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New and Revised Texas Science Standards Are
Now Available for Public Review and Comment
Includes a Review of the New Science Standards
Introductions and the Biology Standards
by Steven Schafersman, Ph.D.
President, Texas Citizens for Science
2008 September 25
Every ten years, the Texas Education Agency must revise the ... | 512 |
What is in this article?:
- Pilot project encourages rice, wildlife in Sacramento Valley
- Pilot project a win-win opportunity
- California rice industry-wildlife development pilot project underway in the Sacramento Valley is a prime example of farmers and environmental groups partnering to achieve mutual long-term goa... | 512 |
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Samoa (i//; Samoan: Sāmoa, IPA: [ˌsaːˈmoa]), officially the Independent State of Samoa (Samoan: Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Sāmoa), formerly known as Western Samoa, is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent fr... | 301 |
Ok, I originally posted this as a response to this thread: Atlantis
Sunk by a Meteorite?
I decided that this may be something of interest and deserves it's own thread. I have withdrawn the post and replaced it with a link to this
Really, I think the most reasonable explanation for the sinking of atlantis is liquifactio... | 512 |
This project planted 2,064 Atlantic White Cedars, an endangered species. There were only 500 remaining on the west coast of the Chesapeake Bay, and they are the cornerstone of bog restoration projects as their needles form the peat. The project included contributions from students at Shipley's Choice Elementary School ... | 136 |
In 1768, Encyclopedia Britannica was first published.
In 1811, the first in a series of earthquakes rocked the Midwest in and around New Madrid, Mo.
In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, abolishing slavery in the United States.
In 1877, The Washington Post published its first edition.
In 19... | 301 |
It's particulary exciting to find a deep sky object that has only been discovered in the last half century. Maybe that's because you know that not many other people have ever seen it! One of the most significant lists of such objects is George Abell's Catalog of Planetary Nebulae, objects discovered on plates from the ... | 496 |
Your 7-year-old: Handling sick days
Your 7-year-old now
Being sick is no fun, and neither is having a sick child. Some ways to make it better:
- Be honest about whether a shot will hurt or medicine will taste "kind of icky." Explain the reason for the medicine. Distract your child by involving her in making a decision ... | 340 |
Attention Deficit Disorder, also known as ADHD or ADD, is a based brain difference that is biological in origin and has a genetic component. This means that several members of a family may have ADD. It is not an invented disease, contrary to what many people who donít have ADD/ADHD believe. People with ADD/ADHD also ha... | 512 |
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Depression is the most important determinant of the health status of people with Parkinson's disease, according to early findings from a large study of Parkinson's patients.
Parkinson's is a brain disease that affects muscle and causes tremors, muscle rigidity and slowed movement.... | 446 |
Seeing is believing
23 March 2010
Whenever you look up at the stars you are looking back in time, a phenomenon that astrophysicists Professor Malcolm Bremer and Dr Ben Maughan from the Department of Physics grapple with daily in their research into deepest space
“GRB 090423 is an example of a gamma ray burst, the brigh... | 512 |
Five Dynasties, Chinese (Pinyin) Wudai, Wade-Giles romanization Wu-tai, in Chinese history, period of time between the fall of the Tang dynasty (ad 907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties followed one another in quick succession in North China. The era is also known as the period o... | 512 |
Glossary of climate change terms
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Note the explanations in this glossary are those in current use internationally in the context of climate change science and policy. The explanations may not apply in other contexts. Th... | 512 |
The United States Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun system has been fired for the 1,000th time, bringing the system one step closer to integration on USN warships deployed at sea.
Less than 12 months ago, the railgun established a new world record when it fired a projectile with 33 megajoules of force. Since then, the tes... | 480 |
Mangghuer Folktale Literature
Mangghuer, or Minhe Mangghuer, is spoken by about 25,000 people in Minhe Hui and Mangghuer (Tu) Autonomous County, Haidong Region, Qinghai Province, PR China, just north of the Yellow River that divides Qinghai and Gansu provinces. Mangghuer has only recently been described as a language i... | 406 |
Byzantine Photograph Collections
The Byzantine Photograph Collections include approximately 80,000 black and white print photographs, negatives, slides, and color transparencies of Byzantine art, architecture, and archaeology from the fourth through the fifteenth century. The emphasis is on materials from Byzantium and... | 512 |
MADISON, N.J. — Most Americans have little understanding of the importance of managing fats known as triglycerides to maintain cardiovascular health, according to a new survey.
To conduct the survey, researchers from Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind polled 600 adults aged 40 and older, finding that 54% of re... | 483 |
Climate change threatens to redraw the wine map over the next few decades. That we know. A new paper suggests that the establishment of new vineyards in cooler areas will endanger the habitat of animals ranging from grizzlies to pandas.
