tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72982408486708288252024-02-02T13:49:48.187-08:00Education FunUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-40083809262005845482011-05-16T20:40:00.000-07:002011-05-16T20:40:34.396-07:00I have been away...busy creating a wikispace of Arts & SciencesDear Education Fun,<br />
<br />
I have been away for several months...busy creating a "High School Geometry Adventure" wiki<br />
(interactive multimedia website) at:<br />
<a href="https://hsgeometryadventure.wikispaces.com/">https://hsgeometryadventure.wikispaces.com/</a><br />
<br />
I apologize to any followers here who might have been disappointed with the long dormancy of our<br />
Education Fun blog... and I encourage everyone to visit the Visual Arts Science and Math wikispace<br />
to see what magic resides there...<br />
<br />
To be honest also, being a techno-newbie I had difficulty figuring out how to change my Google User Name for this blog...and thought that my account was 'terminated' amid the maze of computer-machine<br />
dys-communication error messages and dys-infinity logic loops...<br />
<br />
But I just today accidentally discovered that this blog still exists for me to use...<br />
<br />
So please bear with me as I decide what to do... because currently I am working professionally with teachers and educators on other more-specific classroom-based projects online...<br />
<br />
You can contact me c/o my wikispace link enclosed above...<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br />
<br />
phineas8888 aka kasha8888<br />
<br />
Kepler's Apprentice and Caretaker of Wonder...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-74128147593932470182010-12-13T19:06:00.000-08:002010-12-13T19:11:42.595-08:00The Morgan Library and Museum in NYC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxXtpRTBxuBlmZMTFqhPIZDDm6AS8KC68y3mrYzgJR1-H7a1YA19azpDSc6tg8B-VGpz25u5oPPlCUMAel7pj32A93wjSBU90K3wzVxNeqFsmWYXBG0FVSwEIlm4AMPsCIM9L4HH6iqVt/s1600/Morgan+Library+and+Museum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxXtpRTBxuBlmZMTFqhPIZDDm6AS8KC68y3mrYzgJR1-H7a1YA19azpDSc6tg8B-VGpz25u5oPPlCUMAel7pj32A93wjSBU90K3wzVxNeqFsmWYXBG0FVSwEIlm4AMPsCIM9L4HH6iqVt/s320/Morgan+Library+and+Museum.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Education Fun,<br />
<br />
This is one of my favorite New York City Museums...<br />
It is located in the former residence of J.P. Morgan and houses his world class collection of arts and books (manuscripts, letters, documents, etc). To be inside the splendor of this residence is to travel to a magical world of places and times, and to be able to see up-close and personal actual hand-written and hand-drawn pages from some of the greatest artists and writers... well, it still boggles my mind... :-)<br />
<br />
hand-written and hand-drawn pages by William Blake... viewing them as if the Man is sitting next to me... Phew...<br />
<br />
Here is the online link:<br />
<a href="http://www.themorgan.org/home.asp">http://www.themorgan.org/home.asp</a><br />
<br />
and if you ever visit New York City, this Library and Museum is unforgettable...<br />
<br />
phineas8888 / Allen<br />
<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-23809340461254884102010-12-06T08:45:00.000-08:002010-12-06T08:45:36.097-08:00Red Cloth Dance video at youtube...<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="yiv1014371024yiv1443035890" id="yiv1014371024yiv1443035890bodyDrftID"><tbody>
<tr><td id="yiv1014371024yiv1443035890drftMsgContent" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Dear Family and Friends,</div><div></div><div>I have watched this Fantastic wordless video (3 minutes long) about 10 times now...</div><div>and have posted the link at my teachers online group...</div><div>suggesting that every classroom in America and the World... watch this video... :-)</div><div></div><div>I'll be quiet now and let the video speak for itself...</div><div></div><div> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C_40B9m4tI&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C_40B9m4tI&feature=player_embedded</a></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div> Happy Merry Peace Love,<br />
<br />
Allen aka: phineas8888</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-68308318277394613112010-11-27T19:29:00.000-08:002010-11-27T19:29:55.227-08:00NYC Subway Puppetry: UrbanZ Arts... Cool...Education Fun,<br />
<br />
Life of young performance artists gets down into the New York City Subway... :-)<br />
