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Algebraic reasoning in grades two through five: Effects of teacher practices, characteristics and professional development
Algebra is a gatekeeper (Moses & Cobb, 2001). Long before students enter an Algebra I course in the high school, the foundations for algebra are being developed in elementary school through algebra... |
By David Houle, Special to CNN
Editor’s note: David Houle is a futurist and author of the blog Evolution Shift. He is the author of “The Shift Age”, "Shift Ed: A Call to Action for Transforming K-12 Education" and "Entering the Shift Age." He has been a contributor to Oprah.com. Houle is futurist-in- residence at the R... |
Excerpt of How To Read And Why by Harold Bloom
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I turn to reading as a solitary praxis, rather than as an educational enterprise. The way we read now, when we are alone with ourselves, retains considerable continuity with the past, however it is performed in the academies. My ideal... |
I’ve been looking for a good, easy to read document outlining the latest climate science research and putting it in context for Copenhagen and I think I’ve found it.
Today in Sydney, the Climate Change Research Centre, a unit of the University of New South Wales, released The Copenhagen Diagnosis. It’s free to download... |
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Short Essay Questions
The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.
Short Essay Question - Prologue, Chapters 1, 2
1. If you were the alb... |
A federal program designed to help metropolitan public health agencies prepare to deliver essential medicines to the public after a large-scale bioterror attack or natural disease outbreak has succeeded in improving the level of readiness, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Researchers found that the federal Ci... |
Sri Lanka: Year In Review 2011Article Free Pass
In 2011 Sri Lanka continued to recover from its 26-year civil war, which had ended in 2009. Pres. Mahinda Rajapakse enjoyed great popularity among the majority Sinhalese community for having defeated the Tamil Tigers (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; LTTE). As expected, ... |
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A Queen’s University study of fruit flies that may revolutionize the way birth defects are studied has identified the genes affected by a widely prescribed drug known to cause birth defects.
Methotrexate (MTX), a popular cancer-fighting drug also used to treat psoriasis, ectopic pregnancies, rheumatoid arthritis, and l... |
Emmanuel, count de las CasesArticle Free Pass
Emmanuel, count de las Cases, in full Emmanuel-augustin-dieudonné-joseph, Count De Las Cases (born June 21, 1766, Languedoc, France—died May 15, 1842, Passy), French historian best known as the recorder of Napoleon’s last conversations on St. Helena, the publication of whic... |
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Dragonflies (order Odonata) are divided into two distinct sub-orders, the Zygoptera or Damselflies and the Anisoptera or Dragonflies.
You can find a description of these sub-orders on the "Damselflies" and "Dragonflies" pages. Each species that has been recorded in Great Britain and Ireland is described and illustrated... |
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Length: 43.200 cm
Mummy of an ibis
From: Abydos, Egypt
Date: Roman Period, after 30 BC
An ibis is a kind of wading bird with a long curved beak to dig around for food in the river mud. The Egyptian god Thoth’s name means ‘he who is like the ibis’, and Thoth was often shown with a man’s body and the head of an ibis. Tho... |
Student Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the French Program will be able to:
- Communicate in a meaningful context in French.
- Analyze the nature of language through comparisons of the French language and their own.
- Demonstrate knowledge of and sensitivity to aspects of behavior, attitudes, and customs of Fra... |
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Four years ago, LAMP (Linux OS, Apache Web server, MySQL database and Perl, Python and PHP languages) was the open stack of choice, especially for Web servers.
In the early part of the decade, when MySQL started promoting LAMP to boost its own visibility as the M in the stack, the acronym grew in popularity.