The findings seem to be structured to grab headlines and cause alarm–who would ever... | 420 |
Critical Thinking With Fables New and Old
A powerful modern-day fable leads to an exploration of Aesop’s fables and students writing their own.
fable, Aesop, writing, critical thinking
Provide a copy of or project on a screen the story of the boy and the fence. Give students an opportunity to read the story, or read it... | 512 |
3. Baccharis brachyphylla A. Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 83. 1853.
Shortleaf baccharis or false willow
Shrubs or subshrubs, 20–100 cm (finely and densely branched from bases). Stems erect, green, slender and wandlike, striate-angled, glabrate proximally, hispidulous distally (near heads). Leaves present at fl... | 425 |
Carcinoid Lung Tumor
What is a Carcinoid Lung Tumor?
- There are a few types of tumors that can neither be classified as benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous). Their clinical behavior falls between the two classifications of benign and malignant, and they have sometimes been called "midway" tumors. They were s... | 512 |
One of the most innovative and talented of English Neoclassical sculptors, John Deare lived a short but intense life. A child prodigy, he died at the young age of thirty-eight; according to legend, he slept on a block of marble, hoping to find inspiration in his dreams.
Deare was born into a family of jewelers and earl... | 237 |
A new study has shown that white women are at a higher risk of breast cancer than women of other skin colors.
Researchers at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey found that eating red meat and poultry increased the risk of the cancer in white women but not black women.
The study looked at 976 black women and 873 white wo... | 305 |
3. How many people have chronic hepatitis B?
The large amount of carriers, most of whom are in Asia, the
large number of deaths per year. There are 1.25 million carriers in the US, or
0.3% of the adult population as I alluded to. Now compare this to hepatitis C, hepatitis C
is 4 million adults in America and about 2% o... | 274 |
When we think of things "all-American" the phrase, "mom, baseball, and apple pie" comes to mind. Well, one out of three ain't bad. Moms and sweetened apples in pastry go back considerable before there ever was a United States of America. Other things come to mind too, popcorn, the hula-hoop, the circus perhaps? Okay, I... | 512 |
In the 90s kids show The Magic School Bus, eccentric teacher Ms. Frizzle took her class for a wild ride in a sick student’s immune system -- only to be attacked by white blood cells. White blood cells tracked the bus using the same chemical traces they follow to find infected sites or navigate their way to viruses. If ... | 512 |
"There is inevitable ‘leakage’ from the recycling process. Not all households are provided with collection facilities; those that are may not use them; those that do may not contribute all their recyclables; and some of the weight of collected material will not be recyclable because it is contamination and moisture”, s... | 268 |
Why Why Analysis
The Why Why Analysis is a great simple technique for involving a team in getting to the Root Causes of a problem, issue or opportunity.
The technique can be used at any time a team or individual is trying to get below the surface of symptoms that appear to have lots of causes all interacting at the sam... | 247 |
EDINBURGH, capital of *Scotland. No trace of Jews is to be found in medieval Scotland generally. Apart from individual Jews, a community possibly existed in Edinburgh at the close of the 18th century, but the present congregation was established in 1816 with 20 families. The first minister was Moses Joel of London, who... | 288 |
To raise awareness of Child Safety Week, West Lothian Council’s Trading Standards Officers have issued advice on buying second-hand toys.
The aim of the annual Child Accident Prevention Trust campaign, which takes place from Monday 23 June to Sunday 29 June, is to raise awareness of the risks of child accidents and how... | 404 |
Wild Fires in the Southwestern United States
ISS031-E-146306 (27 June 2012) --- An Expedition 31 crew member aboard the International Space Station, flying approximately 240 miles (386 kilometers) above Earth, captured this view of the Fontenelle fire on June 27, 2012. The fire, burning in Wyoming 18 miles (29 kilomete... | 139 |
If Italian inventor Andrea Rossi's cold fusion machine, called the E-Cat, really works, then the world's energy problems are all but solved. Rossi claims that a small amount of input energy drives a fusion reaction between hydrogen and nickel atoms inside his machine, producing an outpouring of surplus heat that can be... | 512 |
U.S. Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program
The USGS offers a volcano-related Web site that is full of information, from facts and photographs of historical eruptions to live video from "volcano-cams" positioned around the world.
Learn how plate tectonics work, test your knowledge of volcanoes with a quiz, familiari... | 413 |
Young County TXGenWeb
|Belknap was a half mile east of Fort Belknap and three miles south of Newcastle in Young County in the A. White Survey A-1270. The nearby fort was named for General William G. Belknap, who selected the site and established Camp Belknap in 1851. During 18501 a small settlement grew up near the for... | 512 |
JRR Tolkien told a fellow teacher that "all teaching is exhausting and depressing" as revealed in a newly-discovered letter.
