Vocabulary
Plausible:
It's plausible you will go on several outdoor fieldtrips.
It's implausible we will all turn into zombies today.
If she's a good singer, she could plausibly become a Broadway star in a few years.
Tell what you think plausible means. Make sentences with plausible, implausible, and plausibly.
Plausible: possible.
Sentences vary.
Name the category and add 2 more examples and one word that is related to but doesn't belong in the category. An example: red, white are colors. I can add green and black and a related word could be "paint" or "draw".
Thanksgiving, Christmas.
Holidays and Answers vary.
Make these sentences passive. A sentence is written in passive voice when the subject of the sentence has an action done to it by someone or something else. e.g. The dog was being washed by the girl.
1)The bear chased after the rabbit.
2)Molly burned the soup.
3) The teacher led the students to the auditorium.
The rabbit was chased by the bear.
The soup was burned by Molly.
The students were led by the teacher to the auditorium.
Almost exactly a year ago, Florida State Senator Greg Steube left the barbershop with more than a haircut. The woman giving him a trim complained that after the recent time change, her kids' schedules were off. Other customers had different objections to moving clocks back an hour. Then someone Googled why so many of us "spring forward" in March and "fall back" in November to observe daylight saving time.
The answer? During World War I, Germany shifted its clocks to save electricity: Wake people up an hour earlier, the sun feels like it sets an hour later. And you don't need to turn on as many lights. The concept caught on around the world, including the United States, which first introduced daylight saving time in 1918. However, it didn't become permanent in most of the country until nearly 50 years later.
But times have changed. So have energy costs. In 2006, Indiana joined in on daylight saving time, leaving Hawaii and Arizona as the only states that don't observe it. That created a "natural experiment," says Yale University economics professor Matthew Kotchen, who studied data from before and after Indiana's switch and discovered that energy use increased slightly after.
Kotchen's other finding: "Everyone is confused about daylight saving time." Many folks think it starts in the fall, which is when it ends. They'll tell you it's for farmers, who don't care about time (animals don't wear watches). Some even believe it extends sunlight. That is a trick that would require controlling the Earth's rotation.
Back in that barbershop, the customers told Steube they were done adjusting clocks. When he went to work on the issue, he quickly learned that the majority of Floridians agree. But there's a hitch. The state prefers year-round daylight saving time, not standard time. And that's against U.S. law. So Congress would need to change the law.
Maybe senators and representatives will be swayed by what's happening across the Atlantic Ocean, where Europe may soon abolish its twice-yearly clock changes. The European Commission, which represents 28 countries, recently asked for public comment on what it calls "summertime arrangements," and 4.6 million people responded — 84 percent in favor of picking a time and sticking with it. (The majority were German!)
The European Parliament will vote by next spring, when clocks are slated to jump ahead possibly for the final time. Then it's up to each country to decide whether to stay on summer time, or fall back in October to permanent winter time.
Why do we have Daylight Savings?
How do Floridians feel about Daylight Savings?
How would we get rid of Daylight Savings?
Who else is trying to get rid of Daylight Savings?
What are so misconceptions about Daylight Savings?
1) picked it from germany which was saving electricity during world war I
2) want to be rid of it mostly
3) need to change the U.S. law via Congress
4)European Commission
5) that its for farming purposes, think it extends sunlight we get
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived Monday, December 3, at the ancient asteroid Bennu, making the spacecraft the asteroid's first visitor in billions of years.
The robotic explorer Osiris-Rex pulled within 12 miles of the diamond-shaped space rock. It will get even closer in the days ahead and actually go into orbit around Bennu (BEN-oo) on December 31. No spacecraft has ever orbited such a small cosmic body.
Flight controllers applauded and exchanged high-fives once confirmation came through. This event happened exactly one week after NASA landed a spacecraft on Mars.
What is the main idea of this article?
Where did the NASA spacecraft arrive and why is this considered a significant milestone in space exploration?
What other recent milestones has NASA obtained?
1) NASA spacecraft orbited astroid Bennu.
2) first time spacecraft ever orbited such a small cosmic body
3) spacecraft landed on mars
Define Objective.
One of NASA's objectives is to explore the surface of Mars.
The objectives of today's lesson is to identify the author's purpose and distinguish cause vs effect.
Your objective in math test could be to get a passing grade.
Use objective in 3 sentences.
Objective: something one strives to obtain or achieve. A synonym is "goal". Sample sentences vary.
Name the category and add 2 more examples and one word that is related to but doesn't belong in the category. An example: red, white are colors. I can add green and black and a related word could be "paint" or "draw".
Jump, run, think.
Actions/verbs and answers vary
Molly had a house.
A singular (one person) possessive sentence would be: Molly's house is blue.
Make singular possessive sentence for each of the sentences.
Emmanuel had a video game.
Paula had a golden retriever.
