If you like to play music on your cell phone you’ll find …
If you like to play music on your cell phone you’ll find lots to love about this wooden phone amplifier. It provides an attractive platform to cradle your phone while playing music, and it boosts the sounds level by 8-10 dB (decibels) while also distributing the sound around the room using a megaphone style sound enhancement.
As an added bonus, the project includes clever cable routing so that the amplifier can also be used as a charging station.
Art and culture have played a central role in every successful movement …
Art and culture have played a central role in every successful movement for social change. Art can inspire, educate, and spur the imagination beyond the realm of what politics can do. Social justice posters, in particular, are powerful living reminders of the ongoing worldwide struggles for peace and justice.
In this activity, students will watch a short video by artist Favianna Rodriguez on the guiding principles of effective poster design, and then will create a poster of their own.
In this lesson on cosmic rays, students will explain two examples of …
In this lesson on cosmic rays, students will explain two examples of a cosmic ray detector. Includes information about student preconceptions and a demonstration that requires a geiger counter and optional access to a small radioactive source that emits energetic helium nuclei (alpha particles), e.g., the mineral the mineral autunite, which contains uranium. This is activity two of four from The Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER).
Students will form two groups, and each group will analyze a still …
Students will form two groups, and each group will analyze a still life. Then each student will write a three-paragraph essay describing how to draw the work of art they are studying. Each student will exchange his or her essay with someone in the other group who will draw the still life based on the essay's description. Depending on the accuracy of their peers' drawings, students will add more details to their essays.
Welding can be a dangerous, life threatening, and dirty job, or a …
Welding can be a dangerous, life threatening, and dirty job, or a safe, rewarding, and well paying career. Whether one is learning to walk, ride a bicycle, play hockey, football, or just about any other activity you can think of, safety should be your first consideration, regardless of the task that one chooses to challenge. Unfortunately a lot of us humans tend to treat safety the way we treat the instruction manual that came with the new TV. We simply choose to ignore its existence until something goes wrong. The following tips represent some of the many safety recommendations that could save lives, including yours
We’ve all heard that picking a hairstyle or a makeup technique based …
We’ve all heard that picking a hairstyle or a makeup technique based on face shape can be the most flattering, but sometimes it’s the simple beauty basics that are the hardest to figure out. We’re giving you some easy tips to help you determine your face shape once and for all. Keep in mind that no one’s face is perfectly one shape—so these are general guidelines, NOT rules. And we’re firmly in favor of experimenting with makeup and hairstyles regardless of your face shape so let this be a jumping off point!
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about how humans …
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about how humans get the resources we need to survive, even though those resources may come from a long way away.
Try these tips to improve the spin and carry on your fastball. …
Try these tips to improve the spin and carry on your fastball. - My name is Jared Gaynor and I’ve spent the last 5 years as a pitching coach for the Minnesota Twins.
"User experience design theory (sometimes abbreviated as XD, UX, UXD or UED) …
"User experience design theory (sometimes abbreviated as XD, UX, UXD or UED) focuses on the user experience of a platform. This might include accessibility, usability, enjoyment, and the overall flow of the experience. UX design focuses on both on how we use digital tools and on how we inhabit digital spaces. It focuses on systems in a way that is deeply human. What does it feel like for people? What does it look like for them? What are their processes? "
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