Assignment 1: Minerals and Rocks Critical Thinking. Use complete sentences‚ correct spelling‚ and the information presented in Chapters 2 and 3 to answer the questions below. 1) Overall‚ the physical properties of minerals provide a reliable means to identify common minerals. However‚ certain properties can exhibit a range of characteristics or values making them less useful for identification purposes. Choose three physical properties that might vary considerably between samples of the same
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There were several reasons for Australia to federate in 1901. * Trade: There were steep tariffs imposed on the transport of goods across the borders of the states. Federation would remove these tariffs and allow for free trade between the states. * Unions and labour laws: It was hoped that labour laws would be standardised across the states with Federation. The great Shearers’ Strike of the 1890s had resulted in the formation of workers’ unions‚ and the newly-formed Australian Labor
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products‚ language can be learnt through various ways‚ one example is by reading children storybook. Language use is always socially and culturally situated. Learning English is a process of tranforming linguistics entities into knowledge implanted in children’s brain. It is through language that school subjects are taught and through language that students’ understanding of concept is displayed and evaluated in school context. Keyword : bilingual‚ multilingual‚ learning‚ socially and culturally situated
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shockwave of births resulted in the second highest births per year with 1.5 million more births than had been expected (Salahuddin‚ 2011). 60 years later‚ the boomers are in the midst of their transition towards retirement from their careers and this trend will result in nearly the largest wave of retirement that our continent has experienced. The implications of this wave have been expected and planned for‚ but until the consequences are realized in the 21st century economy‚ there is little that can
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Chapter 2: Patterns in Nature 1. Cell theory • 1590: Dutch grind glass lens (1st compound microscope) • 1665: Robert Hooke uses compound m. analysis thin cork slices as filled with air enclosed in boxes (cells) distinct • 1676: Dutch sees microorganism under microscope from pond water • 1824: French suggest all organisms composed of cells • 1827: Robert Brown (Brownian motion) discovered nucleus in plant cell • 1838: German produced evidence that all organisms made of cells • 1859:
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Regulating Children’s Diets Children’s diets today are too unhealthy and do not provide good nutrition. In fact‚ the percent of obesity in children 6 to 19 tripled in the U.S. between 1980-2000‚ according to the article‚ “So Long Sweets”. Which brings me to two reasons why children’s diets should be regulated‚ this is because too much sugar is unhealthy and poor nutrition contributes to obesity. While it may be obvious that too much sugar is unhealthy‚ there can be deeper concerns. Damaging and
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Project Follow Through: What We Should Have Learned Cathy Watkins (1997) reviewed the largest and most expensive experimental project in education that was funded by the U.S. federal government in her book titled Project Follow Through: Case Study of Contingencies Influencing Instructional Practices of the Educational Establishment. Acknowledging key areas that have an impact on education‚ in her case study‚ Watkins (1997) thoroughly reviewed Project Follow Through in the following components: history
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The patterns of marriage‚ divorce and cohabitation over the past 40 years has varied quite significantly. In 1972‚ the highest ever number of couples (480‚000) since the Second World War got married. Now‚ obviously there is a reason for this. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS)‚ this was due to the baby boom generation of the 1950s reaching marriageable age and these people choosing to marry at a younger age compared with previous generations. However‚ after this period‚ the number
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Abortion is the expulsion of a fetus from the uterus before it has reached the stage of viability (in human beings‚ usually about the 20th week of gestation). An abortion may occur spontaneously‚ in which case it is also called a miscarriage‚ or it may be brought on purposefully‚ in which case it is often called an induced abortion. Reasons for Abortion Some societies ban abortion almost completely while others permit it in certain cases. Such societies usually lay down a maximum age after which the
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learning and development in the early years: Learning outcome 1: Understand the purpose and requirements of the areas of learning and development in the relevant early years framework. 1.1 Write about how one example of an activity/ experience that provides an explanation of how it links with the areas of learning: The activity I have chosen to write about is ‘hopscotch’. Hopscotch links to two of the prime areas and one of the specific areas: Prime area: Physical development – one of the reasons why hopscotch
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