Today, how... |
Not one, not two, but three female addax calves have been born at Brookfield Zoo within the last two months, and one more is expected by the end of the summer. The most recent was born this past Saturday, July 9. The other two were born on May 30 and June 1. All are doing well and can be seen with their mothers—Martha,... |
In information technology, a repository (pronounced ree-PAHZ-ih-tor-i) is a central place in which an aggregation of data is kept and maintained in an organized way, usually in computer storage. The term is from the Latin repositorium, a vessel or chamber in which things can be placed, and it can mean a place where thi... |
Buildings don’t work they way they used to.1 Folks are always saying stuff like this. But let me make the case regarding just one factor and you decide. There are other factors of course, but I want to focus on only one for the moment. This one over-arching factor is the amount of energy exchange across the building en... |
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PREHISTORIC INDIAN DECOY
In 1924 a group of scientists excavating in Nevada's Lovelock cave found a cache
of 13 tule duck decoys dated to nearly 2000 years. Made to resemble
a canvasback drake, these decoys were painted with native pigments and had white feathers
tied to their backs with string made from native hemp. T... |
- Why are these threats possible?
Because computers are little more than tools. The term "computer" is very descriptive despite all of the abstraction that we attempt to layer on top of them; it is a device that "computes", plain and simple. Whether, at any given nanosecond, it is computing the color of a pixel in a UI... |
The Immune System
Because the human body provides an ideal environment for many microbes, they try to pass your skin barrier and enter. Your immune system is a bodywide network of cells, tissues, and organs that has evolved to defend you against such "foreign" invasions.The proper targets of your immune system are infe... |
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A story plan is the first step in writing fiction.
A story plan will be a sketch and is for planning purposes. One way to get started is to think of a real incident that you or someone you know has experienced. Base your story plan on that incident, but change anythi... |
Online CoursesChallenging Behaviour > Continence Promotion > CoSHH >
Classroom CoursesModule 1-Classroom courses > Module 2- Classroom Courses > Module 3-Classroom Courses >
Medication,Infection and Role of Care Worker-NOCN Level 2 (module 2)-(£120 per Person)
Medication,Infection and Role of Care Worker-NOCN Level 2 (... |
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Locust Care Sheet
Locust are probably the largest type of insect that you will use as livefood. Adults measure up to 8cm and are a yellow colour with darker brown/purple patches. They are popular for their large gut content which means they are highly nutritious feeders but are somewhat expensive compared to other fopt... |
Drive by a local wetland on an early spring evening, and if you're lucky you'll hear a harbinger of the changing season - the clear chirping chorus of tiny frogs known as spring peepers, classified by biologists as Pseudacris crucifer.
Few themes in literature are more alluring than the lost world. Places such as Atlan... |
In the interior of central Africa the first
Catholic missions were established by Cardinal Lavigerie's White Fathers in 1879. In Uganda some
progress was made under the not unfriendly local ruler, Mtesa; but his successor, Mwanga, determined
to root out Christianity among his people, especially after a Catholic subject... |
St. Bernard of Menthon
Born in 923, probably in the castle Menthon near Annecy, in Savoy ; died at Novara, 1008. He was descended from a rich, noble family and received a thorough education. He refused to enter an honorable marriage proposed by his father and decided to devote himself to the service of the Church. Plac... |
Computer Models How Buds Grow Into Leaves
Posted on March 02, 2012 at 08:24:51 am
"A bud does not grow in all directions at the same rate," said Samantha Fox from the John Innes Centre on Norwich Research Park. "Otherwise leaves would be domed like a bud, not flat with a pointed tip."
By creating a computer model to gr... |
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Before people learned to make glass, they had found two forms of natural glass. When lightning strikes sand, the heat sometimes fuses the sand into long, slender glass tubes called fulgurites, which are commonly called petrified lightning. The terrific heat of a volcanic eruption also sometimes fuses rocks and sand int... |
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how to keep your child healthy? Need symptom or treatment information?