Jahkhai had a new pair of shoes.
Emmanuel's video game was Fortnight.
Paula's golden retriever was a puppy.
Jahkhai's new shoes were Nike's.
Neil Armstrong may have taken that first small step for man onto the moon. But it was John Glenn who took the first slurp of applesauce for humankind.
Until he ate while orbiting Earth in 1962, scientists at NASA weren't sure humans could swallow and digest food while in space. Luckily, he chowed down in zero gravity with no trouble. Today's astronauts sometimes spend months at a time living in the International Space Station (ISS). So they'd get pretty hungry without a few snacks!
The human body is happy to take in a meal while hovering 250 miles above Earth. Of course, the process of cooking and eating food isn't exactly the same as it is back home. That's why NASA scientists are still working hard to perfect astronaut menus. A healthy diet is even more crucial for space farers than it is here on the surface. That's because spending time in space makes your body start to lose bone and muscle mass. NASA has to figure out how to send food up in a rocket, store it for as long as possible and make sure it delivers a perfect balance of nutrients. And it has to keep astronauts from getting bored, too!
"Imagine trying to eat the same food for every meal for six months. You may get tired of the food and eat less than you need to maintain weight, health and performance. That's why we have to make sure there's a large variety of healthy food available for the astronauts to make choices," says F. Ryan Dowdy. He is the ISS food system manager at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
Astronauts have about 200 food items to pick from. According to Dowdy, a lot of the options are surprisingly similar to meals we eat on Earth.
"Whether it's macaroni and cheese or chocolate pudding cake, it's important for the astronauts when eating to be reminded of home," he says. "Food can be an important psychological comfort in the stressful environment of space."
It's the preparation that's unique. Food often has to sit in storage for six months before it even goes into space. It has to last for weeks or months at a time once it's up there. So NASA designs everything with a shelf life of at least two years. Macaroni and cheese is freeze-dried (meaning that most of the moisture is removed, which makes it safe to store at room temperature), and astronauts add hot water to it on the space station. Chocolate pudding cake is preserved similarly to canned food. NASA puts it in a flexible pouch so it takes up less space.
Some Earth foods are already perfectly fit for zero-gravity consumption. Tortillas, for example, are a great alternative to bread — they last a long time in storage, and they don't form crumbs that float around and get caught in important parts of the ship. Astronauts can also request small quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables whenever NASA sends supplies up. But for the most part, they're eating various combinations of super-durable stored foods.
As NASA looks to the future of spaceflight — with missions to Mars, and perhaps even farther — the agency has to design even more durable food. It takes about eight months to get to Mars. Astronauts will have to bring food for the journey home, too. Dowdy says NASA is working to extend the shelf life of its foods to around five years. Experiments in space farming are also part of the plan.
Astronauts on the ISS are able to farm plants such as lettuce in small quantities, but Dowdy says it will take some time before this is a sustainable source of calories. He thinks 3-D printed treats may also be on the menu someday soon. One thing is for sure: It's going to take a lot of scientific know-how to feed the space explorers of the future.
What types of foods do astronauts eat? How is the food similar to on earth and how is it different?
How long does astronaut food have to last?
What are some changes that NASA is trying to make to astronaut food?
1. 200 different types, same as a lot of home foods but have to be canned, take up less space and last at least 2 years. A lot of foods with long shelf life like canned goods.
2. 2+ years
3. Make food last long, grow food in space (space farming) , 3-d treats
Teenagers do not get enough sleep, and 1 in 4 teens takes some kind of medicine to help.
Fewer than 3 percent of teens get the recommended eight or nine hours of sleep a night, according to a recent Pediatrics study. So, one-quarter of them seeks relief in herbal, over-the-counter pills and prescriptions.
The C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health, which was taken in September, found that 28 percent of 13- to 18-year-olds had tried some type of medication to help them sleep.
Sixteen percent said they had tried over-the-counter sleep medicines such as NyQuil or a "PM" version of pain reliever or cold medicine. These medicines are meant to help someone sleep when they are sick, but some people use them as sleep medicines, even when they are healthy. Fourteen percent said they used antihistamines that are normally used for allergies, like Benadryl. Five percent said they had used prescription sleep medicine. Even more turned to natural or herbal remedies, specifically melatonin, at 36 percent.
The Mott poll surveyed 1,018 parents about their teens' sleep problems.
What percentage of teens takes sleep aids?
How much sleep are teens supposed to be getting? Why do you think some teens aren't getting that amount of sleep?
What types of sleep-aids are discussed in this article? Give general types of sleep-aids and some examples such as brands.
1) 25% 2) 8-9 hours, school starts early, distracted with video games or tv shows, overwhelmed with homework, phones before bed, insomnia
2) over the counter, herbal, and prescription aids. Examples: Ny-Quil, Benadryl
Define Portray.