<br />
You gotta be up for adventure and some "tough audiences" when you're new and young and dedicated to your art...<br />
<br />
Their busking sign said something like ... ? "My Plastic Bag Toy"...? (I could not read it well from the video...) <br />
<br />
Obviously the young woman is a skilled ballerina and puppeteer with an ingenious new technique of <br />
puppet-manipulation... and to create such emotion and specialized ballet movements... with a plain white plastic bag...and her body... that transcends the UrbanZ Subway Setting...<br />
is "fantastical phantasm" Supreme!!!<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FKBwTnfmRQ&NR=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FKBwTnfmRQ&NR=1</a><br />
<br />
Maybe she will get some media attention, well-deserved...<br />
<br />
You saw it first here: on phineas8888 "Education Fun"... :-)<br />
Cool... Totally Cool...<br />
<br />
Happy...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-69913560000578982152010-11-24T19:00:00.000-08:002010-11-24T19:00:26.844-08:00Astronomy Picture of the Day: Nova-Ember: Star & Fire: 24, 2010Education Fun: Astronomy Picture of the Day<br />
Posted on 11/24/2010 6:40pm<br />
<br />
<div class="pane-content"><div class="node-discussion" id="node-content"><div class="discuss-wrap"><div class="node-body"><div class="wrap"><div class="content">Dear Educators,<br />
It is the evening before Thanksgiving: Nova-Ember: Star & Fire:<br />
24, 2010...<br />
<br />
and I just checked-in at my "Astronomy Picture of the Day" routine at: <a class="external-link" href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html" jquery1290652851797="105" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html">http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html</a> <br />
<br />
and Wow: "Flowing Auroras: Time-Lapse Photographs Over Norway"<br />
by Tor Even Mathisen<br />
<br />
It is an HD video with quiet music and whispered singing...<br />
<br />
This tells you why the "Ancients" and the "Native Cultures" knew that Nature is alive and holy...<br />
<br />
I can't make this stuff up; this is our Sky speaking...<br />
<br />
Presented courtesy of our government: nasa.gov<br />
<br />
No drugs needed; show this to your students if you wish...<br />
<br />
Giving thanks to you all here at Edutopia.org<br />
<br />
Allen Berg<br />
</div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-6820740486565515862010-11-24T18:01:00.000-08:002010-11-24T18:07:18.347-08:00Picasso Painting in a Museum: Mother and Child<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhaZdfJ_ex81ihRd8K0qmWr0gCrSnKYd7G4RlV2q9AdbW8OfL03fl3J-pVwJ6bu0AmqJNU0ZyDBl3ASPUN8EMb-jgwhZUPeuaJNCqCR56V-N2dmB43v_zWDGNsRalh-KQ9K5-e3YjyzGr/s1600/Picasso+Portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhaZdfJ_ex81ihRd8K0qmWr0gCrSnKYd7G4RlV2q9AdbW8OfL03fl3J-pVwJ6bu0AmqJNU0ZyDBl3ASPUN8EMb-jgwhZUPeuaJNCqCR56V-N2dmB43v_zWDGNsRalh-KQ9K5-e3YjyzGr/s320/Picasso+Portrait.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Education Fun,<br />
<br />
My friend was in Europe recently and photographed this painting by Picasso in a museum.<br />
<br />
One thing that struck me immediately (perhaps because I am a Geometer :-) are the many different<br />
triangles and tetrahedra forms that Picasso uses in the composition of this painting!!!<br />
<br />
Combined with his solid columnesque 'architecture' of the mother and the chair she is sitting in...<br />
<br />
This painting feels like a Monumental Mountain...<br />
I guess that is why they call this style of painting "Cubism"... :-)<br />
<br />
Enjoy your viewing...<br />
<br />
phineas8888Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-5892788245940633802010-11-21T07:45:00.000-08:002010-11-21T08:09:41.280-08:00Walter Wick: Can You See What I See? On A Scary Scary Night?