Look under the symptom or disease headings below.
information on health topics that do not concern infectious diseases,
check Health Topic:
Infants and Children in the CDC
Health Topics A-Z pages.
and major sites
Ounce of Prevention Keeps the Germs ... |
Irish Druids And Old Irish
EARLY RELIGIONS OF THE
One of the most philosophical
statements from Max Müller is to this effect:
"Whatever we know of early religion, we always see that it presupposes vast
periods of an earlier development." This is exhibited in the history of all
peoples that have progressed in civilizati... |
Hugh Pickens writes writes "Until recently, geothermal power systems have exploited only resources where naturally occurring heat, water, and rock permeability are sufficient to allow energy extraction but now geothermal energy developers plan use a new technology called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) to pump 24 mil... |
You have to like the attitude of Thomas Henning (Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie). The scientist is a member of a team of astronomers whose recent work on planet formation around TW Hydrae was announced this afternoon. Their work used data from ESA’s Herschel space observatory, which has the sensitivity at the neede... |
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A new program is making physical and occupational therapy more convenient for adults with cerebral palsy. Using the Internet, the program connects adult cerebral palsy patients to “virtual trainers” who help them complete movement-based training from the comfort o... |
Good news. There are simple ways to save money especially if you go back to the time-honored concept of BYO – “bringing your own” container of coffee, lunch or water as part of your daily routine. This can do a world of good not only for your pocketbook, but also for the environment, and even your health. Here are some... |
Cameron Park Elementary School in Hillsborough held an Early Earth Day Celebration on April 11 with visits from two special guests: NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and UNC's Nobel Prize-winning scientist Oliver Smithies.Williams went to the International Space Station aboard the shuttle Discovery in December 2006 and re... |
1.True / false: A violin string can only produce a single frequency unless its tuning is change.
2.True / false: Most of the sound from a violin comes directly from the strings.
3. As a violin string vibrates, its motional energy is changing rapidly with time.
What 2 types of energy are involved in the motion of an osc... |
Consider four vectors ~ F1, ~ F2, ~ F3, and ~ F4, wheretheir
magnitudes are F1= 43 N, F2= 36 N, F3 = 19 N, andF4 = 54 N.Let
θ1 =120o, θ2 =
−130o,θ3 = 200, and θ4 =
−67o, measured from thepositive x axis with
the counter-clockwiseangular direction aspositive.
What is the magnitudeof the resultant vector ~F , where ~F = ... |
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A common virus that affects 50-70% of adults. If a woman acquires cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy, there is about a 15% chance that her infant will have infection and serious complications. Women who have had CMV infection and who are considering breastfeeding their prematurely born infant should check... |
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The cardinals were deadlocked. They had been deadlocked for 27 months, since 1292 when Pope Nicholas V died. There were only twelve cardinals and they were evenly divided between two factions of the Roman nobility. Neither side would give way. Each hoped for the perks that would accrue from having one of their number n... |
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Interviewing Children About Past Events: Evaluating the NICHD Interview Protocol
This study, conducted by the NICHD in collaboration with Lancaster University in Lancaster, England, will evaluate the accuracy of information obtained from children using AN ADAPTED VERSION OF NICHD's interview protocol. The NICHD protoco... |
Growth Hormone and Endothelial Function in Children
Objective: This study is designed to determine whether growth hormone treatment in children 8 to 18 years of age alters function of the lining of the arteries. This may play a role in increasing or decreasing the risk of heart disease.
Methods. Twenty children, for wh... |
the National Science Foundation
Available Languages: English, Spanish
This classroom-tested learning module gives a condensed, easily-understood view of the development of atomic theory from the late 19th through early 20th century. The key idea was the discovery that the atom is not an "indivisible" particle, but cons... |
Daily Planner for Your Preschooler
- Friday, 22 April 2011
- How to Start Planning - Teaching Kids to Organize - Organizing Familiy Activities - Organizational Charts
Magnetic Photo Calendar
- This is a planner for pre-readers.
