the goal of every teacher. Miss Riley not only provides the boys with hope‚ but also with endless supports as they proceed in their rocket building. Teachers have the greatest gift in the world—the ability to help shape a student’s life. They can use that to present a world of opportunities to those who may not have had any. This was true in October Sky; when the “Rocket Boys”‚ a group of high school students from a small failing mining community‚ were given an amazing opportunity to be more than they
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mission to the moon you have to have a powerful and reliable rocket. A lot of research is required to design and launch a vehicle of this caliber. The US already successfully undertaken one program to reach the moon; this program is known to the world as the Apollo programs. In this program the US’s space agency the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was responsible for the design and deployment of arguably the most powerful rocket ever built‚ Saturn V. That was the 1960’s‚ here in the
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school. Homer gets inspired to learn how to build rockets when the first artificial satellite called Sputnuk goes into outer space. Because of this Homer wants to build a rocket. Homer is told by his high school teacher Miss Riley that he has a good shot to win the national science fair and win college scholarships so Homer decides that he will try to win the science fair and go to college.
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Homer realize that he wanted to build a rocket of his own. Homer had faced many obstacles‚ people‚ and he even had to sacrifice his dreams. I think the theme should be - Dream’s are worth fighting for‚ but sometimes sacrifices are needed. One reason I think this‚ is when Homer realizes that he wanted to build a rocket‚ he pursued that dream. He gathered his closest friends‚ Roy Lee‚ and O’dell to help him. And of course no one knew how to build a rocket so Homer decided to reach out to the school
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successful rocket launch. When the boys go to school‚ all the other kids would constantly ostracize them because everyone knows that “the jocks are the only ones who get to go to college.” And that is because without a football scholarship “the rest of ‘em will go to work in the mines.” Homer‚ Quentin‚ Roy and O’Dell did not have a very good start with their rockets. Their first‚ did not take off‚ the second took off in the air a bit but then went straight into the mining area. With that rocket‚ Homer’s
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Review Sheet Exercise 8 Chemical and Physical Processes of Digestion NAME Dane Wilson LAB DATE/TIME august 4th Carbohydrate Digestion The following questions refer to Activity 1: Assessing Starch Digestion by Salivary Amylase. 1. At what pH did you see the highest activity of salivary amylase? Why? 7.0 because that is when the salivary is most effective and it breaks down carbohydrates. 2. How do you know that the amylase did not have any contaminating maltose
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Teeth * Tears and grind the food‚ breaking it down into smaller fragments. * By the age of 21‚ two sets of teeth have been formed. Deciduous teeth (baby teeth or milk teeth) * Begins to erupt around 6 months ‚ and a baby has a full set of (20 teeth) by the age of 2 years. Permanent Teeth * Enlarge and develop‚ the roots of the milk are reabsorbed‚ and between the ages of 6 and 12 they loosen and fall out. * The teeth are classified according to shape and function as incisors
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A. Why was there evolutionary pressure for shell to evolve to a pen? There was evolutionary pressure for the shell to evolve into a pen for locomotion‚ propulsion‚ movement‚ and protective reasons. The pen can be seen in modern cuttlefish‚ squid and octopods. The pen was more beneficial than the shell because it is now internalized and doesn’t weigh down the organism‚ the organism is now able to float horizontally in water and allowed the organism to develop fins for better locomotion. The loss of
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an important process that affects ecological systems across the globe. The positive effects of fire include stimulating growth and maintaining various ecological systems. Fire has been used by humans for cooking‚ generating heat‚ signaling‚ and propulsion purposes. The negative effects of fire include water contamination‚ soil erosion‚ atmospheric pollution and hazard to human and animal life.[3] | | Fire Technology is a peer-reviewed academic journal publishing scientific research dealing
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villains in the Pokemon games. We see him as a Rocket Boss‚ a Gym Leader and a trainer who is not willing to give up on his golden dream. In the Kanto games‚ Giovanni’s goal was to get the strongest Pokemon and use them as tools for power and domination. And‚ his most noticeable plan was the incident in Silph Co. where he and his team were trying to take the blueprints of the newly developed master ball. And with the prototype master ball‚ Team Rocket could have made copies and use them to catch
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