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPY5bENExLRQoHHLhh4Pwiz4xfW4TPmJNHGu6Ady6UTXmd6kxkg6pBckRYEhijTcV99TkMmAW6SHro6_-2VC3mct12rQq__OgIynheuSJuSbODZ5f9IXvwb08vYkaFunlqNCsTvvj0uFJS/s1600/xmas_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPY5bENExLRQoHHLhh4Pwiz4xfW4TPmJNHGu6Ady6UTXmd6kxkg6pBckRYEhijTcV99TkMmAW6SHro6_-2VC3mct12rQq__OgIynheuSJuSbODZ5f9IXvwb08vYkaFunlqNCsTvvj0uFJS/s1600/xmas_cover.jpg" /></a></div><h3 class="title" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> </h3><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagiM9Lopx8zdPSgiX0t29vsHrKQvqeqOF7amQY7jfynxiBezvmDzU8pHrxEpC6ZCRCubxI6QSUD3l6NY5IwEG6vVMDiJe3oHu4esCB_EjWhhoGPHmND_ndguIKu1FSV30bv8HMhuyget5/s1600/Scar+Night_cover_225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagiM9Lopx8zdPSgiX0t29vsHrKQvqeqOF7amQY7jfynxiBezvmDzU8pHrxEpC6ZCRCubxI6QSUD3l6NY5IwEG6vVMDiJe3oHu4esCB_EjWhhoGPHmND_ndguIKu1FSV30bv8HMhuyget5/s1600/Scar+Night_cover_225.jpg" /></a></div><h3 class="title" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> </h3><h3 class="title" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> </h3><h3 class="title" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Walter Wick: Can You See What I See? On A Scary Scary Night?</h3><div class="title" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="content"><div class="wrap"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Dear Imagineers,</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Walter Wick is a genius educator and artist and award winning author and photographer of books for children, and has one of the Most Fun Museum Exhibitions currently on display at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland during this Holiday Season: "Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos, and Toys in the Attic"... a must-see for kids of all ages...</div><br />
and he has the best "Behind-The-Scenes"/How-to-Make-a "Can You See What I See" Magic Book Website at:<br />
<a class="external-link" href="http://www.walterwick.com/cys_sn_street.htm" jquery1290354123890="127" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.walterwick.com/cys_sn_street.htm"><span style="color: #614ac6;">http://www.walterwick.com/cys_sn_street.htm</span></a> <br />
which is the specific link to his website "Scary Scary Night" book production photographs...and if you click on his Biography section, you will learn about his childhood art and development as a teenage artist and photographer, and see the actual 2 photographs he made as a young man that launched his phenomenal successful career...<br />
<br />
which just so happens to be 2 stunning examples of "Analysis of a Whole and its Parts including Compare & Contrast Examples": using miscellaneous small screws, nails, pins, paper clips, springs, odds and ends... and his Scholastic Magazine cover photograph for Kindergarten kids, titled "Fasteners"...<br />
<br />
So perhaps you and your students might be inspired and instructed in "How to Make Your Own Classroom "Can You See What I See?" Books of Phantasm and Phun...<br />
<br />
Enjoy...<br />
<br />
Allen<br />
phineas8888<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDQek8dkLTybtL8og7ICAiqUH1hnnwEpSFcq3cnWGU1AmHIK2ptxz7JzKeK07hQ8iP9sto4-UxpiAeFuaBAToCwMJKJOHvzyH9q98lkDaeOZGvGi_HBrBS-rddnCd3brOkNgp8JSJOa7l/s1600/pins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDQek8dkLTybtL8og7ICAiqUH1hnnwEpSFcq3cnWGU1AmHIK2ptxz7JzKeK07hQ8iP9sto4-UxpiAeFuaBAToCwMJKJOHvzyH9q98lkDaeOZGvGi_HBrBS-rddnCd3brOkNgp8JSJOa7l/s320/pins.jpg" width="268" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-_sJzZL6FQPwqV6VWFKma0NHWVAdmpkMWTBmVHV7zrGNH5V9_ZWAp_oi2GaxPF4_y3rqAjO0tEDPJZO4SFiU0D7o8HHT6eR_-T1TRt3SoBpjFNLGEjomGGg56rEdmu_65zr1w3X9EoO4/s1600/zipper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-_sJzZL6FQPwqV6VWFKma0NHWVAdmpkMWTBmVHV7zrGNH5V9_ZWAp_oi2GaxPF4_y3rqAjO0tEDPJZO4SFiU0D7o8HHT6eR_-T1TRt3SoBpjFNLGEjomGGg56rEdmu_65zr1w3X9EoO4/s320/zipper.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-52742846126656477642010-11-21T06:43:00.000-08:002010-11-21T06:45:19.060-08:00"Pixar: 25 Years of Animation" at the Oakland Museum and online...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcsn3QK_pAeq5dKr-LbAmkvE8T5xiAaD8GjHZ9ZXyX9ATEYbSUTrxgiK9fsa71hUVSw51W9CT3TNaWY5x9bWDPlHdUleiQ6uQxjMOzraKz8zVBvEmUI2sJmbo97tFMhrHBbWefN46aHyz/s1600/Pixar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="142" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcsn3QK_pAeq5dKr-LbAmkvE8T5xiAaD8GjHZ9ZXyX9ATEYbSUTrxgiK9fsa71hUVSw51W9CT3TNaWY5x9bWDPlHdUleiQ6uQxjMOzraKz8zVBvEmUI2sJmbo97tFMhrHBbWefN46aHyz/s320/Pixar.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Education Fun,<br />
<br />
Okay, it is officially the Holiday Season...so if you are lucky enough to live around the San Francisco Bay Area, or are planning a visit there, go see "Pixar: 25 Years of Animation" at the Oakland Museum...on display through January 9, 2011.<br />
<br />
Or if you don't live around the San Francisco Bay Area and will not be visiting this Holiday Season, visit the Exhibit online at hundreds of websites and youtube videos etc...<br />
