How Healthy is the Conodoguinet Creek? Acid rain and Eutrophication are the two main pollution in Central Pennsylvania. Acid rain is a bad type of rain whiles eutrophication is the process where water bodies receive excess nutrients. Our mission here is to determine whether the Conodoguinet Creek is polluted or not. My hypothesis before the experiments was if there was to be signs of acid rain and eutrophication‚ then it means the Creek is polluted We went to the creek
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Will Come Soft Rain” published in 1950. In this short story‚ all human life has been removed. All that is left in this dystopian society are robot and animal life. The story goes through the day where there are no people‚ only a smart house with electric helpers. The theme of this story would be technology will be the death of humankind. An example‚ from Finney’s work‚ would be his short story “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” published in 1956. This short story starts out with a man‚ Tom
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Reflection and Self Evaluation After review of the Teacher Work Sample and a bit of reflection I am pleased with the learning I have gained throughout this experience. Specifically‚ reviewing the lessons within the unit as well as the pre and post tests I have found that data really does drive instruction. For example‚ using the information from the pre-assessment caused me to adjust assignments to allow for students to learn new information. This meant I had to find additional sources for
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Chapter one begins with the drought in Oklahoma and describes the dust storm and its effect on the people in the town. In chapter two‚ Tom Joad hitchhikes home .He spent four years in McAlester‚ an Oklahoma state prison‚ for killing a man in a drunken brawl. In the fourth chapter‚ Tom meets Jim Casy‚ an ex-preacher. Casy isn’t a preacher anymore and tells Tom about all of the lustful things he did when he was a reverend. They discuss his loss of faith and the problems that have reduced the homesteaders
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The short story “There Will Come Soft Rains‚” by Ray Bradbury‚ is classified as science fiction. Science fiction is a genre of fiction in which the stories often tell about science and technology in the future and this short story clearly demonstrates this. “There Will Come Soft Rains” is science fiction because several elements of a short story that includes setting‚ theme‚ and plot reveals to readers that the short story is science fiction. The setting is one element that identifies that the
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represent a deeper meaning. One type of symbolism is through the weather. From rain‚ to snow‚ to sunny days‚ weather can not only set a mood‚ but represent a certain emotional element to the story. For instance‚ in Thomas C. Forster’s novel‚ How to Read Literature like a Professor‚ he states that rain‚ “...cleanses her of illusions and the false ideal of beauty.”(Foster 72). In the portion of this chapter‚ he speaks on how rain can be a cleaning factor‚ washing away all facades and leaves you in nothing
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REFLECTION My trip to the museum was educational‚ eye opening and a greatly appreciated experience. Before I visited the museum‚ I developed a preconceived notion that our National Museum was old‚ smelly and had little artifacts of interest. However‚ this was caused by me listening to stories about it and not actually experiencing it for myself. When I finally did‚ I was more than grateful for this building that held so much heritage and history of our nation’s monuments. I walked through the building
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In the current digital age‚ all business have been following closely the development of information and communication technologies (ICQ). Following the trend‚ businesses apply ICT to manage their resources so as to improve performance efficiencies in fulfilling service requests. As part of the social service sector‚ HKCSS are on the same course of making beneficial use of ICT. With the benefits ICT introduces to their operation‚ they deliver more effective performances‚ and serve the society in a
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to express the theme of love through the use of rain or sunshine depending on the mood of the relationships he is reflecting. The first demonstration of the connection between love and weather is when Gatsby and Daisy are getting ready to meet for the first time in 5 years. Their relationship‚ now very awkward due to how things ended‚ was at a very fragile place and the weather reflected that because “the day agreed upon [to meet] was pouring rain” (Fitzgerald #83) which dampened the meeting between
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“There Will Come Soft Rains” Question 1. What message about nuclear war do you think Bradbury intended to convey in this story? Explain. (3 marks) I think Bradbury was trying to convey a sad and negative message about nuclear war. He conveys a sad and negative message by writing how the house continues on with its day to day duties‚ and really describes the saddening emptiness of the house now that the family is gone‚ "only silence was here.” The house continues to make them breakfast‚ lunch and
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