- Take pictures of places you go on a regular basis and pictures of activities you do around... |
An electron is a subatomic particles of spin 1/2. It couples with photons and, thus, is electrically charged. It is a lepton with a rest mass of 9.109 * 10 − 31kg and an electric charge of − 1.602 * 10 − 19 C, which is the smallest known charge possible for an isolated particle (confined quarks have fractional charge).... |
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The Eflo UFBF is a highly efficient biological process utilising beneficial bacteria to reduce harmful elements to acceptable levels. The filters can operate in an aerobic or anaerobic manner. Nitrate removal in drinking water is achieved in an anaerobic manner by supplying the biomass within the filter vessels with a ... |
Questions Relating To The Future Of Humankind
By Jason G. Brent
24 October, 2011
WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY FROM THE NUCLEAR BOMBS DROPPED ON JAPAN IN 1945--20,000 TONS TNT EQUIVILENT--- TO NUCLEAR DEVICES WHICH PRODUCE OVER 57,000,000 TONS TNT EQUIVILENT.
1. After many years of thinking and research I could come up only ... |
HealtheTimes guides and inspires readers to be proactive about their health and make informed decisions about every aspect of wellness, from lifestyle and dietary choices to environmental issues. It is brought to you by Carlson Labs
In the News
Obesity and Heart Disease in Kids
An obese child’s arteries may be just as ... |
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Here are the penultimate penguins: Jackass penguin (Spheniscus demersus) and Galapagos penguin (S. mendiculus). The Jackass penguin is also known as the black-footed penguin, or the African penguin. Penguins, in Africa? Are you bonkers? What’s next, polar bears in the Sahara? No, don’t be silly. There is a cold-water c... |
Use it or lose it? Researchers investigate the dispensability of our DNA|
October 2, 2008 Our genome contains many genes encoding proteins that are similar to those of other organisms, suggesting evolutionary relationships; however, protein-coding genes account for only a small fraction the genome, and there are many o... |
Are Britons becoming nature nitwits? One in five don't know oak trees come from acorns
It's the national tree of England and a symbol of Britain’s seafaring power for hundreds of years.
Yet according to a new survey, one in five adults have no idea that oak trees spring from tiny acorns.
Instead, millions of ‘nature ni... |
The shared anger of mice and men: Scientific breakthrough linking humans to rodents could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's and autism
By Rob Preece
It is one of life's great mysteries - how some people can fly off the handle and become aggressive and violent seemingly without warning.
But scientists now believe t... |
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Federal Government Seceded From the States and the Constitution first in 1913.Submitted by realman2020 on Mon, 11/19/2012 - 01:01
In 1861. The Federal government seceded from the states and our constitution first. The southern states broke away from the union. The reason is the Federal government broke the compact or c... |
Heat is a sad fact of life for current generation
electronics. Any Android, iPhone, or BlackBerry user can tell you that
smartphones tend to get pretty hot at times. And by today's standards a
balmy 85 degrees Celsius, while hot enough to cook an egg, is a pretty
"good" operating temperature for
a high-powered PC graph... |
Corn crop residues are often left on harvested fields to protect soil quality, but they could become an important raw material in cellulosic ethanol production. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research indicates that soil quality would not decline if post-harvest corn cob residues were removed from fields.
This w... |
- Дигар роҳҳоимаврди истифода Вашингтон Ҳавзаи Колумбия,
Шаблон:Иёлоти Мутаҳида Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The state is named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. As of the 2000 census, the state population was approximately 5.9 million and the sta... |
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Los Gallardos, nestled between the Bedar mountain range and the valley down to the coast, is a pleasant small town, well communicated and an important nexus in the road transport system of the area.
It is a rich town, from which several of the local important Spanish dynasties have their homesteads, and it’s beginnings... |
Here are two cartoons from Jay Hosler (blog), biologist and author/illustrator of The Sandwalk Adventures: An Adventure in Evolution Told in Five Chapters and author of the forthcoming Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth (cover art below):
Visual representation in science is the study of how images can inform an unde... |
Banded - Found is coastal drainages of Alabama and Florida from Conecuh River to the Ochlockonee system, male banded topminnows are olive green with orange highlighting the upper gill covers.