just type "Pixar" in Google search...<br />
<br />
As you already know, Pixar is for Children of All Ages...<br />
<br />
I checked out Pixar University online, a fascinating in-house University at their Emeryville, California Headquarters and found out amazing educational offerings for ALL their employees...and watched an Edutopia video lecture by one of their Chief Directors/University Dean: Randy Nelson emphasize "character study and development" and "mastery of a skill" and "resillency from failure to be able to achieve innovation"... (sound familiar...? :-) <br />
<br />
I checked out <a class="external-link" href="http://www.pixar.com/" jquery1290350381750="106" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="www.pixar.com"><span style="color: #214ac6;">www.pixar.com</span></a> and read a wonderfully charming personal history of one of their animators, at their "Artists Corner"<br />
<a class="external-link" href="http://www.pixar.com/artistscorner/ricky/interview.html" jquery1290350381750="107" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.pixar.com/artistscorner/ricky/interview.html"><span style="color: #614ac6;">http://www.pixar.com/artistscorner/ricky/interview.html</span></a><br />
which reveals how a real professional artist's career path in (digital) animation can begin from very different backgrounds and interests, including "pre-med" college studies... :-)<br />
<br />
anyways...<br />
<br />
Pixar changed the world for all of us: creating new heroes and instilling new hopes in our hearts...<br />
"In dreams begin responsibilities..."<br />
so this Holiday Season, at Edutopia: let's dream together...<br />
and make it happen...<br />
<br />
Doodler with a pencil,<br />
Allen<br />
phineas8888Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-90779820215196213032010-11-16T21:31:00.000-08:002010-11-16T21:35:35.061-08:00How Big is the Universe? a brief visual exploration through space and timeEducation Fun,<br />
<br />
To complement the previous post about Night Sky Maps and Night Sky viewing, here is a wonderful kid-friendly visual extravaganza and brief informative excerpts about the history of astronomy and important scientists and discoveries... it is only 20 pages long but funpacked with mid-boggling photographs of our great big universe.<br />
<br />
This introduction to astronomy is produced by NASA-SAO Education Forum on the Structure and Evolution of the Universe copyright 2009 by the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution continues to be one of the world's best museums to visit in real-life in Washington, DC, and online on the internet.<br />
<br />
Here is the wonderful journey link to beginning your understanding and asking questions about our Universe... The Biggest Big we know about and continue to find more puzzles and answers to our questions about Who we are and where did we come from and where are we going...in the Big View of things in Time and Space...our Universe...<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/seuforum/howfar/HowBigUniverse.pdf">http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/seuforum/howfar/HowBigUniverse.pdf</a><br />
<br />
enjoy the journey...<br />
<br />
phineas8888Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-36571733637586112862010-11-16T07:06:00.000-08:002010-11-16T07:42:02.776-08:00The Evening Sky Map (Northern Hemisphere)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1w-cp7tJdflJnTsLXWlSlSsSuKUCfLmHbagjNA0usm4pVBxySW4M7ixXHzDCq0BxO6MjccuzyE0RLVqhdGGLeWHe3J8O1W_vFIN7Y1cs-OVUBFttzbJ4JZGsYoEAJGWV1j1ZWjOW_Mviz/s1600/tesm1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1w-cp7tJdflJnTsLXWlSlSsSuKUCfLmHbagjNA0usm4pVBxySW4M7ixXHzDCq0BxO6MjccuzyE0RLVqhdGGLeWHe3J8O1W_vFIN7Y1cs-OVUBFttzbJ4JZGsYoEAJGWV1j1ZWjOW_Mviz/s1600/tesm1.gif" /></a></div>Education Fun,<br />
<br />
Here is a link to a very useful astronomy website that lets you download for free <br />
The Evening Sky Map (for the Northern Hemisphere) each month for you to explore,<br />
learn, and enjoy viewing the night sky: the moon, the planets, the constellations of stars,<br />
and deep space star clusters, galaxies, etc.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://skymaps.com/">http://skymaps.com/</a><br />
<br />
Find a natural safe dark place (perhaps your backyard or public park etc.) to view the night sky <br />
with family and friends (often a local astronomy club has car-pools to drive to a safe "dark sky area" nearby your home...) with binoculars or shared telescope etc.<br />
