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Design Microservices Architecture with Patterns and Principles - Design and Evaluate: Microservices Architecture with Backends for Frontend Pattern
This video focuses on the design and evaluation of a microservices architecture that incorporates the Backends for Frontends pattern and explores how to design and implement BFF services, and the benefits of using this pattern to address...
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Design Microservices Architecture with Patterns and Principles - Design and Evaluate: Microservices Architecture with API Gateway Design
This video focuses on the design and evaluation aspects of incorporating API gateways in microservices architectures. It discusses the best practices for designing API gateways, including considerations. This clip is from the chapter...
Great Big Story
Lenny Lipton's journey from puff the magic dragon to 3D cinema
Explore Lenny Lipton's multifaceted career, from writing the iconic song "Puff the Magic Dragon" to inventing 3D cinema technology.
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How Composers Make Music Sound Scary
Why do so many horror film scores today sound similar to The Exorcist from 1973? A lot of that is thanks to Krzysztof Penderecki, a Polish composer whose music was used by director William Friedkin to score The Exorcist. Penderecki's...
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The Tempest and Post-Colonial Theory: Perspectives on History and Shakespeare's Narrative
This video delves into the complexities of interpreting historical events and literary works, focusing on Columbus's arrival at Hispaniola and Shakespeare's The Tempest. It examines how perspectives shape our understanding of history and...
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Ian Levy, transforming lives through rap therapy
Discover how Ian Levy uses hip-hop as therapy to help students at New Visions Charter High School express and heal.
Great Big Story
Anna Jarvis and the Irony of Mother's Day
Discover the origin of Mother's Day and how its founder, Anna Jarvis, fought against the commercialization of her heartfelt holiday.
Science Buddies
Can Humans Recognize AI-Generated Text?
Using this science project idea, find out if humans can correctly identify text written by AI and text written by real humans.
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The Shape Poem
Mr. Griot reviews the elements of a shape poem and reads I. C. Nightly’s “My Good Friend the Moon.” He brainstorms ideas for writing a shape poem.
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Democratic Laws
Dr. Forrester reviews how a democratic government works. She discusses why laws are enacted and the process involved in passing a law.
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The Always Ready Coast Guard
Mr. Griot models how to research a topic and take notes on the information found.
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Guarding Our Coastline
Mr. Griot chooses a branch of the military and walks through the steps of planning and researching the topic.
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Safari Scholar: Searching for Homophones and Homographs
The Safari Scholar explores the jungle and learns about homophones and homographs.
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The Friendly Letter
Mr. Griot describes the characteristics of a friendly letter. He also models writing a rough draft of a friendly letter.
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Autobiography: Brainstorming
Mr. Griot describes the characteristics of an autobiography. He also brainstorms and uses a graphic organizer to begin writing his own autobiography.
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Mr. Griot explains where to locate sources for research. He demonstrates taking notes, creating a graphic organizer, and writing a rough draft about baseball.
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Mr. Griot and the Classic Car Show
Mr. Griot writes a news article for the local newspaper. He decides what to write about and creates a rough draft. Then he edits the rough draft using the Proofreading Checklist.
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Review for You: Abbreviations
Mr. Griot reviews abbreviations and shows the students what words are commonly abbreviated.
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New and Improved: Lincoln Park Opens a Petting Zoo
Mr. Griot reviews the elements of a newspaper article. Then he uses the proofreading checklist and identifies and corrects errors.
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Insect Research Report: Part 2
Mr. Griot demonstrates how to use a KWL chart to record research about his chosen insect as he plans to write his research report.
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Insect Research Report: Part 1
Mr. Griot introduces the concept of a research report to the student. He chooses an insect to write a research report about and shows how a KWL chart can be helpful when organizing research.
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Review for You: Book Reports
Mr. Griot will review the writing process for a good book report as well as what components should be included.
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Can’t Get Enough of That Zoo
Mr. Griot teaches how to use graphic organizers to organize his ideas and write a rough draft of a personal narrative.