Bayou - The bayou topminnow has rows of dots and vertical bars, and it has a limited distribution, ranging from the Escatawpa an... |
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Who doesn’t love hippos? Aren’t they the strangest creature? My second and third grade students agree and we discussed the anatomy of the hippo as we drew their robust bodies. Using a basic oil pastel and watercolor resist, the children turned their drawings into an underwater collage.
To start, the children drew a hip... |
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Dry sockets can on rare occasion result after a tooth is extracted. The blood clot healing in the extraction socket is unexpectedly dislodged leaving a bare painful open area.
The technical term for this condition is acute alveolar osteitis. Generally the pain involved with a dry socket is intense, throbbing and unceas... |
A new approach to improving system performance
By Terry Costlow
Embedded.com (01/05/10, 08:20:00 PM EST)
Speed is a key element in most every electronic design. Whether engineers are creating complex image processing applications or designing systems that extend battery life by working swiftly before returning to sleep... |
Entergy ponders nuclear future
When the magnitude 9 earthquake and resulting tsunami devastated much of northern Japan on March 11, it was a human catastrophe of almost unimaginable proportion. But it was the damage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that potentially had the greatest implications for the Unit... |
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Michael Specter has an interesting article in The New Yorker about global warming and how "dazzlingly complex" it all is once you start to take all of the factors into account.
the calculations required to assess the full environmental impact of how we live can be dazzlingly complex. To sum them up on a label will not ... |
I came accross this website the other day, and was intrigued at the concept behind the site.
The concept, quoted from www.blackle.com states:
"Blackle was created by Heap Media to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy.
Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly... |
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A form of carbohydrate that will raise blood glucose levels relatively quickly when ingested. The term “fast-acting carbohydrate” is generally used in discussions of treating hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar. However, as research accumulates on the subject of carbohydrates and how quickly they are absorbed, some diabet... |
The Humanity Project offers a variety of programs for both kids and adults. These programs put our mission into practice through real-world action:
Anti-bullying Through The Arts — This is the Humanity Project’s all-original anti-bullying program for grades K – 5. This program begins with a live 40-minute assembly that... |
Modern Wallace Medium Weight Tartan. In the 12th century Richard Wallace obtained lands at Riccarton, Ayrshire, and his son, Henry, later acquired lands in Renfrewshire. From Henry descended Sir Malcolm Wallace of Elderslie who was the father of Sir William Wallace, the Scottish Patriot. The Wallaces refused to do homa... |
heated (part of speech: verb)
fired, seared, roasted, grilled, baked, scalded, parched, fried, burned, broiled, sweltered, singed, scorched, warmed, boiled, charred, heated, cooked, simmered, toasted, stewed, braised, barbecued, poached
- But strange to see, when women and men herein, that live all the season in these ... |
Micro vs Macro
Micro and macro are prefixes that are used before words to make them small or big respectively. This is true with micro and macroeconomics, micro and macro evolution, microorganism, micro lens and macro lens, micro finance and macro finance, and so on. The list of words that makes use of these prefixes i... |
Pioneering astronomer and physicist Sir Bernard Lovell has died aged 98.
Sir Bernard, who was born near Bristol and studied in the city, was the founder of University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Jodrell Bank and the surrounding Cheshire countryside is dominated by the Lovell Radio Telescope, which was con... |
The TCBH! Climate Change Report: A Palm Tree Grows Outside Philadelphia
I went out today and checked on my palm tree. It’s a small thing: the trunk is only about a foot from the ground, with the palmate fronds spreading out from the upper part. New fronds appear as compressed blades sticking up from the center. They ha... |
Presenting - 'Amasia', The Next Supercontinent!
Ever since Earth has been in existence there have been the formation and breaking apart of many supercontinents - While Pangaea, that existed between 150-300 million years ago is the most well-known, prior to that was Nuna (1.8 billion years ago), Rodina (1 billion years ... |
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