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Culturally Relevant Strategies for Science Lessons: Urban Setting Math & Science Methods EDEL 4409 Nateal Hemingway Rationale Reaching cultural relevance in a classroom can be a daunting task. However, research suggests that certain strategies can be used to promote a culturally responsive (CR) classroom. The research question that I am going to address is What are some CR strategies one should consider and/or implement when teaching a science lesson to urban children? My question…

Technology in the Animal Kingdom and its Benefits for Researchers The technical world and the animal kingdom may not seem to have a lot in common however with recent advances in technology, endangered animals are being given a better chance at keeping from extinction and scientists are learning more about all kinds of animals and their habitats through technology. Researchers are using many kinds of devices such as GPS, surveillance cameras and tracking devices to keep a close eye on endangered…

At the Penn Museum, I observed an Attic Red Figure Stamnos. The piece was created in Attica, Greece in approximately 490 B.C.E. and is attributed to the Kleophrades Painter. According to a publication by the Archaeological Institute of America, the Kleophrades painter was a prominent artist of Athenian vase painting. The Kleophrades painter, a name assigned to the artist because his true name remains unknown, has almost ninety works that have been attributed to him. Archaeologists and Art…

Most ancient civilizations are very similar in the way that they saw their ruler as a descendant from God, or that they often traded with other civilizations to get something they weren’t able to produce themselves. When looking at the role of women in their culture, the importance of family, marriage, and the religious life between ancient Greece and ancient Egypt, in some aspects they are similar, but in most ways they are worlds apart. When it comes to the role of women in these two…

In 1941, the director of Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Rene d’Harnoncourt and Fredric Douglas, an anthropologist and curator of American Indian collections established an art exhibition, Indian Art of the United States in the Museum of Modern Art. It was organized by prehistoric art, living traditions, and modern-day Indian art. The exhibit included art from prehistoric carvers in the West, Northeast Coast, and engravers in the Arctic, sculptors of the East, hunters, woodsmen, planters and…

On this day in 1799, during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign, a French soldier discovers a black basalt slab inscribed with ancient writing near the town of Rosetta, about 35 miles north of Alexandria. The irregularly shaped stone contained fragments of passages written in three different scripts: Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics and Egyptian demotic. The ancient Greek on the Rosetta Stone told archaeologists that it was inscribed by priests honoring the king of Egypt, Ptolemy V, in the…

but a closer observation into the art may give the viewer a better interpretation of the images. The Standard of Ur was found in the Royal Cemetery of Ur in Iraq. It originated between 2600-2400 BCE, and it can be found on display in the British Museum in London, Italy. It is constructed from wood, lapis lazuli, shell, and red limestone, while the striking colors are the most unique features of the piece. Its dimensions are approximately 8” x 1’7” with two sides of the piece each displaying a…

His iconic painting “The Scream” (Image 1) with its exaggerated colors and distorted shapes amplify anxiety and alienation and is the perfect example of Expressionist art. Munch in his tormented “scream” is reacting to the anxieties associated with the modern changing world. In true Expressionist style the elements are exaggerated, distorted, vivid and jarring. The palette is limited and Munch uses intense colour with agitated brushstrokes. Munch’s inner emotional turmoil is conveyed by the…

Penta is a public vocational high school, which is for sophomore through seniors, and adult education that opened in 1965. Sixteen different school districts from 5 counties come here to be in a career lab of their choice. I have chosen to come to Penta my junior year and chose Medical Technology to become a doctor. I want to save lives and learn new things, such as Mermaids are real, ,did you know that? Stay tuned to learn more about Penta, my future, and how mermaids are real! Why I Chose…

during the Turkish occupation. Apparently, permission and the authority was given to Elgin to take many pieces of stone. Thus, the pieces were transported to London, England to preserve them. The British since then have the pieces of artwork in a museum, not wanting to return them to where they came from. The Greek argues that the pieces of artwork were taken illegally during the country’s Turkish occupation. the British have to return them so they are in display in Athens. The controversy…