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In this episode of NASA 360, hosts Johnny Alonso and Jennifer Pulley look at some of the most inspiring events/people that have come out of NASA over the past 50 years. This program includes: Apollo 12 Astronaut/Painter Alan Bean; NASA Langley Center Director Lesa Roe; 7-Time Shuttle Astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz; Astronaut Jose Hernadez; Hubble Space Telescope and much more
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Media Arts Center Showcase highlights media created by the Media Arts Center San Diego
Matt Johnson teaches an AP Comparative Government class to seniors at Benjamin Banneker Senior High School in Washington, DC. In this lesson , his 12th-grade students create a constitution for a hypothetical cou ntry called Permistan. Matt Johnson uses this lesson to help students review for their final exam and the AP exam by having them draw on wha t they have learned during the semester about international government s. Students work in cooperative learning groups to discuss and debate issues relating to the executive and legislative branches of governmen t. The lesson closes with a simulation of a constitutional convention. Simulation is the primary methodology highlighted in this lesson.
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
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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.
The program opens with teachers sharing passionate insights about why they teach the arts to young people. Then short classroom segments ill ustrate how arts teachers employ seven
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A different approach to educating autistic students in Visalia. UCLA opens a new community school in South Central. Lodi schools serve local food grown by local farms.
At Pennsbury Manor Dave recalls William Penn's upbringing in England. Viewers learn that the King of England granted Penn the largest land charter ever given, hoping that other Quakers would follow Penn to the New World. Dave explains how Penn founded Philadelphia as a city of tolerance and how he created a system of government that provided for the separation of powers and checks and balances. Dave's final stop is Betsy Ross' house, where he tells the story of the creation of the first U.S. flag.
Scientists and social reformers battled for universal human rights dur ing a peaceful andnprosperous period.n
Global 3000 is Deutsche Welle's weekly magazine that explores the intersection of global development and the environmental and social conditions of the diverse cultures of the world. In each program, host Michaela Kufner presents three to four video-rich segments that profile a different part of the planet where man's quest for economic and industrial strength is jeopardizing the ecosystems and the social and economic structures of people thousands of miles away. The program not only documents where those struggles are taking place - but how some groups and individuals are finding solutions to the growing problems of global development.
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Who do we teach? Because themes of unity and diversity surface within both academic content and classroom climate, this session focuses on s trategies for teaching provocative issues in social studies as well as methods of addressing a diversity of learners. The onscreen teachers examine national documents for themes of unity and diversity, explore Howard Gardner
How have global forces redefined both individual and group identity in the modern world? This unit examines the transnational identity that emerged from the Chinese diaspora, and compares it to a newly re-defin ed national Chechen identity forged through war with Russia.