If you like games where you get to launch things into the air, Flying Kiwis might be ust the game for you. Not only do you launch typically flightless birds with members of your family, but you do it in a fast-paced setting. It's such a quick game that it works really well for toddlers who are known for their short attention spans.
One of the more fantastic ideas for getting into space is the space elevator. The basic idea is that a super strong cable reaches from the Earth’s surface to a huge counterweight that is beyond the twenty-three thousand miles geosynchronous orbit. Vehicles like elevator cars would climb up and down the cable lowering the cost of sending things to and from orbit by several orders of magnitude.
Boris Johnson is the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Yesterday, in his first address to the House of Commons as PM, he expressed his passionate support for nuclear power. Seven of the U.K.’s eight operating nuclear power plants are scheduled to be retired by 2030. Attempts to build new nuclear power plants have had problems with funding over the past two years.
Ambient office = 75 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 108 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 109 nanosieverts per hour
Trump, Afghanistan and nuclear weapons baltimoresun.com
Ambient office = 140 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 124 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 126 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient office = 111 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 93 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 91 nanosieverts per hour
Working around a nuclear power plant is dangerous because of the high levels of harmful radiation. This makes it difficult for some maintenance work to be done. Nuclear power plants operators are increasingly turning to robots to carry out some dangerous tasks.
Ambient office = 77 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 82 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 84 nanosieverts per hour
One major problem with nuclear power plants involves earthquakes. A major quake off the northeast coast of Japan in March of 2011 resulted in flooding and meltdowns that destroyed the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Radioactively contaminated water is still pouring the Pacific Ocean eight years later. Some Japanese nuclear power plants were permanently closed and others are just being restarted.
Ambient office = 121 nanosieverts per hour
Ambient outside = 135 nanosieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = 131 nanosieverts per hour
New frog species are always exciting to find, so when student Veronica Urgiles helped to discover not one but two species, she had to have felt excited. The frog lover didn't only find them, but she was even able to help describe and name the amphibians, one of which she chose to name after her professor.
When we were kids, I was fascinated with the various planets of our solar system, but I don't remember much focus on the weather patterns on each planet. That's why when my teen and I did a unit study on space and not only did I learn that, but that we have 13 planets, my mind was completely blown. We have such a constant news cycle that it's no wonder we miss so many important stories, like the fact that we have these planets.
Regular food art that you can immediately see, whether it's a mural done out of fruit or barista art in your coffee, is a wonder to behold. It always blows my mind how creative the human mind can be. So when you find out that there are other forms of food art beyond what you can see at first glance, it's even more breathtaking!
Where I live, iguanas are considered to be pets. I know a few people who have iguanas and of course they have names, habitats and daily attention from their human companions. But in different places of the world, iguanas are seen as a food source or even a pest problem that has to be dealt with, such as in Florida, where residents have been asked to kill the animals.
As a homeschooler and an ed major, I know a thing or two about creating a unit of subject material, and sometimes it's one of the most fun things you'll do. I love to organize and plan things out, and with a subject like poetry, the possibilities really are endless. If you're wanting to teach poetry, or even create a unit to learn about it yourself, there are several ways to go about it.
