Bozeman Science
Mutations
The majority of cancers, 90-95%, are caused by environmental factors; the remaining 5-10% are due to inherited genes. Scholars explore mutations and their outcomes and see how mutations can occur spontaneously or be induced. The video...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: How to Read a Writing Assignment
This video lesson focuses on how to read and understand a writing assignment. It begins by defining keywords used in assignments: analyze, compare and contrast, evaluate, describe, and propose. Then using a sample assignment, it...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Determine an Author's Purpose'
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine an author's purpose by considering his choice of audience. [6:27]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Thinking and Communicating Like a Biologist
The goal of this seven-day unit is to look at the big ideas in science literacy. This video on how to think and communicate like a biologist is the first lesson in the unit. [7:23]
EngageNY
Engage Ny: Determine Author's Purpose and Analyze Use of Rhetoric
Students participate in a Socratic seminar and demonstrate how to determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.