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    Why Tech Needs The Humanities

    Why Tech Needs The Humanities

    If you want to build a team of innovative problem-solvers, you should value the humanities just as much as the sciences, says entrepreneur Eric Berridge. He shares why tech companies should look beyond STEM graduates for new hires -- and how people with backgrounds in the arts and humanities can bring creativity and insight to technical workplaces.

    Keywords:
    Science the humanities Vocational guidance
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    Identifying the Main Idea

    Identifying the Main Idea

    In this interactive object, learners read short paragraphs and then select the main idea of each selection.

    Subjects:
    English language
    Keywords:
    Reading comprehension
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    Summary Writing (Screencast)

    Summary Writing (Screencast)

    In this screencast, students demonstrate an understanding of summary writing by reading step-by-step instructions and then summarizing short paragraphs. Examples of summaries that are poorly written, as well as those that are written well, are included.

    Subjects:
    English language
    Keywords:
    Abstracting
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    Video
     
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    "Jabberwocky": One of Literature's Best Bits of Nonsense

    "Jabberwocky": One of Literature's Best Bits of Nonsense

    As Alice wanders through the dreamscape of Looking-Glass Land in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There," she happens across a book written in an unintelligible language. Inside, she discovers an epic poem filled with nonsense, fearsome creatures, and whimsical language. Dive into Carroll's legendary poem, "Jabberwocky" and see if you can make sense of the nonsense.

    Subjects:
    English literature
    Keywords:
    Nonsense verse Jabberwocky (Carroll Lewis)
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    Video
     
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    How I Became a Scientist: From English Literature Major to Science

    How I Became a Scientist: From English Literature Major to Science

    How does an English literature major ultimately end up as a cancer biologist? Varmus tells us of his circuitous path to becoming a scientist to illustrate the many routes that one can follow to a career in science.

    Keywords:
    Physical sciences -- Vocational guidance Biologists -- Vocational guidance
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    Video
     
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    How Literature Can Help Us Develop Empathy

    How Literature Can Help Us Develop Empathy

    Reading fiction can educate us emotionally, intellectually and spiritually, says Beth Ann Fennelly, creative writing professor and poet laureate of Mississippi. She makes the case for why we humans — and the world — continue to need literature.

    Subjects:
    English literature
    Keywords:
    Social psychology literature Empathy
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    Video
     
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    Using Graphs to Explain Motion (Screencast)

    Using Graphs to Explain Motion (Screencast)

    In this screencast, you'll observe two vehicles moving across the screen at different rates then describe the motion. Additionally, you'll select the corresponding graphs of distance vs. time, velocity vs. time, and acceleration vs. time for each vehicle.

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Speed Motion
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    Mass Versus Weight

    Mass Versus Weight

    In this learning activity you'll explore the difference between mass and weight.

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Mass (Physics) Weights measures Weight (Physics)
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    Construction of Free-Body Diagrams

    Construction of Free-Body Diagrams

    In this learning activity you'll explore a step-by-step process to solve simple free-body diagrams. They identify forces acting in the x or y direction in interactive exercises.

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Mechanics
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    What Is Torque? (Screencast)

    What Is Torque? (Screencast)

    Learners read a description of torque and study the factors that cause its magnitude to change.

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Torque -- Measurement
    Resource Type:
    Video