Orson Scott Card Biography The author of this book and many others‚ lead and interesting and fun life(at least for a mormon). Orson Card was born in Richland‚ Washington. He was born in 1951 which makes him about 54years old now. He grew up in many states such as California‚ Arizona‚ and Utah. His great grandfather was the founder of a mormon colony in Cardston‚ Canada. Scott Orson Card was named after his grandfather Orson Rega Card the 2nd generation of the mormon community in Cardston‚ Canada
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STS LECTURE NOTES 2nd Sem 2013 to 2014 Note: Topic Outline I. History and Philosophy of science and technology: II.Science and technology in daily life: III. Science and technology‚ in the arts‚ law and social sciences: IV. Science‚ science policy and national development I. History and Philosophy of science and technology: A. The Fertile Crescent Teaching religiona and mathemathics B. The Civilization of the Americas Aztecs Incas Maya Mayan Mathemathics and Astrology Impact
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Alexander of Alexandria‚ Bishop of Alexandria‚ who was an Origenist himself. Athanasius’s parents died and left him in charge of raising his sister. He sold most of his inheritance and left his sister in the care of the nuns. Athanasius intensely committed to the Christian faith from an early age. He engaged in debates against members of the church‚ most notably Arius and his followers. He did not compromise his position; therefore‚ exiled not once but five times from Alexandria by four different
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utilizing her charm and shrewdness to lure important men into forming political alliances with her‚ which resulted in marriages and children with two of the most significant men of that time period‚ Caesar and Antony. When Caesar arrived in Alexandria after the Battle of Pharsalus‚ she ceased the opportunity to use him to help her regain the throne through Julius anger towards Ptolemy. Once she had fumbled across this idea she had herself smuggled into his palace to meet with him in a rug. Cleopatra
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New Paradigm for Educational Change. Education‚ 11-13. Marzano‚ Robert J. (2003). What Works in Schools. Alexandria‚ Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Marzano‚ Robert J. (2006). Classroom Assessment & Grading that Work.. Alexandria‚ Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Marzano‚ Robert J. (2007). The Art and Science of Teaching. Alexandria‚ Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
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FAMILY OF CLEOPATRA AND RULERS BEFORE HER Red lines = Marriage Blue lines = Children How many years did Cleopatra rule for and when did she stop? Cleopatra VII was born in 69 B.C. in Alexandria. Cleopatra’s father Ptolemy XII (12) died and in his will he left the kingdom in the hands of Cleopatra and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII (13). Cleopatra was only eighteen when she took her joint claim to the throne. She had to wed her brother
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Archimedes was one of the greatest philosophers who lived from 287 BC to 211 BC in Syracuse. Archimedes was a physicist‚ astronomer‚ engineer and mathematician who discovered and invented machines such as the Archimedean screw‚ Archimedes principle‚ Archimedean spiral‚ Archimedes claw‚ planetarium‚ compound pulley system and many war machines. His greatest contributions were in geometry and his methods and ideas started the idea of calculus and finding the density of an object without damaging the
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Developing the Mathematical Mind in the Montessori Environment The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics. ~Plato Maria Montessori believed that human intelligence is no longer based on natural intelligence but on mathematical intelligence. Humans have moved beyond the innate survival instincts of early humans and moved toward an analytical awareness of the world. Math is more than math facts and computations. It deals with shape‚ space‚ patterns‚ symbols and the relationships found therein
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Terry v. Ohio was a court decision made in 1968 that still affects how police conduct their operations to this day. This case gave special liberties to police officers which would otherwise be in conflict with the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment states " the right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ house‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizure‚ shall not be violated‚ and no Warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by Oath or affirmation‚ and
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multi-skilled man who lived from 276BC to 194BC and was born in Cyrene. What He Did He discovered that the earth was spherical by reading in a book that on the longest day of the year these two wells that were in two different cities (Syene and Alexandria) cast different shadows. At that point in time the Earth was thought to be flat. This didn’t make sense because the shadows should be the same length. He figured that this meant that the Earth was spherical. The diagram in figure 1 shows that
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