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Seismic Waves | UNC-TV Science
No need to wave the white flag. Use an animation to demonstrate the motion of seismic waves instead. A short animation shows the motion of longitudinal and transverse waves. Pupils also learn how the movement displaces the earth.
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A Farewell to Arms: Shaping Fact for Fiction
Clips from the documentary Hemingway by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick reveal how Ernest Hemingway incorporated his own war experiences in A Farewell to Arms. Young writers then take an experience from their own lives and craft it...
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Atoms and Elements | UNC-TV Science
It doesn't get any smaller than this. Young scientists learn about the particles that make up elements and how they form new substances by creating molecules. The video tutorial includes animations to illustrate atoms and molecules...
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Light Scattering: Effects of Light | UNC-TV Science
A video lesson describes how light absorbs, reflects, and scatters on different surfaces. Pupils learn the result of these different reactions and how humans perceive them.
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Electromagnetic Waves | UNC-TV Science
These waves aren't for surfing. Young scientists learn about electromagnetic waves and how their features affect the light people see. The video lesson describes the amplitude, frequency, and wavelength of the waves and how the...
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Visible Light | UNC-TV Science
Shine a little light on the topic of visible light with a quick video lesson. The lesson highlights the basics of visible light including wavelength and electromagnetic energy. Learners discover how humans' eyes process the...
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Exploring Hemingway’s Style
The man, the myth, and the reality. Three clips from the documentary Hemingway by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick introduce viewers to the unique features of Ernest Hemingway's writing style and the events in Hemingway's life that...
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Hemingway: The Art vs. The Artist
Seven clips from the documentary Hemingway by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick inform an investigation of how aspects of Ernest Hemingway's life influenced his writings.
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Hemingway's Privilege and Social Position
Three clips from the documentary Hemingway by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick form the basis of a lesson on Ernest Hemingway. Viewers use a graphic organizer to identify elements of privilege and social status that "aided him in creating,...
Mathispower4u
Solving Systems of Linear Equations Using Substitution
Systematically take an algebraic approach. Learners view an informative video that works four examples of solving a system of equations using substitution. The presenter works through the process of finding the solutions for each system....
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Solve a Linear System of Equations by Graphing (Infinite Solutions) - Example
What does a dependent system look like? Learners view the graphing solution process of a dependent system of linear equations in an informative video. The scholars see that if two equations define the same line on a graph, then there is...
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Solve a System of Equations by Graphing (Infinite Solutions) - Example
What happens when equations are multiples of each other? Pupils see the process of solving a system of equations by graphing. The informative video example shows two equations written in different forms that are actually the same line....
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Solve a System of Equations by Graphing (No Solution) - Example
Parallel lines have no solution. Learners watch the presenter graph two linear equations to find the solution to a system of equations in an informative algebra video. They see that the two lines are parallel resulting in no solution to...
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Solve a System of Equations by Graphing (Example 2)
The solution should satisfy each equation. Pupils view a helpful video showing an example of finding the solution to a system of linear equations by graphing. The presenter graphs the two lines to find the point of intersection and then...
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Solve a System of Equations by Graphing (Example 1)
Provide a consistent and independent example. Pupils watch an algebra video showing how to find a solution to a system of linear equations by graphing. The presenter graphs the two linear equations to find the one solution to the system...
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Solve a Linear System of Equations by Graphing (Horizontal and Vertical Lines) - Example
Solve a pretty straightforward system. Pupils view an educational video showing how to solve a system of linear equations by graphing. The system consists of a horizontal line and a vertical line, making the solution apparent in the...
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Identify the Solution to a System of Equation Given a Graph, Then Verify (Example)
Is the solution really the solution? Given a graph of a linear system, an informative video shows learners how to determine the solution as the point of intersection. The presenter verifies the solution as a solution to the system by...
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Solve a System of 2 Equations with 2 Unknowns by Graphing on the TI84 (Example)
Let the technology do the graphing. Learners watch a helpful algebra video that shows how to use a graphing calculator to solve a system of linear equations. The presentation works through one example using a TI-84 to solve a system and...
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Determine Solutions to Systems of Linear Equations Graphically (Example)
Picture the solution. The Mathispower4u Algebra I video uses three examples of finding the solution of a system of linear equations given as a graph. Pupils use their knowledge of linear graphs to also identify the equations for the...
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Solving Equations Using the Story of x (Part 2)
The story continues with more complex equations. Learners see that using the story method works even with multi-step equations. Pupils learn the process of undoing a description of a multi-step expression to solve an equation containing...
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Solving Equations Using the Story of x (Part 1)
Tell the story of solving an equation. With words and symbols, viewers learn to describe what is happening in an equation. Using that description, pupils reverse the story to arrive at the value of x that makes the equation true.
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Solve a Linear System of Equations by Graphing (No Solution) - Example
Provide an inconsistent example. Learners view an algebra video demonstrating how to solve a system of linear equations by graphing. The system does not have any solutions or is inconsistent. Scholars realize that the graphs of the two...
National Woman's History Museum
Anna Maria Jarvis: The History of Mother's Day
Anna Maria Jarvis may be considered the mother of Mother's Day, but the history of the celebration goes all the way back to Ancient Greeks who honored Rhea, the mother of their gods. The narrator of a short video traces the history of...
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Women's History Minute: Suffrage
The American West may have been a wild place in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but they were far more progressive than eastern states in granting women the right to vote. A brief video outlines how Wyoming and other western...