Natural hazard

scientists to create their own theories about the natural world. These women scientists carried out their own experiments; in addition to that they even published their results. Women in the Scientific Revolutionary era had very little proper training in the sciences, all the reading and studying was done on their own. As seen throughout time, these particular women were shamed, because it wasn’t a norm. We see a diverse fascination with natural sciences in Europe and America. These…

On September 10 2015, 15 students attended the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) Developmental resource center to complete an assessment on children. The center is located near FAMU on 459 FAMU Way, Tallahassee FL, 32301. Upon arrival, the occupational therapy students signed booklet to be accounted for and for safety reasons. The center divides children based on their needs and age. The adults supervised the children that are limited to playing some games, and interactions…

CBM Preparation The CBM that I will be conducting will be the hiding assessment. This assessment will show “Children who are able to subtract with ease and efficiency know the parts of number and see the relationship between composition and decomposition of numbers and addition and subtraction.” Kathy Richardson, Assessing Math Concepts: Hiding Assessment. Didax Publishing, page 26. The probe will first be probing for the student’s ability to see part-whole number relationships. For each of the…

enacted to justify similarities between the climatic conditions of California and Asia as a result of their geographic likeness. The details of the study also reflect the concept of environmental determinism, in which “The simple definition…is that the natural environment is responsible for all human actions” (Hardin, 2009, p.9). Further research into…

Ernest Callenbach’s Ecotopia paints the picture of an ecologically-conscious society that rejects a market-centric lifestyle, and instead focuses on a harmonious balance between man and nature. In Ecotopia, the population is scattered across the bulk of what once was the West Coast of the United States, residing in quiet cities and working leisurely hours, satisfied to consume little and live modestly. Sustainable living is the norm, and synthetic materials and products are largely avoided. To a…

Bipedalism and upright posture are considered some of the most important characteristics that separate humans from other species. The article, “Kinship in a Footprint?” by Michael Day, delves into the significance of bipedalism in hominin evolution and the different ways in which bipedalism is studied. He writes that bipedalism and upright posture are behavioral responses in relation to the environment for primate species. It is useful in increasing visual surveillance, displaying threats,…

The commons are the natural resources available to all members of a society or community. The natural resources include water, air, animals, plants. These materials are not owned privately, they are held in common. Hardin’s main assumption about the commons can be separated in three categories; the world is biophysically finite, over-population can be considered as an example of the tragedy of the commons, and the system commons for breeding must be abandoned. The tragedy of the commons…

existence and make what we are doing possible” (Peters 2). He also describes media as not only a utility but a means of communication. Nature, he defines as a place “untouched by humans and only exists on earth where humans have chosen to set it apart as natural” (Peters 3). Nature is considered to be a medium due the relationship of traits that is shared with media. Nature is a medium due to the way it communicates with humans and the environment. Author John Peters, uses the example that…

The GreenHouse Effect Many people ask themselves what is the Greenhouse Effect. The Greenhouse Effect is the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere. While this is a good thing as the planet's temperature stays the same and gets warmer this is also affecting the environment badly without use even knowing. Global warming is not just a theory it is happening right before our eyes and is affecting the earth in countless ways and…

Previous generations were concerned about civil war, anti-war protests, etc. today the moral crisis of our generation is the environmental deterioration and how we can fix it. The damage is already done, but now the environmental weight of the world is being placed on the shoulders of today’s younger generation. What is the proper way to educate the younger generation so they learn from our destructive lifestyle? This is a popular controversial topic among educators today. Out of the classroom…