Tag: education
Online Classes: Tips for SUCCESS
Collaborative Reading: Building Successful Readers Together
>>Student: Jazmin feels like she’s going to get into a good college and–>>Crystal: Because we do collaborative reading, we are helping every scholar feel successful, regardless of the reading level.>>So who is it about? >>Student: Jazmin.>>Crystal: Being able to synthesize the big ideas, form opinions, and share those. Those are skills that any contributing citizen …
My philosophy for a happy life | Sam Berns | TEDxMidAtlantic
Translator: Bob Prottas Reviewer: Ariana Bleau Lugo Hello everyone. I’m Sam, and I just turned 17. A few years ago, before my freshman year in High School, I wanted to play snare drum in the Foxboro High School Marching Band, and it was a dream that I just had to accomplish. But each snare drum …
The Van Allen Belts Are Lethal, This Is How Astronauts Fly Through Them
There’s an invisible, magnetic force field surrounding our planet, protecting us from harmful solar wind that could annihilate Earth. But, this protective blanket is also a swirling ring full of deadly radiation. And to leave Earth’s atmosphere, astronauts have to pass through it. The Van Allen belts are rings of energetically charged particles that have …
Ricardo Semler: Radical wisdom for a company, a school, a life
On Mondays and Thursdays, I learn how to die. I call them my terminal days. My wife Fernanda doesn’t like the term, but a lot of people in my family died of melanoma cancer and my parents and grandparents had it. And I kept thinking, one day I could be sitting in front of a …
Dalai Lama’s Top 10 Rules For Success (@DalaiLama)
The Try Guys Try To Survive A Major Earthquake
– It’s fair to say that we’re overdue for the big one and a lot of people think its gonna happen in the next decade or two. – What? – I have no idea what to do in an actual earthquake. – I don’t feel safe in this place. (speaking all at once) – I …
Wilderness Words: Carr
Today we’re going to talk about cars. No not that car [beep beep] This carr! [beep beep] A carr is a type of wetland characterized by waterlogged soil and woody plants like willows and alders. Imagine a swamp but with shrubs instead of trees. When hiking through a carr, make sure to stay on the …