Tolkien wrote the letter in 1964 in response to a newly qualified teacher named Anne Mountfield. Mountfield had told Tolkien that her "rather restless" class had been enraptured when she read the... | 280 |
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) final rule, an important piece of the agency's overall strategy to promote the judicious use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals. This strategy will"...
Vaccinia Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) (VIGIV) is prepared fro... | 512 |
in the research world, have nothing to do with traffic tickets.
Instead, citations identify published information in order to
locate that item again. Citations of articles often include the
author, title, magazine or journal name, page numbers and
publication information. Citations from library
research databases also ... | 75 |
ASCD announces the release of a new PD In Focus® channel for educators, titled “School Culture and Climate: Addressing Bullying.” The PD In Focus online application is web-based professional development tool with videos, related resources, activities, and insight from some of the most important voices in education toda... | 286 |
During Iran's ex-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency the oil officials kept warning about the high rate of gas consumption in the country. They used to stress the importance of cutting gas consumption, saying that Iran's gas consumption is equal to that of the European Union.
On March 2, the managing director of... | 512 |
Amount: 1 millimeter thickness (mm) of dimension
Equals: 0.039 inches thickness (in) in dimension
Converting millimeter thickness to inches thickness value in the thickness units scale.
TOGGLE : from inches thickness into millimeters thickness in the other way around.
CONVERT : between other thickness measuring units -... | 512 |
'The US department of health and human services now specifically cites the reduction of screen time as a health priority, aiming "to increase the proportion of children aged 0 to two years who view no television or videos on an average weekday" and increase the proportion of older children up to 18 who have no more tha... | 234 |
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The document proclaimed "all persons held as slaves ... are, and hencforward shall be free."
In Virginia, the Emancipation Proclamation was first read under an oak tree in Hampton. The tree was a gathering place for freed African-America... | 454 |
(WEAU) - A recent report from the CDC addresses the prevalence of binge drinking among women and teenage girls.
More than 14 million women binge drink about 3 times a month.
CE: How many drinks at a time is binge drinking?
AA: For a woman, it is defined as 4 or more drinks per occasion, or 5 or more drinks for a man. T... | 481 |
Political Constitution of Peru of 1993
|Year of Version:||1993|
|Date of Entry into Force:||December 31, 1993|
|Date of Text (Adopted):||December 29, 1993|
|Type of Text:||Constitution / Basic Law|
|Notes:||The 1993 Political Constitution of Peru establishes a unitary, representative and decentralized government organi... | 154 |
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According to the precepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the tongue can be used as a diagnostic tool to assess the health of a patient. A tongue diagnosis is a diagnosis of a condition based on the condition of the tongue. Many acupuncturists use the tongue, a... | 512 |
On Memorial Day, we honor U.S. soldiers who have died in war. But only if we understand the principles and ideals for which they died do we truly honor them.
Love, freedom, dignity and sacrifice — these are the essence of Memorial Day. Together, they form the higher cause for which men have been willing to give their l... | 512 |
Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Cholesterol Screening for Kids
Parents have been asking me if their children should have a blood test to screen them for cholesterol. Well let me do more than chew the fat on this topic, and provide some information.
Cholesterol is a fat substance which is made by the liver, or which... | 512 |
Your Sample Financial Statement (s) are the means by which you will be able to communicate your information to the perspective investors.
Your Sample Financial Statement (s) Are a very important part of writing your business plan.
It is extremely important to create a set of financial statement (s) to show the expected... | 512 |
Established in 1975 as Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, the Child Support Services program is a federal/state/local program that collects child support from parents who are legally obligated to pay. The goals are threefold:
- To ensure that children are supported by their parents,
- To foster family responsibilit... | 512 |
The chapati is the staple flat bread of Northern India and Pakistan, also known as a roti. It can be made from many types of grain, but is most commonly made with finely ground whole wheat flour. Sometimes it is cooked in a little oil.
- Knead flour and water, starting with only a slight dribble of water and adding mor... | 429 |
An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2016
Origins Available: German, Jewish
The German state of Bavariais the ancestral home of the Sigler family. Hereditary surnames began to be used in Germany during the 12th century. Names like Sigler, that came from the name of the job done by their init... | 512 |
Self-healing is normally the province of living creatures, but now a Weizmann Institute-led research team has discovered that it can occur in a semiconductor. This finding, presented in June at the European Materials Research Conference in Strasbourg and soon to be published in the scientific journal Advanced Materials... | 512 |
The search for the holy grail of regenerative medicine -- the ability to "grow back" a perfect body part when one is lost to injury or disease -- has been under way for years, yet the steps involved in this seemingly magic process are still poorly understood.
