A short tutorial on creating an animated two-dimensional sprite in the Unity game engine.
- Material Type:
- Diagram/Illustration
- Date Added:
- 12/04/2015
Arabic for Life takes an intensive, comprehensive approach to beginning Arabic instruction and is specifically tailored to the needs of talented and dedicated students. Unlike the other Arabic textbooks on the market, Arabic for Life is not specifically focused on either grammar or proficiency. Instead, it offers a balanced methodology that combines these goals. Frangieh has created a book that is full of energy and excitement about Arabic language and culture, and it effectively transmits that excitement to students. Arabic for Life offers a dynamic and multidimensional view of the Arab world that incorporates language with Arabic culture and intellectual thought.
The book is accompanied by a DVD with some eighty videos of native speakers reciting the vocalized texts in the book and dozens of audio recordings covering vocabulary and expressions, drills on Arabic sounds and letters, and various exercises and activities.
Bassam Frangieh is professor of Arabic at Claremont-McKenna College. He previously taught at Georgetown, Yale, and the Foreign Service Institute. He is the author of Anthology of Arabic Literature, Culture, and Thought from Pre-Islamic Times to the Present, published by Yale University Press.
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Textbook
- Date Added:
- 01/30/2013
This course serves as an introduction to programming and using microprocessors. It also provides students with experiences where they can create solutions for a specific problem.
- Material Type:
- Unit of Study
- Date Added:
- 02/26/2013
Schrauben lösen, Kabel neu verlegen: Messer, Gabel und Pudelmütze werden zum Input für den Computer. Ziel ist es, neue Benutzerschnittstellen für den Computer zu entwickeln, indem die TeilnehmerInnen einen Blick "unter die Motorhaube" einer USB-Tastatur werfen. So können Jugendliche im Alter von 13 - 17 Jahren erste Schritte im kreativen Umgang mit Elektronik machen und dabei viel Spaß haben.
Voraussetzungen sind lediglich die Freude am Experimentieren und die Neugier, technologische Grundlagen spielerisch zu erlernen.
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Diagram/Illustration
- Game
- Lesson Plan
- Date Added:
- 10/22/2014
This introductory class of computer skills is comprised of units that focus on basic computer hardware and the following applications: Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Photo Gallery, and Audacity. Most units begin with YouTube overviews or 'how to' presentations followed by step by step guides to using aspects of the application and then have assessment exercises and conclude with a final project for evaluation.
- Material Type:
- Assessment
- Full Course
- Lecture
- Date Added:
- 09/25/2013
Conditioning affects an animal's behaviour. Learn about classical and operant conditioning in this GCSE / K12 Ecology video from the Virtual School.
A two-day assignment focusing in the melting or Arctic sea ice and the increased global temperature. The lesson involves reading the text Decline in Arctic Sea Ice, reviewing video clips, in depth discussions, and independent research and writing.
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan
- Primary Source
- Date Added:
- 04/08/2015
In this activity, learners use crayons to draw conclusions about rocks and the rock cycle. Learners form crayons ((which can be "weathered"--heated, compressed and cooled--like rocks) into models of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks.
- Subject:
- Geology
- Physical Science
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Provider:
- Exploratorium
- Author:
- Eric Muller
- The Exploratorium
- Date Added:
- 11/07/2004
In an effort to raise awareness of astronomical developments, I have students search newspapers or online for any recent astronomical-related story and provide a photo and a short summary of the article including why they think it is important and I ask them to identify specially which chapter of the textbook deals with their story. I do this early in the semester as a way of getting students to become more familiar with the textbook and to try to get them to become lifelong learners and be in the habit of looking for current events related to astronomy.
- Material Type:
- Homework/Assignment
- Teaching/Learning Strategy
- Date Added:
- 10/09/2013
What lessons can we learn about genetically engineered organisms from the example of the jabberjay, a fictional bird in the movie “The Hunger Games”? In this lesson, students discuss the definition of genetically modified organisms, learn about the risks and benefits of research on G.M.O.’s, explore the growing do-it-yourself biology movement, and develop proposals seeking to either restrict or permit research into genetically modifying the avian flu virus.
This lesson is correlated to McREL’s national standards (it can also be aligned to the new Common Core State Standards):
Language Arts
1. Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the writing process.
4. Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
Life Skills: Life Work
2. Uses various information sources, including those of a technical nature, to accomplish specific tasks.
Life Skills: Working With Others
1. Contributes to the overall effort of a group.
4. Displays effective interpersonal communication skills.
Science
8. Understands the structure and properties of matter
9. Understands the sources and properties of energy
10. Understands forces and motion
11. Understands the nature of scientific knowledge
12. Understands the nature of scientific inquiry
13. Understands the scientific enterprise
Technology
6. Understands the nature and uses of different forms of technology.
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan
- Date Added:
- 12/09/2013
What lessons can we learn about genetically engineered organisms from the example of the jabberjay, a fictional bird in the movie “The Hunger Games”? In this lesson, students discuss the definition of genetically modified organisms, learn about the risks and benefits of research on G.M.O.’s, explore the growing do-it-yourself biology movement, and develop proposals seeking to either restrict or permit research into genetically modifying the avian flu virus.
This lesson is correlated to McREL’s national standards (it can also be aligned to the new Common Core State Standards):
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson Plan
- Date Added:
- 12/09/2013
These are sample instructions students can carry out with the projetile simulation (http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/projectile-motion )at PHET. One thing I have noted with students is that whenever they are shown a simulation without specific instructions,they dont do anyting worthwhile. So these instructions are part of a series to help students out of this chalenge..
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Date Added:
- 07/19/2013
Open access textbook about paleontology for advanced high school and introductory level college students.https://www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/learn/
Students learn what causes earthquakes, how we measure and locate them, and their effects and consequences. Through the online Earthquakes Living Lab, student pairs explore various types of seismic waves and the differences between shear waves and compressional waves. They conduct research using the portion of the living lab that focuses primarily on the instruments, methods and data used to measure and locate earthquakes. Using real-time U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data accessed through the living lab interface, students locate where earthquakes are occurring and how frequently. Students propose questions and analyze the real-world seismic data to find answers and form conclusions. They are asked to think critically about why earthquakes occur and how knowledge about earthquakes can be helpful to engineers. A worksheet serves as a student guide for the activity.
- Subject:
- Applied Science
- Engineering
- Geology
- Physical Science
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Provider:
- TeachEngineering
- Provider Set:
- TeachEngineering
- Author:
- Jessica Noffsinger
- Jonathan Knudtsen
- Karen Johnson
- Mike Mooney
- Minal Parekh
- Scott Schankweiler
- Date Added:
- 09/18/2014