In elementary school, Christopher Columbus is sometimes portrayed as the man who "discovered" North America. In reality, he never even set foot in America.
Make sentences with portray(or portrayed), portraying, and portrayal.
Examples:
They were portraying my friend as a mean person when he was actually very sweet.
The portrayal of Ron's character in Harry Potter was much sillier than in the book.
In the movie, they portrayed Martin Luther King as a very peaceful and positive leader.
Name the category and add 2 more examples and one word that is related to but doesn't belong in the category. An example: red, white are colors. I can add green and black and a related word could be "paint" or "draw".
collecting stamps, drawing, making origami.
Hobbies and Answers vary
The girls had a softball team. A plural possessive sentence would be: The girls' softball team was the best.
Make plural possessive sentence from the sentences below.
The boys had a baseball team.
The dogs has a friendly owner.
The women had a book club.
The boys' baseball team practiced often.
The dogs' owner took her dogs on daily walks.
The women's book club was meeting this week.
Ancient Egyptians were serious cat people, if a discovery in a tomb near Cairo is any indication.
On Saturday, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities announced that a team of archaeologists had uncovered dozens of mummified cats. They also found 100 wooden cat statues and a bronze bust of Bastet, the ancient Egyptian goddess of cats. The artifacts were found in a tomb in a cemetery in what would have been the ancient city of Memphis. They are about 6,000 years old.
Members of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities tweeted several pictures of the finds.
It was part of an effort, they said, to draw visitors back to Egypt. Tourism nose-dived following the Arab Spring. The Arab Spring refers to a wave of uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa. The protests began in Tunisia in late 2010. They quickly spread to Egypt, and Egypt's government was overthrown. The aftermath of the Arab Spring in Egypt is still unfolding.
Because of violence that occurred during this time of change, fewer tourists have visited Egypt. Now, Egypt's government is hoping tourists will start to come back.
Those working to excavate the tomb hope to "show the exceptional richness of the Egyptian civilization and to attract the attention of the world toward its magnificent monuments and great civilization so that it becomes the focus of the world as it deserves," according to the ministry's release.
Ancient Egyptians were often buried with mummified animals and animal statues, experts say. It was seen as a way for the dead to bring pets with them to the afterlife, archaeologist Salima Ikram, a professor at the American University in Cairo, wrote on her blog.
There were other incentives as well: Animals were buried in tombs "to provide food in the afterlife, to act as offerings to a particular god and because some were seen as physical manifestations of specific gods that the Egyptians worshiped," she wrote.
In an interview with NPR, Ikram spoke further about animal mummification. She said it was the ancient-world equivalent of lighting a candle in church to ask for a blessing.
Antonietta Catanzariti, a curator at the Smithsonian, said scientists have found hundreds of thousands of cat mummies over the years. The ancient Egyptians were drawn to felines' hunting prowess and their ability to protect their young. Catanzariti said the Egyptians saw those qualities as signs of divinity.
Along with the cats, researchers uncovered gilded statues depicting a lion, a cow and a falcon. There were also wooden snakes and crocodiles and a handful of mummified scarab beetles. Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, called the bugs in particular unique.
"It is something really a bit rare," he told Reuters. "A couple of days ago, when we discovered those coffins, they were sealed coffins with drawings of scarabs. I never heard about them before."
Why is this discovery good for Egypt's economy?
Why did Egyptians mummify their cats?
Why were Egyptians so fond of (or liked) cats?
1) increases tourism in cairo after its loss due to arab spring (political unrest and disorder)
2) took pets with them to after life, source of food, offerings to gods, symbols or some gods themselves
3) good at hunting and protect their young
Payless advertising prank reveals consumer behavior
By Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff
Payless set up a private launch party for a new brand of luxury shoes, Palessi. No such brand exists, and Payless surprised guests after informing them that the shoes came from Payless. Photo by: Payless Shoesource
It was called a private launch party of a new luxury brand of shoes called Palessi, designed by Italian designer Bruno Palessi.
A mini-runway was set up in a store, glistening in bright fluorescent lighting. Various shoes sat neatly on individual glass shelves. Los Angeles fashion fans milled about, trying on shoes and posing on the red carpet.
"I would pay $400, $500. People are going to be like, 'Where did you get those?'" a woman said as she tried on a pair of bright-gold sneakers with leopard prints.
The woman was not actually buying a Palessi because there's no such brand, and there's no Bruno Palessi.
There is, however, Payless ShoeSource — a discount shoe retailer creating this elaborate advertising prank to attract new customers. It hoped to change the idea that the company just sells cheap, unfashionable shoes.
Payless wanted customers "to realize it's more than just a shoe store in the mall," said Sarah Couch, an official for Payless.
The prank also points to a reality about the human mind — that consumers are not capable of discerning the quality and value of the things they buy, said Philip Graves. He examines consumer behavior in Britain. Slap a fancy-sounding European label on $30 shoes, and you have an illusion of high value that people will pay big money for.
