“R”Rovers are an important part of our lives. They allow us to see beyond our earth. We made our rovers to help us understand the scientific process and how to create an experiment. Making this rover also refreshed our memory of the concept of elastic energy. Not to rub it in your face, but EarthToy Designs enlisted in our help to design this rover, too. They asked us to make a rover that can be adjusted to go different distances. Of course, we have to think about the environment while making toys, so they asked us to make rovers out of 100% recycled materials. We decided to make the weight in the ballast the independent variable, or what we would change. We wanted to see how many weights could make the rover move the farthest, so after creating our rover, we predicted “If nine washers are put into the ballast in the rover, then it will travel 4.5 meter.” “E” In this experiment, we wanted to see how the amount of weights in the ballast affected how far the rover went. To perform an experiment, you have to follow a procedure. If you would like to perform our experiment, keep reading and follow the procedure. After assembling the rover, place five…
most of her adult life having been very active in writing short stories during her college years. It was during her time in college at Duke that she started to take writing seriously, publishing her short stories in several publications such as her college’s Archive, Harpers, The Saturday Evening Post, and The New Yorker. Ann Tyler wrote her first ever novel If Morning Ever Comes in 1964 while still a student at Duke College. The Tin Can Tree followed in 1965, before she took a hiatus until…
immigrants were expecting. The writer contrasted the fantasy life in India vs the life in New Jersey, where “in India, a yellow two-storied house” (43) and an “ambassador car” (45) is what they will be able to retire with or having “neighbors that will/ talk to us” (47-48) if retiring in America. From this, we learn a lot about the obstacles that an immigrant faces when immigrating to a new country. There are so many things that are wished for when retiring in their homeland, but when thinking…
Germany by crossbreeding dogs that were similar to “mongrels” with working sheep dogs. The breed was eventually exported to the United States in 1906 (Lewis). Lewis reports that “bad breeding” can lead to temperament and health issues. Literature Review Rottie The Rottweiler Club introduced the Rottweiler and their history of origin dating back to the Middles Ages in Germany. As stated previously, the common uses for the Rottweiler was for herding cattle, hunting, and guarding. Like some other…
Rejection is very hard to overcome yet with Jia Jiang simple techniques he is able to overcome them and so are the characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. By overcoming insecurities, using self-improvement and having a clear mission they are able to overcome their rejection. Dorothy and Jia Jiang wife lifts Jia Jiang and the scarecrow up when their insecurities are too much to handle. The lion and Jia Jiang use overcoming fear to self-improve and the Tin Woodman and Jia Jaing use a clear…
most likely to be the suspect. However any of the students could be the culprit. Mr Hart told Ross everything about who was in the classroom before him and why. Mr Hart said the only people to have been in the classroom were students, teachers and the janitor. This gave an idea of who the culprit was. Detective Ross made some deductions and believed that the suspects were the teachers and students. Suddenly the suspect came to mind. Ross asked Mr Hart where the janitor kept all his belonging.…
bright in color they almost dazzled Dorothy’s eyes” (111). As you can see, Baum does not describe the poppies as magical but rather just poppies that we would see in our world. The illustrations also help support this, showing them as simple flowers rather then something magical. This can also be shown in the cyclone that takes Dorothy to OZ. At the beginning of the book, Baum describes the cyclone as “ very dark, and the wind howled horribly…” (17). The terms he uses are not things that are…
of Oz published in 1990, Dorothy is caught in a tornado’s path, which ultimately carries her and her house to the Land of Oz. After venturing out on a journey to meet the Wizard of Oz, who was suggested to help Dorothy return home, she meets some friends who decide to accompany her on the trip in hope that the wizard can grant their wishes too. As a result, the wizard goes through great lengths to reassure each of Dorothy’s companions that they have in fact received the traits they desire and…
instead of a pointy hat doesn’t mean she’s not the baddest b**** this side of the Emerald City” (30). Just because Dorothy, the antagonist of the novel, was portrayed as a sweet girl who couldn’t hurt a fly on the big screen didn’t mean that she wasn’t capable of being evil. Also, this theme was evident when Paige wrote, “No matter how tough you think you are, there are certain things that just get to you, and they’re usually the little things. The ones you don’t expect” (234). Her whole life,…
subversion are influential factors on the world fantasy characters reside in, but more importantly are forces that develop or provide power to characters, as seen in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Power is provided by the characters ultimate desire to meet and gain things from the Wizard of Oz, as well as by the destruction and subversion of the image of the Wizard of Oz. A problem that fantasy often experiences is that it, “ has been obscured and locked away, buried as something inadmissible and…