http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 25 May 2013 17:10:34 PDT Sat, 25 May 2013 17:10:34 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=395237 After reading "A Sound of Thunder," students will further investigate the impact of the "butterfly effect" as it pertains to a nonfiction piece (a news story from China) about the dwindling bee population and its effects on the pear industry. The US bee population has dwindled in the last few years, too, and a second video documentary on Colony Collapse Disorder allows students to make inferences and predictions about the impacts of bee loss on the US economy, too.Students will then be able to investigate environmental issues of their own choices and research them using a variety of print and digital research tools. For more specifics, please contact me at connie_young@kernhigh.org or the email address listed here. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=290408 This document describes planning techniques. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=654290 A free K-20 educational, web media site for students and teachers. 36 Academic subjects; 493 Courses; 1,794 Documentaries;1,372 videos; and 1.342 images. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=640449 This is the instructional deisgn plan for an elearning module about Doing Business in Africa. The module was created for the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=290601 Textbook about local economic development and regional economics http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=284168 EducaNext provides access to thousands of materials on various subjects of relevance to teaching and learning at the college level and higher. Member institutions list their materials on the site as well as fees for those materials. You have to register (free) to use this learning object repository. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=290598 Textbook about industrialisation and policy development http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=290597 Textbook about the organisation and financial aspects of public service delivery http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=601236 This model of the macroeconomy (closed social system) is as comprehensive as possible without it being too complicated (according to Prof. Einstein's dictum for providing in an explanation as much simplification, but not too much). In the past the tradition of 2 and 3 sector models (householder/producer etc.) were oversimplified. In this model there are 6 "entities" all of which play vital roles in the complete system. Their 19 individual roles or functions can be seen when the various flows of goods, services and valuable documents are examined. They each take an algebraic symbol (for later use in analysis). These flows are mutual, money always passing in the returning reciprocal direction. It is seen that the 3 Smithian factors of production (Land, Labour and Durable Capital Goods) are all properly included along with their 3 returns, Ground-Rent, Wages and Interest (Dividends etc.).