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Adding Fractions Using Area Models (Example)
Add fractions with unlike denominators using visual models.
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How Atom Bombs Can Uncover Forged Art
It's been estimated that 1 in 10 works of fine art are forged or misattributed. The truth is, no one really knows how much fake art is out there, because many art counterfeiters are so skilled that their paintings are almost...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Physics of Optics
A blue sky and fluffy bright clouds are things that are seen around the world. The atmosphere presents a multitude of sights and phenomena using light, air, water droplets, ice crystals, and dust. Many of the phenomena give clues to...
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The /ɪə/ Vowel Sound (beer, beard) | British Pronunciation
Part 13: This video looks at how to pronounce the /ɪə/ sound. It's in words like "beer", "beard" and "ear". This sound is a diphthong. This is the thirteenth video in a series of the 20 vowel sounds in British English.
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Picasso’s Guernica: Great Art Explained
Guernica is the most famous anti-war painting in history, and Picasso’s best-known work. It has gone from a piece that was created in protest at the horrific bombing of a small village in northern Spain, to an icon and a universal symbol...
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Rationalizing the Denominator
This lesson will cover rationalizing the denominator using a factor of 1 and conjugates.
Professor Dave Explains
Practice Problem: Significant Figures
The best way to know how to do calculations and report your answers to the correct number of significant figures is to practice! In here there are a few opportunities to check your understanding of this concept.
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The Great Wave by Hokusai: Great Art Explained
In 1639 Japan closed its borders and cut itself off from the outside world. Foreigners were expelled, Western culture was forbidden, and Entering or leaving Japan was punishable by Death. It would remain that way for over 200 years. It...
The Art Assignment
Better Know: The Starry Night | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Sure, you've seen Vincent Van Gogh's famed painting The Starry Night before. And maybe you know of him as a tortured soul. But let's take a closer look behind this most recognizable work of art.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Image Transfer with Gel Plate | Gelli Print | Art Tutorial
This video will teach you how to transfer an image from a magazine page onto paper using a gel plate! Gelli printing is a fun and creative process that can be enjoyed by both children and adults. This image transfer technique be used in...
The March of Time
1934: GALLERY REENACTMENT: HD: Latvian immigrant 'John Smiukse' walking into Westchester Institute of Fine Arts, moving past women to Satirical painting 'Nightmare of 1934', opening paint remover can, splashing painting w/ contents. Note: Film line.
MOT 1934: GALLERY REENACTMENT: HD: Latvian immigrant 'John Smiukse' walking into Westchester Institute of Fine Arts, moving past women to Satirical painting 'Nightmare of 1934', opening paint remover can, splashing painting w/ contents....
The March of Time
1948: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: WS Fine Arts Museum. WS People walking in gallery w/ statue FG, paintings in room BG. People looking at Rembrandt portrait painting of man with long beard. CU Metal tag 'Rembrandt Van Rijn'
MOT 1948: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS: WS Fine Arts Museum. WS People walking in gallery w/ statue FG, paintings in room BG. People looking at Rembrandt portrait painting of man with long beard. CU Metal tag...
The March of Time
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
MOT 1941: DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: WS Dallas Museum, lake FG. MS Engraving of museum name over entrance. INT WS People looking at paintings on walls (SOT implies Hobits Sale Collection, unconfirmed). MS Women looking at religious...
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Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson: Great Art Explained
You could say Land art existed thousands of years even before oil painting, but it would take a group of American artists to bring it back to the public gaze in the 1960s and 70s. Artists like Michael Heizer, Robert Smithson, and Nancy...
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Jean-Michel Basquiat's 'Untitled (Skull)': Great Art Explained
In 1982 at the age of just 22 years old, Jean-Michel Basquiat would produce this painting. A powerful and dazzling image that mixes text, colour, symbolism and mark-making in a raw and uncensored explosion. In a single painting, he would...
Maddie Moate
How do you test a spacecraft? | James Webb Space Telescope | Maddie Moate
The world’s largest, most powerful telescope was launched into space on Christmas Day - it’s called the 'James Webb Space Telescope' but how do you test a spacecraft to make sure it's ready for the journey into space? I went to the UK's...
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The /eɪ/ Vowel Sound (day, great) | British Pronunciation
Part 14: This video looks at how to pronounce the /eɪ/ sound. It's in words like "day", "great" and "late". This sound is a diphthong. This is the fourteenth video in a series of the 20 vowel sounds in British English.
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Nighthawks by Edward Hopper: Great Art Explained
Edward Hopper’s world was New York, and he understood that city more than most people. He understood that, even though you may live in one of the most crowded and busy cities on earth, it is still possible to feel entirely alone. This...
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Frida Kahlo's 'The Two Fridas’: Great Art Explained
Frida Kahlo is the most famous female artist in history. She deviated from the traditional portrayal of female beauty in art, and instead chose to paint raw and honest experiences. A near fatal bus accident at 18 left Frida crippled and...
The March of Time
1934: WESTCHESTER COUNTY: HD: Angled WS Commuter railroad train car pulling into Tarrytown station. GALLERY REENACTMENT: WS Small sign w/ arrow for Westchester Institute of Fine Arts. Women entering, admiring large painting on wall. Note: Film line.
MOT 1934: WESTCHESTER COUNTY: HD: Angled WS Commuter railroad train car pulling into Tarrytown station. GALLERY REENACTMENT: WS Small sign w/ arrow for Westchester Institute of Fine Arts. Women entering, admiring large painting on wall....
The March of Time
1934: GALLERY REENACTMENT: HD: VS Satirical painting 'Nightmare of 1934' making fun of Roosevelt policies & family hanging in Westchester Institute of Fine Arts. Note: Film line.
MOT 1934: GALLERY REENACTMENT: HD: VS Satirical painting 'Nightmare of 1934' making fun of Roosevelt policies & family hanging in Westchester Institute of Fine Arts. Note: Film line.
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Mark Rothko's Seagram Murals: Great Art Explained
"Thoroughly researched and cleverly presented, with stunning visuals, Great Art Explained makes you realise that familiarity with a work of art sometimes makes us indifferent to its power" - Forbes Magazine, 9 July 2020
Professor Dave Explains
Practice Problem: Site of Protonation on a Weak Base
For this one we will need to understand the basics about Bronsted-Lowry acid-base reactions, and we also should be able to gauge the stability of various potential conjugate bases.
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Andy Warhol's Marilyn: Great Art Explained
Andy Warhol made “Marilyn Diptych” in 1962, right after Marilyn Monroe’s death. By the 1960s Marilyn’s film career as a sex symbol was all but over. Warhol would effectively immortalize Marilyn as the sex symbol of the 20th century. The...