Lesson Plans Title: Politics in the United States Primary Content Addressed: United States Government Grade Level: 12th Grade Primary Standard: SS.USG.1.4 2007 Learning Objective: Students will define and contrast types of government including democracy‚ monarchy‚ oligarchy‚ and totalitarianism. Bloom: This project will focus on both knowledge and analysis. Students will gather information and then distinguish facts against one another. Lesson Part 1: Begin the lesson by showing the
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Chicxulub Impact report- By Sophia Davis The Chicxulub asteroid hit earth over 65 million years ago‚ killing the vast majority of life.(1) This dramatic event had a great effect on Earth and its inhabitants. The impact included three main stages: the change of pathway which lead the asteroid towards earth‚ the fall of the asteroid and the effects caused. First stage The first stage of the Chicxulub impact was the change in space which lead the asteroid on its path to Earth. In order to get a better
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Pluto system‚ the Pluto barycenter. The PKB mission is to carry out the first scientific reconnaissance of the Pluto system and accomplish the specified science objectives and goals through a close flyby of Pluto and Charon. The outer space beyond the orbit of Neptune is referred as the Kuiper Belt. It was named after Gerald Kuiper‚ who predicted in 1951‚ as a hypothesis‚ that the shortperiod comets originate from a collection of material left over from the formation of the solar system. Kuiper’s
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mass of the planet is much greater than of Earth’s. These different circumstances on Venus‚ are very hard for humans to adapt to coming from Earth. Since the atmospheric pressure is 92 times greater than earth‚ Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system‚ and Venus’ atmosphere is made up of Carbon Dioxide‚ I believe that we won’t be able to colonize on Venus‚ as shown in the setting of “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury. First of all‚
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animals 1. What food makes up nearly all (around 99%) of a Giant Panda’s diet? 2. True or false? Mice live for up to 10 years. 3. What is the name of the phobia that involves an abnormal fear of spiders? 4. What is the largest type of ‘big cat’ in the world? 5. True or false? Crocodiles have no sweat glands so they use their mouths to release heat. 6. Are butterflies insects? 7. What are female elephants called? 8. True or false? Bats are mammals. 9. Bees are found on every continent of earth except
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with us. Around January 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded during takeoff in front of the entire world. As a teenager‚ this event was tragic and amazing at the same time because I felt that we were on our way to discovering new planets‚ solar systems‚ and other life forms. This tragic event was the start of my interest in outer space. Fast forward to 2012‚ the science community has greatly advanced our technology since the mid-eighties. Today‚ we have computers in everything‚ all types of space
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The sun by definition is the star that is "the central body of the solar system‚ around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat." This self-luminous star is not only the largest object in the solar system containing 99.8 percent of the total mass but is also a fundamental necessity to every human and living thing’s life. The position of the in relationship to the sun‚ Earth determines the time of the year or season. The problem states "assume that at this time of
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Mercury is the smallest terrestrial planet in the solar system‚ about a third of the size of Earth It has a thin atmosphere‚ which causes it to swing between burning and freezing temperatures Mercury is also a dense planet‚ composed mostly of iron and nickel with an iron core Its magnetic field is only about 1 percent that of Earth’s The surface of Mercury is similar to that of the Moon; it has many deep craters and is covered by a thin layer of tiny particle silicates The surface temperature
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extraterrestrial life in our solar system. Europa Report focuses on the preface of discovering extraterrestrial life within our solar system. Scientists have discovered that Jupiter’s 4th largest moon‚ Europa‚ has a hot‚ molten core. That means that beneath Europa’s thick crust of ice‚ there’s liquid water and super-hot undersea vents‚ much like those on earth where it’s believed early life on this planet may have began. Europa may be the most likely place for us to find life in our solar system‚ and Europa Report
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of Astronomy Worksheet Complete the table based on the readings for this week: Ch. 1–4 of The Essential Cosmic Perspective. Term or concept Definition and explanation The Universe 1. What is Earth’s Sun‚ and what is its role in the solar system? 2. What is the Milky Way galaxy and the sun’s position in it? 3. What is the Big Bang‚ and what does it say about the age of the universe? 4. What is meant by the phase “looking out in the universe is looking back in time?” 1. The earth’s
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