Research Topics for The Sound of Waves – 9th Grade Pre-IB Step 1: Students will be divided into four groups. After group assignment‚ each student in the group will select ONE topic on which to do outside research. Two different sources must be found and the articles must be printed and brought to class in order to receive credit for this assignment. Step 2: Each student must find at least one passage in the novel about the topic they have chosen in their assigned section. Students will write
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these days. In “The Argument Culture‚” Deborah Tannen discusses how today’s society no longer honors the noble American tradition of debate. She explains how we no longer want to take the time to listen to both sides and definitely not all sides of an issue. We have become a society that would rather fight and argue‚ often to the point of violence. “The war on drugs‚ the war on cancer‚ the battle of the sexes‚ politicians’ turf battles- in the argument culture war metaphors pervade our talk
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WAVES & SOUND Refraction waves bending when passing through different materials/medium Doppler Effect the effect of a change in frequency‚ resulting from relative motion between source of wave & observer Sound Intensity loudness‚ rate at which energy flows through an area perpendicular to direction of wave Beats 2 waves of similar frequency causing interference heard as beats Reflection Occurs when particles bounce off one another in opposite direction Decibel
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ride! Well‚ here we go! Dirt bike riding can be fun and exciting. There are many different types of dirt biking on and off the road. Some of the different organized sports are Motocross‚ Supercross‚ Trials‚ and Enduro. Dirt bikes are built differently then regular motorcycles. Dirt bikes are built to handle rough treatment like riding up steep hills and through mud. Now let ’s take a ride and learn about the history of dirt bike riding. Dirt bike riding first started in England when people
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where you are going! Or he might just hit you and hurt you. Riding dirt bikes and not knowing where to go can end in a terrible way. The Summer of 2010‚ me and my friend was riding our dirt bikes when something terrible happened. It was the Summer of 2010‚ almost to the start of pee wee football season. Me and Seth Atkins had been friends at this time for about two years. he was 12 and I was 10 at the time of the accident. We was out riding our dirt bikes‚ like any normal day‚ and then we decided
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it was not overpowering towards the Andean people and their culture at the time. Incidentally‚ the Andeans were facing more of a transformation within their own culture through the incorporation of European culture practices into their own as noted by elements of color‚ perspective‚ and native additions seen in Cuzco School paintings. The Lord of the Fall painting‚ being done in Cuzco School style‚ provides many instances of Andean culture influences that incorporate themselves as well as challenge
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many books on the “Best-Selling” List. In her book‚ “The Argument Culture”‚ Deborah Tannen takes a closer look at how we as a society have come to view arguing/debating as a normal form of communication. Our inability to look at more than two views at a time‚ has led us to limit the potential conversations that could easily take place. In this essay‚ Professor Tannen takes a shot at making us believe that being in an “Argument-culture” is not the best thing for us as a whole. She wants us to see that
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Matrix. It never really appealed to me. I’ve heard about it‚ but when my friends tried to explain the movie to me‚ I became really confused. In chapter three of Henry Jenkins’s book‚ Convergence Culture‚ Jenkins uses The Matrix movie to define transmedia storytelling and calculate its rise in America media culture. Immediately Jenkins classifies The Matrix as a cult file‚ which plays an important role in making The Matrix a transmedia film. Jenkins cites the two important characteristics in defining
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hills‚ and you have to read all the instructions which on the equipment. 3- (Page 16) Slow down. When you want to mower‚ you have to be careful‚ and do not turning quickly‚ make wide to avoid any accidents may causes in the workplace. 4- (Page 16) Riding Lawn
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WAVES OF INTERNATIONAL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Abstract Over the past two decades‚ cross-border M&As have totaled over eight trillion dollars and have fluctuated widely from year to year. In this paper‚ I establish four key facts about the dynamic patterns of cross-border mergers and the factors that drive them: (1) Cross-border mergers come in waves that are highly correlated with business cycles. (2) Most mergers occur when both the acquirer and the target economies are booming. (3) Merger
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