Category Archives: Collection Update Posts
NC School of Science and Math Adds 500+ New Resources to NCLOR
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics has added over 500 new learning resources to their resource series in the NCLOR. The topics included in this installment of resources are: Algebra, Calculus, Chemistry, History, Physics, Pre-Calculus, Trigonometry, and Statistics. The format of the new resources are videos, animations and documents. The resources included this addition are the very ones used in the NCSSM Online program.
Image from the Atmospheric Pressure animation from the Chemistry "CORE" collection of NCSSM.
This series is available to everyone in the NCLOR including guests.
The NCCCS courses that could be enhanced by using these resources are: CHM081, CHM082, CHM092, CHM131, MAT121, MAT122, MAT151, MAT162, MAT171, MAT172, MAT175, MAT271, HIS131, PHY080, PHY090, PHY101, and PHY102.
To access this series, you can do any of the following:
- Log into the NCLOR and click on “Browse by Resource Series” and then the NC School of Science and Mathematics series.
NC School of Science and Math Adds Instructional Music Videos to NCLOR
Strumming vs. Picking (Scott Laird, NCSSM)
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics has added 95 new instructional videos to the NCLOR. The videos include music theory and how to play music on a variety of instruments. The video’s by Scott Laird & Phillip Riggs, instructors at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, cover a range of musical instruments. Some of the instruments covered in this series are: Guitar, Cello, Jass Bass, Violin, Viola, …and more.
This series is available to everyone in the NCLOR including guests.
The NCCCS courses that could be enhanced by using these resources are: MUS110, MUS111, MUS151, MUS152,MUS161, and MUS162.
To access this series, you can do any of the following:
- Log into the NCLOR and click on “Browse by Resource Series” and then the NC School of Science and Mathematics series.
National Science Foundation adds Science of NHL Hockey and Olympic Winter Games
The National Science Foundation resource series has added two new special video reports. The Science of NHL Hockey® and the Science of Olympic Winter Games joins the other two video collections already available ( NFL Football® and the Science of Speed (NASCAR)®). These video series explores the science behind some of America’s most popular sporting events.
Summary: The National Science Foundation, in partnership with NBC Learn and NBC Sports and the National Hockey League, explore the science and math behind professional hockey in this 9 part video series.
Accessibility: Closed Captioned
Summary: NBC Learn has teamed up with the National Science Foundation to produce Science of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, a 16-part video series that explores the science behind individual Olympic events.
Accessibility: Closed Captioned
The NCCCS courses that could be enhanced by using these resources are: PHY080, PHY090, PHY101, PHY102, PHY0110
To access the series you can do any of the following:
- Log into the NCLOR and click on “Browse by Resource Series” and then the National Science Foundation series.
- If you are NCCCS faculty, you can add the links to the resources directly to your LMS based course. (learn how)
- Simply, click here to view the series as a guest.
NC School of Science and Math Adds New Calculus Videos to NCLOR
NCSSM Calculus Video Example
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics has added 46 new math videos to their resource series. The additions cover a range of topics in Calculus. Some of the topics covered in this series are: Modeling, Functions, Applications of Derivatives and Sequences & Series…and more.
This series is available to everyone in the NCLOR including guests.
The NCCCS courses that could be enhanced by using these resources are: MAT172, MAT271, MAT272, and MAT273.
To access this series, you can do any of the following:
- Log into the NCLOR and click on “Browse by Resource Series” and then the NC School of Science and Mathematics series.
New Math Resources from Khan Academy & SAS Added to NCLOR
Over 450 math resources have been added to the Khan Academy and SAS Curriculum Pathways resource series. The complete developmental math collection of Khan Academy is now available in the NCLOR. Resources on Algebra, Geometry, Numbers and Operations, Statistics and Probability, and Trigonometry have been added to the SAS Curriculum Pathways series.
The NCCCS courses that could be enhanced by using these resources are: MAT120, MAT121, and MAT151. The new developmental math redesign courses will also be tagged to this content.
To access the series you can do any of the following:
- Log into the NCLOR and click on “Browse by Resource Series” and then the Khan Academy or SAS Curriculum Pathways series.
- If you are NCCCS faculty, you can add the links to the resources directly to your LMS based course. (learn how)
- Simply, click here to view the Khan series as a guest. *The SAS series is not available to guests.
History Animated Resource Series updated in NCLOR
The History Animated resource series was updated with 6 new animations. This collection is a series of depictions of the key naval and land battles using animation technology. The new animations include 4 on The War of 1812 , 1 on The Mexican American War, and 1 animation about the road to the Civil War.
The NCCCS courses that could be enhanced by using these resources are: HIS131, HIS132, HIS145, HIS216,HIS228.
To access the series you can do any of the following:
- Log into the NCLOR and click on “Browse by Resource Series” and then the History Animated (Military History) series.
- If you are NCCCS faculty, you can add the links to the resources directly to your LMS based course. (learn how)
- Simply, click here to view the series as a guest.
Open Yale Courses Resource Series Updated
The Yale Open Courses Resource Series was updated today with 17 new courses. Open Yale Courses provide free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The new course resources include all video lectures and course syllabi for the year the courses were offered at the institution. The list of the Yale courses along with the recommended NCCCS course the resource may enhance are outlined in the chart below.
To access this series, you can do any of the following:
- Log into the NCLOR and click on “Browse by Resource Series” and then the Open Yale Courses series.
- If you are NCCCS faculty, you can add the links to the resources directly to your LMS based course. (learn how)
- Simply, click here to view the series as a guest.
Yale Resource Update Chart
Khan Academy Resource Series Updated in NCLOR
The NCLOR’s Khan Academy Resource Series was updated with over 300 new humanities video tutorial resources. The History, Art History, and American Civics subject areas have been added to this great series. The Khan Academy is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation award winning not-for-profit organization with the goal of changing education for the better. Each video in this series is a digestible chunk of information, approximately 10 minutes long, closed captioned, and especially purposed for viewing on the computer.
To access the Khan Academy Resource Series:
- log into the NCLOR < www.explorethelor.org > or through your institution’s learning management system
- navigate to the Browse by Resource Series area
- click on the Khan Academy series.
PhET Resource Series Updated
Fourteen new Physics Education Technology (PhET) simulation resources have been added to the NCLOR. The topics included in these new resources are Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Earth Science. The new resources join the other excellent resources from this The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The National Science Foundation award winning educational program.
To access this series, you can do any of the following:
- Log into the NCLOR and click on “Browse by Resource Series” and then the PhET Simulations series.
- If you are NCCCS faculty, you can add the links to the resources directly to your LMS based course. (learn how)
- Simply, click here to view the series as a guest.
NC BioNetwork Collection Updated
Six new learning resources have been added to the NC BioNetwork collection of the NCLOR. The newly added resources included in this addition are: Performance Verification of an Analytical Balance (video), Strawberry DNA Extraction (video), pH Meter Calibration (video), Manufacturing Safety & Awareness (tutorial), Preparing for the Professional Interview (tutorial) and the VINSIM – Virtual Vineyard (Simulation). These new resources join the other 53 outstanding resource also included in the NC BioNetwork collection.
To access this series you can do any of the following:
- Log into the NCLOR and click on “Browse by Resource Series” and then the NC BioNetwork series.
- If you are NCCCS faculty, you can add the links to the resources directly to your LMS based course. (learn how)
- Simply, click here to view the series as a guest.
