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Theme and Motivation
“Theme and Motivation” will explain how character motivation impacts the theme of a story.
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Using Isotopes
Using Isotopes explores isotopes by describing how isotopes are used in scientific research and medicine.
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Sublimation
Sublimation explores states of matter by explaining and providing examples of the process of sublimation.
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Elements of Plot: A Guilty Conscience
Elements of Plot: A Guilty Conscience identifies elements of plot, including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, found in the short story, A Guilty Conscience.
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The Big Bang Theory
This video explains the formation of the universe as described by the Big Bang theory.
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Electrons and Ions
Electrons and Ions describes what occurs in an atom when electrons are added or removed from the outer shell using the terms ion, bonding, gain, lose, and charge.
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Neutrons and Isotopes
Neutrons and Isotopes describes how neutron loss or gain affects the stability of an atom by using terms such as isotope, atomic mass, unstable, and decay.
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Mixtures and Solutions
Mixtures and Solutions explores properties of matter by differentiating between pure substances, mixtures, and solutions.
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Evaluating Claims and Reasoning
This video describes claims and reasoning supporting a claim.
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I Recall: Part 3
“I Recall: Part 3” discusses parts of a fable, reads “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” and answers questions about the fable.
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Matrices and Basic Operations
This video will explain matrices and give an overview of the basic operations of using them.
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I Recall: Part 2
“I Recall: Part 2” reviews characters, setting, and events and asks questions about these story elements after reading the story “The Clubhouse.”
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I Recall: Part 1
“I Recall: Part 1” discusses characters, setting, and events and applies these story elements to answering questions about the fiction story “Learning to Fly.”
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The Importance of Carbon
The Importance of Carbon analyzes the importance of carbon by explaining how carbon is uniquely suited to form biological macromolecules
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Evolving Pageantry of the British Coronation
The British coronation ceremony has evolved over time, from humble beginnings to its modern grandeur. This video highlights the changes in style, cost, and public perception of the coronation over the years and acknowledges the absence...
Tom Nicholas
Dramaturgy - WTF? An introduction to dramaturgy and the dramaturg in theatre
Although originating in the dramatic theatre or narrative theatre, dramaturgy is an increasingly useful notion for describing the affective journey an audience goes on while watching a play or performance. In episode four of What the...
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Context and Variability
Cognitive scientist Lisa Feldman Barrett (Northeastern) highlights how our current models of psychology are often based on false principles, using metaphors for the mind that simply don’t apply to the brain.
Music Matters
Composing Twelve-Tone Music - Including the Familiar
How using traditional elements of music theory is useful to think about when writing a twelve-tone serial piece of music. Examples of using tonal elements and rhythm that isn't too complex are explored in order to demonstrate that...
Professor Dave Explains
Aristotelian Logic
We just learned a bit about Aristotle and his philosophy, but he was also the first figure to truly establish logic as a field unto itself, and he developed many of the formalities this field still uses today. Types of sentences,...
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Prose Poetry
This video discusses the definition of prose poetry and provides an example from the genre.
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Comparing Elements of Plot
“Comparing Elements of Plot” discusses the five elements of a plot and explains how each can be used when comparing and contrasting two folktales from different cultures.
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Principles of Design
A video entitled "Principles of Design," which explores the principles of design.