Asteroid

The setting of this novel, Wonder, by R.J. Palacio is set in present day Beecher Middle School. It’s located in Upper Manhattan, New York near August’s home. The mood in this story is hopeful. Auggie wants to feel ordinary. Even though going to school is a big change, he knows that it was the best choice. Going to school is a huge change for August Pullman, the main character. Up until August started Beecher Prep, he had been homeschooled by his mother. Auggie is a 10 year old boy with…

Although genetically modified crops have proven to be successful, many people show opposition towards them. The biggest concerns regarding these genetically modified crops include the affect they have on human health and their effect on the environment (Newton 88). In 2012, the Grocery Manufactures Association estimated more than seventy-five percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organism. Because of the unknown effects of the increasing use of GMOs in food and the customers’…

Ray Douglas Bradbury was a novelist, short story writer, essayist, poet, playwright, lecturer, visionary, and screenwriter. In August 22, 1920, he was born in Waukegan, Illinois, United States. His father, Leonard Spaulding Bradbury, was a lineman for telephone and power utilities as well as a technician; His mother, Esther Marie Moberg Bradbury (nee Moberg) was a swedish immigrant. Ray Bradbury was the third son of the family (Shelokhonov). His middle name, Douglas, was given to him by his…

Chuqiao Sun 1335349 Sunc8@uw.edu Writing Project Space craft finally approaching Jupiter. With NEXT, which is NASA’s new propulsion system using xenon propellant with blistering speed of up to 90,000 miles per hour, the crew traveled to Europa in about 200 days. NEXT provide same amount of energy with 860 kg of xenon propellant compare to 10,000 kg propellant in old technology and have five and a half years life time. To save food, water, energy, and space for long distance space travel, all…

During the Scientific Revolution, new discoveries in astronomy sparked the interest of scientists leading to further development to future ideas. Before the 1500s, civilization had concluded that the theory of a geocentric system, originally proposed by Claudius Ptolemy in 140 AD, was accurate. The Geocentric Theory is the belief that Earth is the center of the Universe and everything revolves around it (chuckfarlieAUS). Although in the 16th and 17th century, there was a rapid succession of new…

MAGNETIZING WITH MAGNETO (small groups) Magneto is a superhero who can control metal. By tapping into the power of magnetism, an invisible force that pulls things together or pushes things apart, he can throw cars and move buildings all with the flick of a finger. The Earth itself also happens to be one big magnet, creating a magnetic field, or type of force field, that extends miles beneath the Earth’s surface and into space. Now, split campers into 8 groups of 3 or 4, giving each group two…

With our planet being cover 70% percent by water, you would think we would have a pretty good sense of where it came from, however scientist still aren't a hundred percent sure of how water came to be. There are many theories such as, wet comets, asteroids and meteors hitting earths surface leaving water molecules behind. This sounded like it may be true, but many people have argued that any water molecules that we're present as the planets forming would have evaporated or been blown off into…

1. Canadian films have long been compared to American films and described in the sense of being “not American”. There have been many ways we historically separate Canadian films from American films, and it has mostly been through showing the differences between the two. Canadian films, historically, must have Canadian elements to be considered uniquely Canadian. This could mean Canadian actors, a Canadian director, Canadian funding, or, most prominently, a Canadian setting. Specifically, as Jim…

the earth. It may be found in the sun as well as in other, different types of stars. Iron is a one of the main elements used for meteorite classification. Meteorite classification is a group of meteorites of common origin, for example a planet moon asteroid or basically the other object in solar system. A German chemist called Gunter Wanchtershauser discovered reactions of Iron sulphide(FeS) with a help of another philosopher called Karl R.Poppe. Iron has an important place in Biology because…

Indonesia’s Tsunami Challenges: While others are trying to achieve world peace, I convince that Indonesia still needs to struggle reconsolidating with the nature. This consolidation refers to keeping the nature preserved from desolation while the society lives in peaceful minds being safe from disasters. According to Yulianto, et al. (2009), disasters including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, etc. are part of God’s gift along with the earth (including minerals, oil, gas, etc.) that both…