Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA. A quiz, thought provoking question, and links for further study are provided to create a lesson around the 20-minute video. Educators may use the platform to easily "Flip" or create their own lesson for use with their students of any age or level.
With valuable cultural and dietary assets at risk from sea level rise, this Pacific Northwest Tribe developed a plan to identify community adaptation priorities and concerns, and charted a course of action to address them.
The purpose of this task is to help students articulate their addition strategies and would be most appropriately used once students have a solid understanding of coin values.
Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing -- which forced her to look to an unorthodox new art material. Now she makes billowing, flowing, building-sized sculpture with a surprisingly geeky edge. A transporting 10 minutes of pure creativity. A quiz, thought provoking question, and links for further study are provided to create a lesson around the 10-minute video. Educators may use the platform to easily "Flip" or create their own lesson for use with their students of any age or level.
We're headed back to Japan, this time in the Edo period to follow up on Noh theater, which had gone out of style last time we checked in. Now, under the Shoguns, there's couple of really interesting types of drama on the scene. Kabuki is a sort of successor to Noh, with wilder stories and more action. And Bunraku is straight up high intensity puppet theater. Mike tells you all about how the Samurais got themselves into trouble watching bawdy theater shows in Edo.
This art history video discussion looks at a Japanese Negoro ware ewer, Negoro workshop, Muromachi period (1392--1573) to Momoyama period (1573--1615) second half of 16th century, lacquered wood, Wakayama prefecture, Japan (Portland Art Museum).
This is a collection of resources that could be used for a study of famous Japanese Artist, Yayoi Kusama.
Learn, videos & activities, games, kits and tours. Be sure to check out the Resources as well.
"They honour, preserve, and share Japanese culture and Japanese Canadian history and heritage for a better Canada.
Digital Field Trips
Education Kits: FREE Japanese Canadian Journeys Education Kits
Primary Source Material: Broken Promises JOURNEYS Digital Resource has documents, photos, interactive apps, lesson plans and more;
Our Elders, Our Stories includes interviews with survivors of Japanese internments during WWII along with teacher resource guide
Media Resources includes videos, apps and podcasts"
In which John Green teaches you about what westerners call the middle ages and the lives of the aristocracy...in Japan. The Heian period in Japan lasted from 794CE to 1185CE, and it was an interesting time in Japan. Rather than being known for a thriving economy, or particularly interesting politics, the most important things to come out of the Heian period were largely cultural. There was a flourishing of art and literature in the period, and a lot of that culture was created by women. The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu was the classic piece of literature of the day, and it gave a detailed look into the way the Aristocrats of the Heian period lived. While this doesn't give a lot of insight into the lives of daily people, it can be very valuable, and the idea of approaching history from a cultural perspective is a refreshing change from the usual military or political history that survives from so many eras.
This video demonstrates the steps needed to conduct a soil texture analysis. This is a simple way for students to conduct a soil sample using a glass jar, water, and dishsoap.
Jason’s story is one of many. Listen, learn and share at www.passagescanada.ca
Passages Canada is a national storytelling initiative of Historica Canada that nurtures cross-cultural dialogue in Canadian communities. Our volunteer speakers share their personal experiences of identity, culture and immigration with groups of all ages. Passages Canada is generously funded by TD Bank Group and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
“I was born in Seoul, South Korea. My mom and dad immigrated to Toronto when I was a just 3 months old. They dreamed of becoming entrepreneurs. In 1978 they opened one of the first businesses in Toronto’s Koreatown.
As a teenager, I wanted nothing to do with the family business. I didn't speak Korean; I wasn’t interested in my parents’ Korean culture. I just wanted to be like the other Canadian kids. My mom finally kicked me out of the house.
Five years ago, my dad got sick. I decided it was time to embrace my roots. I started managing the restaurant. I even learned to speak Korean.
I am a Korean-Canadian, proud of what my family has built.”
This art history video dicussion examines Jasper Johns' "Flag", 1954-55, encaustic, oil and collage mounted on plywood, three panels, (MoMA).
Student groups use the Java programming language to implement the algorithms for optical character recognition (OCR) that they developed in the associated lesson. They use different Java classes (provided) to test and refine their algorithms. The ultimate goal is to produce computer code that recognizes a digit on a scoreboard. Through this activity, students experience a very small part of what software engineers go through to create robust OCR methods. This software design lesson/activity set is designed to be part of a Java programming class.
JavaScript is the programming language of HTML and the Web.
Programming makes computers do what you want them to do.
JavaScript is easy to learn.
This tutorial will teach you JavaScript from basic to advanced.
This art history video discussion looks at Alexej von Jawlensky's "Young Girl in a Flowered Hat", 1910, oil on cardboard (Albertina, Vienna).
Building on their fifth grade experiences with operations on decimal numbers, sixth grade students should find the task to be relatively easy. The emphasis here is on whether students are actually fluent with the computations, so teachers could use this as a formative assessment task if they monitor how students solve the problem.
Music teacher Genein Letford teaches students about similes to the beat of Duke Ellington using story, jazz solos, and improvisations. Filmed at New Academy Canoga Park, CA.
During writing workshop, students research, write, revise, and share their own comprehensive biographies of African American jazz musicians.
The following is a novel study guide for "Jean Val Jean" and a character wheel print out.
La ressource Je cultive mon bien-être gravite principalement autour de la reconnaissance et de la gestion des émotions, favorisant ainsi une meilleure connaissance de soi. Répondant aux attentes et aux contenus d’apprentissage du programme-cadre en éducation physique et santé, la ressource offre une série de capsules vidéo et d’activités d’apprentissage adaptées à l’âge et au niveau de développement de l’élève.