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    The excerpt from the writing Bauen in Frankreich, Bauen in Eisen, Bauen in Eisenbeton (Building in France, Building in Iron, Building in Ferroconcrete) by Sigfried Giedion, though broken up into many sections, has a cohesive theme that is written throughout the piece. Giedion’s main point conveyed is the juxtaposition between many parallel elements, all in relation to the changing architectural field in the nineteenth century: the ideas of the individual versus the collective, the ability to industrialize a process and retire the more rudimentary method of handcrafted form, and the struggle to create a uniqueness when conformity was desired. The layout of the piece, graphically, is arranged in a standard format but breaks away from the consistency in the times that emphasis or elaboration of forethought is needed. The main sections are categorized by a bold headline, with an all capital letter format. The margin used throughout is composed to be larger on the outer bounds of the book, left side of the left page and vice versa for the right, while the margin is smaller towards the inner spine of the tome. Paragraphs of similar context and idea are grouped together, without indentation being used. The author is able to draw emphasis to significant words by one of three means: italics, all capital letters, and in the sake of phrases an expanded kern. Exclamatory punctuation is used at times also, for instance, “In them lies the kernel!” on page ninety-nine. The footnotes are…

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    ⌂ Home Melanie ⚙ Help Press ? for keyboard shortcuts. What does the pest look like? Caterpillars are the larval stage of butterflies and moths. They have soft, segmented bodies with a head, thorax and abdomen. The thorax contains three pairs of jointed legs that have hooks and the abdomen has five pairs of stumpy legs. Caterpillars are often the same color as the leaves so they are hard to spot. Cutworms: the adults are gray to dark brown moths with wingspans of 1.25 to 1.75 inch(3 to…

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    Gypsy Moth Research Paper

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    and I know that they are becoming an issue in other parts of Ohio as well. I was able to witness some of the damage they have done while removing defoliated trees in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Gypsy moths are a non-native, invasive species that, over the past decade, have been coming into the state from Pennsylvania and Michigan. The moth undergoes a complete metamorphosis and while a caterpillar it has the ability to feed on over three hundred species of trees and shrubs and cause serious…

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    After every death of a caterpillar, there is a birth of a butterfly. But have you ever considered how caterpillars are aware of their nearing death, yet they accept their fate and live within the butterfly with an alternative perspective and values, isn’t that what you call ‘discovery’? Discoveries can be confronting and thus lead an individual to form a new perception of themselves, hence is able to guide another individual to the right path. This aspect of the ‘discovery’ is explored trough…

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    Antennae - Used primarily to sense smell, but can also detect wind speed and touch. Eyes - Large, immovable compound eyes detect light. Each eye has thousands of lenses. Mouth - Sheep Moths do not have any working mouthparts. Other organisms in the Sheep Moth’s habitat include Mountain Bluebirds, Golden Eagles, Montane Shrews, Long-tailed Weasles, Elk, and other mountain meadow-dwelling creatures A mountain meadow consists of grasses and flowering plants on a mountainside, and typically has a…

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    female-biased sex ratios of A. opuntiarum. Based on our previous experimental observations, we have developed a new rearing protocol, in which we replaced artificial diet with the natural diet which included cactus cladode with the addition of frass from cactus-fed Cactoblastis. Additionally, the mating of A. opuntiarum is conducted in clear containers, in a shaded area. These experimental modifications significantly improved the rearing process of A. opuntiarum. The average female to male sex…

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    Kindergartners Reflection

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    Another week has zoomed by! The kindergartners are settling in and are busy learning school procedures and practicing self-control. We are practicing recognizing letters, sounds, and numbers. We are working on letters/sounds for Bb, (butterfly) Cc, (caterpillar) Mm, (monarch) and Ss. (smile) We are learning to recognize our classmates ' names and recognizing color words! We have 1 growing caterpillar. Ten of our caterpillars have entered the third stage of metamorphosis! We were excited…

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    looking insects may be evolved to live their best life, but they sure do look weird doing it. Check them out for yourself below - but first, grab that bug spray. Number Ten: Tailed Emperor Butterfly Caterpillar.The tailed emperor butterfly caterpillar can be found in Australia during spring. Though its body resembles that of a normal caterpillar, its head is covered in armor and pointy horns. Though this is a fairly normal defense mechanism in the insect kingdom, to humans, it's truly bizarre. …

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    very sad and didn’t know what to do. He began crying and was full of guilt since it was his responsibility these insects had died. Little did he know the bright green caterpillar was still in its…

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    The lesson called Home Grown Caterpillars is a lesson about the transformation of a caterpillar to a butterfly (life cycle process) while creating a three dimensional piece of art to express idea, experience, or story. The story associated with this lesson is The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The art piece is a replica of the caterpillar during a butterfly’s life cycle made out of grass seed, soil, stockings, pipe cleaners, and googly eyes. This lesson would be considered an art enhanced lesson…

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