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The mere mention of space and the solar system causes some students to overflow with excitement, while others immediately begin fighting back tears of boredom. Oddly enough, the same thing happens to many teachers. The best way to keep everyone enthused and interested in space and solar system lessons is to put some creativity in the classroom. Comprehensive Lesson One creative idea for teaching space and the solar system is to incorporate the lessons into other subjects. The following are ideas for working the lesson into more than just science: • Math. Students can calculate their weight on other planets. This will help reinforce the planet names, teach them about the different gravities on other planets, and use math skills. Students can also divide into teams for math races. Instead of scoring points, they move their space shuttle closer to the destination planet. They can also start at Mercury and move all the way through the solar system, with the winning team being the

It is fun to celebrate with your class after you have spent 100 days at school together. This is a great elementary math game. In order to do this accurately, you will need a system of keeping track of the days at school with your students. A tally can be used for this purpose. One way to do 100 Day is to have different centers at which students spend a certain amount of time before you ring a bell that tells them to switch activities. 100 Day is great to celebrate with students from Kindergarten to Grade Four or even to Grade Six if older students are combined into groups with the younger children and can then help them do the activities. Fruit Loop Necklace Have children count out 100 fruit loops and string them onto a string or licorice to make an edible necklace. Having them place ten fruit loops in each cup of their ten-frame egg cartons makes the counting easier for younger children. They can also make a pattern for this necklace to practice another Math concept. 100-Da

As a bride, you only have, on average, 15 months to plan your wedding. During this short amount of time, you must become well versed in: traditional wedding photography vs. photojournalistic wedding photography, black and white photography vs. color vs. sepia toned prints, engagement photography, and much more. And, this is only for the photography portion of your wedding. Some may say that, after reception costs, you should spend the most amount on the photographer. Think about it this way...in 30 years, what tangible item will you really have from your wedding but your memories captured on film? Traditional wedding photography or "classic" style photography has been around the longest and is falling out of favor with brides because it typically comprises of posed shots. Your photographer will usually follow a list of required shots: Bride and Groom, Groom and Dad, Groom and wedding party....you get the idea. Traditioanl photographers usually are quite talented in portraiture

Guggul is a natural herb supplement that may help lower cholesterol, yet few in the Western hemisphere know much about it. Guggul is otherwise known as the Mukul myrrh tree, and is a plant of the Burseracae family with small red or pink flowers. It is found across central Asia over to North Africa, although is very common in the northern areas of India where the climate is more semi-arid than equatorial. Guggul does not like a lot of water and can thrive in ground where the soil has few nutrients. Its Latin name is Commiphora wightii, and it grows about 12 feet high. It has been predominantly used in the Ayurvedic medicine of ancient India, and like many such ancient remedies and treatments, is now used in modern medicine to treat specific conditions: conditions such as some forms of heart condition, where it has been found to be able to lower your blood cholesterol levels, weight loss and some forms of arthritis and other inflammatory conditions. However, it has been used so s

For those people who are lucky enough to be able to work from home, you will agree that there are a number of benefits to be enjoyed by both the employee and the employer. From the employee point of view there is the ability to enjoy a far greater work/life balance as your work can fit in with your domestic arrangements far easier. Also, by taking away the endless hours that you could spend commuting to and from your work place combined with the flexibility of working at home helps with the reduction of stress levels. Your employer also benefits from home working as he can save costs by reducing the amount of office space needed, therefore reducing his overheads. He also benefits from the fact that his staff are happier and are more likely to provide greater loyalty to the business thus providing a positive image for the company. However, these benefits may come at a cost if you are not using the correct equipment to meet the requirements of the job. For instance, you wouldn’t expec

Whether you are new to Pittsburgh or just new to the area real estate market, Kathy and I would like to say Welcome Home. We are the team leaders of the SearchPittsburghHomes.com team at Keller Williams Real Estate Professionals offering high tech home search solutions and personalized service. Here are some of the advantages we offer our home buyers: • Individual password protected home search websites with advanced hybrid mapping technology and favorite home status change notification. • Custom multi list search with email alert for fresh listings. • Knowledge of neighborhoods, commute times, property taxes, wage taxes, public improvement projects and other area information. • Network of proven professionals in: property settlement, mortgage, appraisal, home inspection and home repair / improvement. • Mobile listing information technology – to lookup home listings while on the road. • Advanced knowledge with Pennsylvania real estate law and procedures. • Skillful negoti

