Weston Woods Animated Children's Books
Explore various aspects of solid geometry. Examine platonic solids and why there are a finite number of them. Investigate nets and cross-sec tions for solids as a way of establishing the relationships between tw o–dimensional and three–dimensional geometry.
Our first exposure to geometry is that of Euclid, in which all triangl es have 180 degrees. As it turns out, triangles can have more or less than 180 degrees. This unit explores these curved spaces that are at o nce otherwordly and firmly of this world
Watch this program in the 10th session for K-2 teachers. Explore how t he concepts developed in this course can be applied through case studi es of K-2 teachers (former course participants) who have adapted their new knowledge to their classrooms.
Examine the relationships between area and perimeter when one measure is fixed. Determine which shapes maximize area while minimizing perime ter, and vice versa. Explore the proportional relationship between sur face area and volume. Construct open-box containers, and use graphs to approximate the dimensions of the resulting rectangular prism that ho lds the maximum volume.
Explore what can be measured and what it means to measure. Identify me asurable properties such as weight, surface area, and volume, and disc uss which metric units are more appropriate for measuring these proper ties. Refine your use of precision instruments, and learn about altern ate methods such as displacement. Explore approximation techniques, an d reason about how to make better approximations.
From the tower of the Old North Church where Robert Newman gave the signal that the British were coming, Dave recalls the beginnings of the American Revolution. He explains that Boston Puritans felt they had a God-given right to revolt against tyrants who taxed them without representation. At the Hancock Clark House in Lexington, Dave reviews the biographies of John Hancock and the Reverend Jones Clark, and the reasons why the British accused them of treason. On Lexington Green, Dave reviews the history of the "shot heard 'round the world", and at Old North Bridge, Concorde, the American success and the subsequent British retreat. Next, at Bunker Hill, Dave provides a detailed account of the heavy fighting and numerous causalities in a conflict where the Americans established themselves as a solid fighting force. He closes with the story of Henry Knox who, with the approval of George Washington, brought British cannons 300 miles from Fort Ticonderoga to Dorchester Heights in Boston.
In mathematics, symmetry has more than just a visual or geometric qual ity. Mathematicians comprehend symmetries as motions
In Part I, Alfredo Lujan
How are history and memory different? Topics in this unit range from t he celebration of Columbus Day to the demolition of a Korean museum to the historical re-interpretation of Mayan civilization, exploring the ways historians, nations, families, and individuals capture, exploit, and know the past, and the dynamic nature of historical practice and knowledge.
Christianity spread despite contempt and persecution from Rome.n
This episode of GED Connection deals with Poetry. On the GED test you' ll be asked to read one poem and answer questions about meaning and fo rm. It's important to examine what the poet is saying and how he or sh e uses language to say it. Questions that you can ask yourself that wi ll help are: What is the poem about? How does it make me feel? What is the tone of the poem? Who is speaking and from what perspective? What stands out? Throughout the program teachers and students read differe nt types of poems aloud. Poets and poetry teachers stress the importan ce of reading a poem aloud to hear the rhyme and rhythm. They go over how poems are structured and how poets use words, rhythm, and rhyme to create images and express feelings. The host encouages the GED studen t to read a lot of different poems to prepare for this portion of the test.
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