This course focuses on the complexities associated with security and sustainability of states in international relations. Covering aspects of theory, methods and empirical analysis, the course is in three parts, and each consists of seminar sessions focusing on specific topics.

In small groups, students experiment and observe the similarities and differences between human-made objects and objects from nature. They compare the function and structure of hollow bones with drinking straws, bird beaks, tool pliers, bat wings and airplane wings. Observations are recorded in a compare & contrast chart, and then shared in a classroom discussion, along with follow up assessment activities such as journal writing and Venn diagrams.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about multiple object lengths (english units).

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about mixed operations: selecting the correct sentence.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about more and less (addition and subtraction).

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders about word problems that compare values.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about comparing with two-step addition and subtraction.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about using a place value chart to compare and write decimal inequalities.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders an overview of comparing decimals.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to give fourth graders an overview of comparing decimals.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about comparing the product of decimals without calculation.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about comparing capacities in compound units using words (english units).

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders an overview of conversion among units of measure.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders about comparing cups and pints by formula.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders about comparing cups and quarts by formula.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about comparing decimals with whole numbers using inequalities.

Students create different versions of a known song and listen to contrasting recordings for musical differences and similarities.

This task gives students an opportunity to work with exponential functions in a real world context involving continuously compounded interest. They will study how the base of the exponential function impacts its growth rate and use logarithms to solve exponential equations.

The purpose of this task is for students to compare fractions using common numerators and common denominators and to recognize equivalent fractions.

This task is meant to address a common error that students make, namely, that they represent fractions with different wholes when they need to compare them. This task is meant to generate classroom discussion related to comparing fractions. Particularly important is that students understand that when you compare fractions, you implicitly always have the same whole.