This book is a cloned version of KINES 200: Introductory Neuroscience by Peter L.E. van Kan, Ph.D., published using Pressbooks under a CC BY (Attribution) license. It may differ from the original.
Latinx Talk Mini-Readers offer a curated selection of essays and creative work previously published on our site and our predecessor site, Mujeres Talk, on specific themes and topics, followed by a set of discussion questions relevant to the readings. We hope these resources contribute to growing knowledge in and of Latinx Studies, expanding dialogues on critical issues, and turning ideas into praxis. These mini-readers are made for classroom and community use. Mujeres Talk published from 2011 to 2017. Latinx Talk has been in publication since 2017.
This games let you explore magnetic fields. Magnetic fields radiate from the N to the S side of a magnet in a predictable way. By changing the shape of the magnet, these fields change shape.
As disease-infected mosquitoes expand their range, these bugs rise higher on the "menace to human health" list. What makes mosquitoes so perfect for disease transfer? Is global warming a factor? How is modern technology being harnessed to combat skeeters? National standards included for grades 5-12. Teacher resource page at http://whyfiles.org/teachers/016skeeter/.
The nitrogen cycle game helps you learn how nitrogen atoms move through various forms including soil, the atmosphere, plants and animals. Actions such as lightening, bacteria digestion, plant assimilation, plant death, animal death, herbivorism and nitrogen fixing plant bacteria move nitrogen from one form to another.
This is an evolving resource intended to provide inspiration for instructors who use Pressbooks and Open Educational Resources for their teaching.
This guide is currently in the open creation stage, meaning that it is in-progress, but openly licensed.[1] In other words, this is a resource in flux: we will be composing, revising, and reorganizing these materials over the course of the coming months.
Proceedings of a national conference held in Madison, Wisconsin in April, 1998 to discuss parenthood as a developmental process.
A text organized by big ideas: truth, happiness, justice, power, freedom, democracy, and political theory today.
Português para principiantes is a time-tested text which can be used in conjunction with a variety of approaches to the teaching of beginning Portuguese. This media-rich text is designed to provide learners with a solid grammatical basis for using Brazilian Portuguese as well as regular opportunities to practice and improve their ability to read, speak, and understand the Portuguese language as it is used in contemporary Brazil.
The PrimateLit database provides bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities.
This book provides an overview of the field of natural language processing and recently developed methods, presuming only knowledge of computing with data structures.
The Process of Science Companion is composed of the following four books: Science Communication; Scientific Group Collaboration; Data Analysis, Statistics, and Experimental Design; Tools and Techniques. These resources provide support for students doing independent research.
The Process of Science Companion is composed of the following four books: Science Communication; Scientific Group Collaboration; Data Analysis, Statistics, and Experimental Design; Tools and Techniques. These resources provide support for students doing independent research.
A short online tutorial to introduce readers to research best-practices in the humanities and social sciences.
This is a series of 5 capstone lessons based on 5 interviews. Topics of the lesson are: Sergei Khrushchev (about the historical legacy of his father, Nikita Khrushchev), Sergei Enikolopov (crime), Viktor Loshak (journalism), Evgenii Aksenov (business), and Aleksandr Asmolov (education).
This is a series of 5 lessons based on an interview with historian Aleksandr Logunov. The topics of the lessons are: Historical figures, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Khrushchev and the Cold War, Khrushchev and the Thaw.
This is a series of 3 lessons based on an interview with actor, director, and writer Veniamin Smekhov. The topics of the lessons are: The Taganka Theater, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Censorship.
This is a set of 4 lessons based on an interview with political figure Irina Khakamada. The topics of the lessons are: The 2004 elections, Reforms, The struggle for power, The era of Putin.Authors: Nina Familiant, Victoria Thorstensson, Shannon Donnally Quinn, Darya Vassina, Benjamin Rifkin, Dianna MurphyNew version created by: Shannon Donnally Quinn and Isabella Palange
This is a series of 4 lessons based on an interview with social anthropologist Maria Tendriakova. The topics of the lessons are: Women in Russia, Problems of equality, The Russian Orthodox Church, Nationalities in Russia.
This is a series of 9 lessons based on films "Solovky Power" and "The Children of Ivan Kuzmich" and interviews by filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya. Topics of the lessons are: The director of the films, About the camp, Heroes, Life in the camp and after, About the film Solovky Power, The country and Stalinism, School 110, Parents and children, Adult life.