New research from the National Association of Realtors will be released in November of 2008 regarding the percentage of home buyers who start their home search on the internet. It is expected to report above 90%. Real estate agents now need to be effective internet marketers for their home sellers. The www.SearchPittsburghHomes.com Team at Keller Williams Real Estate Professionals specializes in internet marketing and syndication of home listings for Pittsburgh home sellers. The majority of home buyers now start searching for a new home on the internet. Home listings receive maximum exposure through specialized syndication systems and integrated home marketing distribution feeds. Personal attention to seller requests and continuous communication to keep anxious sellers fully updated insures that sellers know they have listed their home with the right team. Visit us at www.SearchPittsburghHomes.com to check out additional Pittsburgh real estate resources or email us by clicking o

Building contractors are required by law to carry general liability insurance. Coverage requirements vary according to contractor license categories, however new or renewed contractor licenses cannot be issued without proof of basic coverage. This coverage is to include products and completed operations coverage as well as bodily injury losses or property damage caused by the contractor as a result of his/her work. There are two types of policies by which general liability can be written: occurrence and claims-made policies. Occurrence policies provide coverage for liability that occurs during the policy period. Certain insurance policies can be issued to provide coverage only when the first case of property damage or bodily injury occurs during the policy period. Current Oregon law, for example, allows a claim to be made for up to 10 years following the completion of a project. Claims-made policies allow for liability coverage for claims made while the policy is in force

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Gardening in Central Texas can be a tricky proposition to new comers to the area. At first glance, it seems that the long summer would be ideal for growing all kinds of fantastic items, but in fact no. The heat is too intense, the rain too infrequent, to support most of what northerners consider viable summer crops. If you insist upon gardening in the summer, you must plant early. Long-maturing crops, that is crops that need 90-120 days, are best for summer gardens. The average last freeze date in Austin is March 18. With that in mind, plant the following from mid-February to mid-March: * Beets * Your cole crops, such as broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi * Carrots * Chard * Garlic * Okra * Onion * Parsley * Radishes * Spinach * Turnips * Asparagus April to May is good for corn, cucumbers (if you are brave enough to even try), beans, peas, tomato and pepper transplants, and watermelon. You'll find that more traditional southern crops, like okra, greens, a

The Internet is full of horrific stories of how babies have suffocated to death because of using baby pillows. I think most of such stories are overstated. I have a two year old daughter myself and have been using baby pillows for her right from the

Your child is inquisitive, has rich imagination, easily does sums, good at drawing, but has troubles with reading and writing. Why? It may be due inattention, but also the reason can be very deep. This sector of learning disabilities is called dyslexia. In order how to identify and overcome this disorder we provide you with the article. Here you can find useful aspects of learning disabilities.

According to worldometers.info, at this very moment 241,037,155 computers have been sold so far this year, and it is increasing at an incredible rate. To put this in some kind of perspective, this is over half the amount of newspapers that have been circulated and more than twice the amount of bikes made. From Babbage to USB, this is the history of the PC in 500 words. Taking into account that the modern definition of ‘computer’ refers to something that is programmable, the first primitive design of a programmable machine cold be The Jacquard Loom, invented in 1801. The design incorporated punched paper cards that would determine how the loom would weave. In 1837, Englishman Charles Babbage became the first person to invent a programmable mechanical computer, The Analytic Engine. Although it was never built, he re-modified it’s designs until his death in 1871, whilst Ada Lovelace, a mathematician whom is now considered the first computer programmer, even created a program for Bab

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It happens to all of us. It’s a glorious day, perfect weather to dry the laundry on the line, but then you notice it, no sooner are you pegging up the pillow cases before you realise that the wash seems to have caused the load to smell worse than it did before it went in. So what are the causes for a bad smelling washing machine? And how can this problem be stopped? Put simply, the cause of a bad smelling washing machine is dirt. Mould, grease, and slime can all build up over time and have become more common in recent years with trends for users to wash only at 40 degrees in order to conserve energy and money. Not only does washing at a consistently low temperatures reduce the machine’s efficiency at killing bed-bugs and the affects of non-bio powder, but the inevitable build-up of grease can have serious consequences for the machine itself – not just your laundry. Washing machine repairmen warn that the worst effect this can have is the corrosion of the drum aluminium – this can