Now researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies... | 512 |
A Review of Recent Scientific Papers Related to Vegetarianism
Vegetarian Low-Carbohydrate Diet No More Effective Than Vegetarian High-Carbohydrate Diet for Weight Loss
High-protein, low-carbohydrate diets have been promoted as weight loss diets. Typically, these diets feature high amounts of animal protein, saturated f... | 512 |
Adults with narcolepsy typically start with 20 mg to 30 mg of Ritalin a day, divided into two or three doses. For children ages six and over who are receiving ADHD treatment, dosing guidelines call for 5 mg, taken twice a day. If needed, the dosage of Ritalin for both conditions can be increased up to a maximum of 60 m... | 512 |
(1995; 68 pages)
Randomized controlled clinical trial design
A randomized clinical study on acupuncture should be designed by the investigators with the involvement of a biostatistician to ensure the quality of the study.
Selection of the patient
The patients included in the study should represent the future group of p... | 512 |
In 1941, as World War II consumed Europe, the Jews of Palestine, still living under British rule, sought consent to form an all-Jewish fighting unit. It was a logical and important request, since the Nazi war machine was methodically sweeping Jews off the face of the Earth.
But the British War Office said no. They didn... | 167 |
Massachusetts has made an industry out of a bizarre chapter in its history when some of its citizens were accused of being witches. The infamous Salem witch trials of 1692 lasted just a few months before what passed for justice in Puritan New England was exposed as persecution.
Yet three centuries later, the legend of ... | 512 |
Asia Bizz: Robot In Mexico Discovers A 2000 Year Old Tunnel
In an exceptional breakthrough, in Central America, a robot explorer in Mexico has discovered a 2000 year old tunnel under an ancient temple which belongs to the Teotihuacan ruins, and is said to have perfectly arched roofs. This 2000 year old tunnel is almost... | 227 |
Over the last few decades, the
term “nearly neutral mutations” has been used
in various ways. However, it was Tomoko Ohta who first developed
an independent theory on the fate of nearly neutral mutations,
and named it the "nearly neutral theory" in 1973.
At that time, Ohta primarily focused on mutations that are
"sligh... | 512 |
Planetary scientists are preparing for at least 100 days of intensive study in the Moon’s tenuous atmosphere, after a spectacular nighttime launch from Wallops Island, Va., on a solid-fuel Minotaur V rocket that was visible up and down the U.S. East Coast.
Built by’s , the 383-kg (884-lb.) Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Env... | 512 |
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is expected to radio home any minute now. We're watching on NASA TV. The moment will end a nearly 22-hour radio blackout as the probe focused on a series of close-up observations of Pluto and its moons.
From SpaceFlight Now:
Engineers expect to lock on to a carrier signal, then start rece... | 512 |
Berwald, Franz (Adolf)
(Born; Stockholm, 23 July 1796; Died; there, 3 April 1868). Swedish composer and violinist, the most individual and commanding musical personality Sweden has produced. He was the son of C. F. G. Berwald (1740-1825), a violinist of German birth who studied with F. Benda and played in the Stockholm... | 465 |
Drug courts are specialized courts or court calendars that incorporate intensive judicial supervision, treatment services, sanctions, and incentives to address the needs of drug defendants. A drug court team (composed of the judge, prosecutor, public defender, probation officer, and treatment providers) works in concer... | 512 |
sense n. & v. * n. 1 a any of the special bodily faculties by which sensation is roused. b sensitiveness of all or any of these. 2 the ability to perceive or feel or to be conscious of the presence or properties of things. 3 (foll. by of) consciousness 8 (in pl.) a person's sanity or normal state of mind. * v. tr. 1 pe... | 512 |
It's an analogy to plants, so if
A has its roots in
A grew out of the
B, inheriting the situation and constituents. Just like a tree draws many of its nutrients from the soil below it,
B will shape
A. In your example, the anonymous "Movement" grew out of "combating colonialism", meaning that the Movement drew deeply fr... | 326 |
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Primary Documents - German Declaration of Naval Blockade of Britain, 4 February 1915
Reproduced below is the official German declaration of a naval blockade of Britain dated 4 February 1915. Issued by the Chief of Marine Staff Hugo von Pohl - and in the face of opposition by Alfred von Tirpitz (who believed it to be pr... | 407 |
Want to know more about weather in Nepal? The following article should help prepare you prior to your trip to Nepal.
When discussing the weather in Nepal, it is important to mention that the weather can vary depending on the respective regions within Nepal. As an example, the southern areas of Nepal are typically host ... | 512 |
Birth Control Pills
What is it?
"The pill" is a medication used to prevent pregnancy. The pill typically refers to combined birth control pills which use two hormones, estrogen and progestin, to prevent pregnancy. The hormones in the pill thicken cervical mucus and prevent a woman’s ovaries from releasing an egg (ovula... | 512 |
Cover: Fighting on the third day of the siege of Monterrey, September 23, 1846. (Library of Congress).
The Mexican War (1846-1848) was the U.S. Army's first experience waging extended conflict in foreign land. This brief war is often overlooked by casual students of history since it occurred so close to the American Ci... | 512 |
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