"The way that we evaluate things is through associations. If you put wine in a nice bottle, people like it more. If you package things up to look more premium, people will like it more," Graves said.
The campaign was dreamed up by an advertising company in Brooklyn, New York, called DCX Growth Accelerator. A few weeks ago, the company shared its idea with Payless, which had been looking into a different advertising campaign before the holidays.
Who is Bruno Palessi and what are Palessi shoes?
Why did Payless do this prank on customers?
What do the results of the prank teach us about customers and how their minds work?
1) not a real person or a real brand, fake brand given to payless shoes. Advertising prank by payless
2) attract customers, change their perception as a store for cheap/cheap quality shoes.
3)that customers can't tell the quality or value of items, they just looks as how nice packaging is, presentation, and how the name sounds.
Define the word inform.
I informed her she was late to my class.
I hope you are informed about the candidates running for election or else you might regret your vote late.
I was informing my mom that we had a field trip next week.
Make sentences for: inform, informed, informing.
Stay informed about what's going on your neighborhood.
When will you inform the teacher that you need to leave for a doctor's appointment?
I will be informing you about the rules for prom.
Name the category and add 2 more examples and one word that is related to but doesn't belong in the category. An example: red, white are colors. I can add green and black and a related word could be "paint" or "draw".
Mars, Earth.
Planets. Answers vary.
An infinitive verb has "to" in front of it as in "I like TO READ."
Correct these sentences with infinitives:
I hurried to cooked the food.
I loved to washing the dishes.
I hate to done my homework.
I hurried to cook the food.
I loved to wash the dishes.
I hate to do my homework.
Candy canes are quite possibly the most benign of all holiday treats. It's not like they stir up passionate debate the way, oh, fruitcake does.
Until now.
Seattle novelty company Archie McPhee is selling mac and cheese candy canes this year.
They're candy canes said to taste like instant mac and cheese.
"Have a cheesy Christmas," the company says on its website, where a box of six canes costs $4.95. "Macaroni and Cheese Candy Canes are a particular favorite of picky eaters. These candy canes taste like your childhood favorite — mac and cheese. It's like comfort food-flavored comfort food!"
If your first response was "yuck" or "nope" or even furious head shaking, you are not alone, judging by social media's response.
"There's less than 100 days until Christmas & someone is selling mac n' cheese flavored candy canes. #WHY," tweeted WRIF in Detroit.
The company is a known purveyor of the weird and oddball, selling "I Saw Bigfoot" can cozies, cat monk air fresheners and tinfoil hats.
"Archie McPhee is at it again giving us crazy Candy Cane flavors. Last year I tried their Rotisserie Chicken flavor and ... it was an experience. (It's available this year too if you're feeling brave)," writes Michigan food blogger Junk Food Mom on her Instagram.
She tried the mac and cheese candy canes and declared: "This one isn't bad! Smells like cheese and tastes like mac n cheese but the sweetness overpowers the flavor eventually so it's doable."
She and food blog Delish have taken note of the company's other new candy cane creation — "Clamdy Canes."
They're gray-and-white striped and taste like ... do we need to spell it out?
"We all celebrate holidays in our own way and if your holiday tastes like the sea, this is for you," says the company's website. "Add a little sand for extra clam realness. If anyone complains, just tell them to clam up."
A clam candy cane instead of coal in your stocking?
"Watch who you upset this holiday season. You might end up with a candy cane that tastes like cheese, rotisserie chicken, or — from your real haters — CLAMS," warns Delish.
After airing a report on the new candy canes, TV anchor Erica Simon at ABC 13 in Houston made it clear to her viewers that she is not a fan.
"I don't condone any of that," she said.
What's this article about?
What types of items does Archie McPhee sell?
How do people feel about the mac and cheese candy canes and how do you know this?
1) mac n cheese flavored candy canes
2) weird and oddball or unusual like rotisserie flavor candy canes, tin foil hats.
3) some like it, some think its gross per twitter and blog comments
Define inference.
I can infer from your red face and your yelling that you are angry.
Based on how many times the teacher mentioned the Declaration of Independence, Sandy inferred it would be on the test.
Sal made an inference about what the character was thinking even though the story did not tell him that.
Use these words in sentences: infer, inference, inferred
Answers vary
Name the category and add 2 more examples and one word that is related to but doesn't belong in the category. An example: red, white are colors. I can add green and black and a related word could be "paint" or "draw".
Ben Franklin, Martin Luther King Jr.
Historical Figures (American) and answers vary
Fix these sentences so the subject (person, place, thing) agrees with the verb(action word)
I was/were doing my homework.
They was/were stuffed after Thanksgiving.
We is/are researching the Civil War.
He is/are a student here.
was
were
are
is