Stick It

characteristics that could control the light that is emitted from glow sticks. For task 3 the problem was to find one or more trends that could quantitatively control the amount of light emitted from the glow sticks. This investigation has value to companies or people that want to find a way to increase the brightness of glow sticks. Experimental Design and Procedure To control the amount of light emitted from the glow stick we decided to investigate with the variable, increasing alkalinity.…

remember when you were a child, when all you could draw were stick figures with wiggly lines for arms, legs and a head? As we grow older and more mature, our stick figures change based on how we see the world and ourselves. It takes on characteristics such as intricate facial expressions and forms of an actual body shape and sizes. We might even add color to make it come to life even more. But we have allowed society to mold our visions of the stick figures as well as our own images, instead of…

quite a while ago took care of stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick. It is regularly considered as a harsh sport. The leader of the lacrosse stick is hung with free work intended to catch and hold the lacrosse ball. Lacrosse is a contact group activity played between two groups utilizing a little elastic ball and a since Upsettingly, the goal of the amusement is to score by shooting the ball into a rival's objective past the goalie, utilizing the lacrosse stick to catch, support, and pass the…

Nowadays, nearly every student smears a highlighter all around their notes, and calls it "studying," but in reality these kind of methods do not work well; this phenomenon is explained the book Make it Stick. The cognitive scientists, Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel, explain why people are attracted to ineffective strategies for learning and teaching and how the concept of learning is misunderstood by most students and teachers as well, which creates difficulties in…

For improving the traditional white cane, it will be modified with some electronic components so that it can become a smart cane. This paper proposes the design and develops a walking stick with obstacle detecting sensors for the blind to use to aid their navigation. 1.2. SIGNIFICANCE AND MOTIVATION Designing a system that would efficiently help the blind with their navigation in the world today is much needed. Looking at the number of…

"speak softly, and carry a big stick," hence the name “big stick”. The key component of big stick diplomacy was having a large Navy. In the 1890s, naval Captain Alfred T. Mahan did research and published a book about the influence of sea power. He concluded that having a strong navy was the key component to becoming the most power nation on the planet. Roosevelt agreed with this and one of the first things he did was build up the navy. Roosevelt used his “big stick” policy numerous times…

Dimitri Letsos Narrative Essay (Personal) It was a hot Sunday near the end of May of 2011, my brother and I were playing catch outside when my friend came over to hang out. We discussed what we should play, I thought that we should play a game called 500, which was where you threw the ball up in the air and if you caught it you would get a certain amount of points, until you reached 500. My brother was a more creative and thought of a game he called “Bigfoot” which I guess was a game…

To avoid this, Australian walking sticks have evolved tiny protein deposits on the ends of their eggs in order to attract spider ants. The ants feed off of these protein rich attachments, but they decide to throw the rest of the eggs into waste piles within the colony. These waste piles just so happen to have to right temperature and moisture to hatch these eggs. These walking sticks have also evolved to even look like ants whenever they hatch, so it makes…

Based on the real story, Anthony Hill wrote “The Burnt Stick” to represent the bad aspect of history - “The Stolen Generation” in 1960s. Being represented to one of the stolen kids, John Jagamarra never lost his identity and belonging. Opposite with the changing background, conditions outside, he still tries to figure out the differences of Pear Bay and his home to never forget. Also, his mom is the big supporter to make him remember about his own language and traditions of his own…

Yes, I do. Here’s why, in the article, “Cultural Change That Sticks” Harvard Business Review, Katzenbach, Steffen, Kronley (2011) shared perspectives on how a strong organizational culture can trump an open system. In the earlier part of the 2000s, Aetna organization was struggling greatly on all fronts. Even though on the surface revenues remained steady, Aetna’s compatibility with consumers and physicians was swiftly eroding, and its status was being bludgeoned by claims and a national…