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Hook, Line, Sinker
Max is watching a TV commercial about a magical potion that will make you live forever. Moon doesn’t believe it and says that no one can live forever, but Max is still convinced. Moon tells him he’s taking it ‘hook, line, and sinker’,...
Catalyst University
Anatomy | Specific Bony Features of the Radius & Ulna
In this video, I explain the major bony features of each os coxa of the pelvis, and we also will learn to differentiate the left os coxa from the right os coxae.
Kenhub
Carpal bones
The eight bones of the wrist, known as the carpal bones, and related bony landmarks.
Music Matters
Musical Note Names in the USA and UK - Music Theory
There are two conventions used across the world for naming the rhythmic values of notes. This music theory lesson explains the two systems used either side of the pond. In both systems there is an element of logic that helps to grasp how...
Curated Video
Hooking the Reader and Stating Your Thesis
In this video, the teacher provides guidance on how to begin a response to a writing prompt. They emphasize the importance of hooking the reader and then clearly stating the thesis statement. The teacher also highlights the need to...
Englishing
ESL Writing - How to write a HOOK (Essay writing)
A hook or attention grabber is the first sentence in an academic essay. At the beginning of the lesson, Mr. P. will list the different parts of an essay. Then, Mr. P. will introduce four tips on how to write a good hook in order to grab...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Why Do Bacteria Move Like Vibrating Chaos Snakes?
Bacterial flagella are very hard to spot in our footage, but we see evidence of them in almost every single one of our videos. The question is, how do they work, and are they different from the other flagella we've discussed?
PBS
Will Big Oil Have To Pay Up Like Big Tobacco?
Today, lawsuits are positioning climate change as this generation's smoking: it pollutes the air, it's caused by burning chemicals we buy from a handful of huge companies, and it's dangerous to human health. Fossil fuel companies are...
Curated Video
How to Hook Your Reader and State Your Thesis
In this video, the teacher explains how to effectively hook the reader in the opening paragraph of an essay. The teacher emphasizes the importance of engaging the reader's interest and making them feel connected to the topic. The steps...
Visual Learning Systems
The Cell: Discovering the Cell
Students will learn about the discovery of cells, the development of the cell theory, and the differences between animal cells and plant cells, Animations illustrate the different parts of a cell. Other terminology includes: organelles,...
Curated Video
Creating a Strong Opening for an Informational Text
In this video, the teacher explains how to create a strong opening for an informational text. The key is to hook the reader with an interesting question and then provide a clear answer that tells them what they will learn.
Curated Video
Writing an Effective Introduction: Hooking Your Reader
In this video, the teacher explains how to effectively hook your reader in the opening paragraph of an essay. They emphasize the importance of using strong language, personal stories, and connecting the hook to the thesis statement. The...
Curated Video
How to Hook Your Reader with a Provocative Question
In this lesson you will learn how to draft a strong opening paragraph by using a provocative question.
Oxford Comma
How to Write an Intro Paragraph
This video will give you a sentence by sentence look at the introductory paragraph. In it you'll learn how to create an interesting title| an attention grabbing hook| a properly introduced subject| and a specific thesis statement. We'll...
Curated Video
Understanding Idioms: Swallowing Hook, Line, and Sinker
In this video, the teacher explains the meaning of the idiom "to swallow hook, line, and sinker" by using context clues. The teacher emphasizes that idioms cannot be understood by looking at the individual words, but rather require...
The Economist
KAL: Trouble in paradise
Our cartoonist, Kal, has just won the prestigious Berryman Award for editorial cartoons, making him the first cartoonist to have won the award twice. Discover the inner workings of Kal’s mind as he offers his take on the leaked “Paradise...
Curated Video
Engaging Your Reader: The Power of Anecdotes
In this video lesson, students learn how to capture their reader's interest by using a strong opening hook. The teacher explains the importance of connecting the anecdote to the thesis statement, being concise with powerful language, and...
Curated Video
Writing Effective Opening Paragraphs: Hooking the Reader and Stating Your Thesis
In this video, the teacher explains how to effectively begin a response to a writing prompt. They emphasize the importance of hooking the reader and clearly stating the thesis statement. The teacher provides an example of a hook sentence...
Curated Video
Writing a Strong Closing Paragraph: Referring to the Prompt and Big Ideas
In this video, the teacher explains how to write a closing paragraph that stays on topic for a prompt. The teacher emphasizes the importance of referring back to the prompt and the main ideas of the response. They provide step-by-step...
Curated Video
Writing a Strong Beginning
In this video, the teacher provides a step-by-step guide on how to write a strong beginning to engage readers. She emphasizes the importance of starting with an interesting story to hook the reader, and including a clear thesis...
Curated Video
Engaging Beginnings: Hooking Your Reader
In this video, the teacher discusses different techniques that writers use to engage their readers and focuses on constructing an engaging beginning for a narrative. The teacher explains the three strategies of using actions, dialogue,...
Visual Learning Systems
The Cell Theory: From Hooke to Virchow
This video provides a brief history of the cell theory, including developments by Robert Hooke's, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Theodor Schwann, and Rudolf Virchow. This video is part of the 7-part series, Cells.
Curated Video
Alex Jones' assets to be liquidated, bankruptcy court rules
A judge ruled Friday that Alex Jones' assets should be liquidated as families of the Sandy Hook victims await compensation. (Scripps News)
Bloomberg
Wall Street Braces for $15 Billion Wave of LBO Debt
Bankers are expected to kick off a series of new junk bonds and loans tied to M&A after the Labor Day holiday in the US. Paula Seligson has more on "Bloomberg Markets."
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