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As we keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, more of it is dissolving in the oceans, leading to drastic changes in the water's chemistry. Triona McGrath researches this process, known as ocean acidification, and in this talk she takes us for a dive into an oceanographer's world. Learn more about how the "evil twin of climate change" is impacting the ocean -- and the life that depends on it.
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- Environmental Sciences and Chemistry
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- Marine pollution Oceanography
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Jakob Magolan is here to change your perception of organic chemistry. In an accessible talk packed with striking graphics, he teaches us the basics while breaking the stereotype that organic chemistry is something to be afraid of.
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- Chemistry
- Keywords:
- Chemistry Organic
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Speaking one month after the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Lisa Margonelli shows how drilling moratoriums and executive ousters make for good theater, but distract us from the issue at heart: our unrestrained oil consumption. She shares her bold plan to wean America off oil -- by confronting consumers with its real cost.
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- Environmental Sciences
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- Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects Petroleum industry trade -- Political aspects Petroleum
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You stick cookie dough into an oven, and magically, you get a plate of warm, gooey cookies. Except it's not magic; it's science. Stephanie Warren explains via basic chemistry principles how the dough spreads out, at what temperature we can kill salmonella, and why that intoxicating smell wafting from your oven indicates that the cookies are ready for eating.
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- Chemistry and Food Science
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- Food -- Composition Food -- Analysis
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- Video
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Ever wondered how your smartphone works? Take a journey down to the atomic level with scientist Cathy Mulzer, who reveals how almost every component of our high-powered devices exists thanks to chemists -- and not the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs that come to most people's minds. As she puts it: "Chemistry is the hero of electronic communications."
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- Chemistry
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- Photolithography Chemistry Smartphones Telecommunication
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- Video
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Learners follow step-by-step instructions for creating a current-state map to identify how materials and information flow.
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- Manufacturing processes Production management Process control
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In this interactive object, learners examine the five problem-solving steps of Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. Some of the most common measures and tools are listed for each step.
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- Management
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- Production management -- Quality control Process control Six sigma (Quality control stard)
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- Others
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The learner will explore the challenges commonly faced with remaining motivated and identify the obstacles that cause a loss of motivation.
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- Motivation (Psychology) Goal (Psychology)
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Students read how the Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle is used in problem-solving and process improvement. In an interactive exercise, students organize process improvement steps following this model.
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- Management
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- Process control Industrial management
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Learners view examples of waste in an office environment and are asked to consider what they can do to eliminate or reduce waste in their own workplace.
- Subjects:
- Management
- Keywords:
- Work environment Organizational behavior Office management
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- Others