<br />
The Sky Map you can print for free is very helpful for locating constellations and other celestial objects to view and learn about... just remember that if you are looking at a star, you are looking at something much bigger than our sun and much much farther away: distances in outer space are measured in "light years"...<br />
<br />
A light year is the distance light travels in one earth year (365 days)...<br />
and light travels the fastest of most anything in the universe...<br />
186,000 miles per second.<br />
(There is a debate among scientists about the theoretical questions of the ultimate fastest possible speed in the universe... you would have to do a Google search to learn more about this... :-)<br />
<br />
To give you an idea of a large distance you are familiar with, the sun is about 93 million miles away from the earth, so that means that the light from the sun that warms your face and enters your eyes enabling you to see everyday objects and people around you etc. <br />
...takes about 8 minutes to reach your eyes... !!!<br />
(8 minutes = 8 x 60 seconds = 480 seconds)<br />
<br />
<br />
When you look up at the sky, especially at night, you are looking at VAST distances in/through/across our universe...<br />
and that also means you are looking back in/through/across VAST time in/through/across our universe : millions of years ago...<br />
<br />
So your view of our world, called the planet Earth, is all of a sudden ... E...X...P...A...N...D...E...D...<br />
to something Bigger than BIG... :-)<br />
<br />
The sky that you take-for-granted everyday is actually the biggest "thing" in the universe...<br />
because it is 'connected' or 'part of' the the Entire Universe...<br />
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Years ago I came to understand that: The sky is the biggest "Yes" there is... :-)<br />
<br />
Astronomically... your friend,<br />
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phineas8888Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-45466172391565200392010-11-14T18:06:00.000-08:002010-11-14T18:30:28.769-08:00Analysis of a Whole and its Parts: Cool Stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJJ1grHqlIFpAXMLMx_b26M71Swex4KnmMxSi0a11LXiOS5A0TlVkwhOFbqJ9v2CFUyfbCjWpEIwUVuZ6gAtoPr-B1EcdmfJvrop8BkXWhTJxptmgn8SeKsRzbAdDuWrzZRNsJSAwXW5Y/s1600/Neon+Light.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJJ1grHqlIFpAXMLMx_b26M71Swex4KnmMxSi0a11LXiOS5A0TlVkwhOFbqJ9v2CFUyfbCjWpEIwUVuZ6gAtoPr-B1EcdmfJvrop8BkXWhTJxptmgn8SeKsRzbAdDuWrzZRNsJSAwXW5Y/s320/Neon+Light.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Education Fun,<br />
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There are two cool picture books I got from the library about understanding how everyday things work<br />
by illustrating their various engineered parts. The books are called: Cool Stuff and Cool Stuff 2.0<br />
<br />
The graphix are way cool and the description text is way brief and very informative.<br />
Check them out; here's some pix:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">These two books have lots of Cool Stuff and Cool Stuff to learn</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">about what Engineers do and how they make / (wo-man-ufacture :-) </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">the everyday things that we use.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">So enjoy your journey and start looking care-fully at some of the Stuff / Things you use everyday</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">and think about how it was made...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I would also suggest for starters, that you look "close-up" at the products you use everyday, </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">to find the small print that says what Country it was made in...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Does it say: Made in USA </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"> Made in China</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"> Made in Pakistan</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"> Made in Mexico</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"> ... or somewhere else...???</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Happy hunting and learning about Engineering and How Stuff Works...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-31106972644953541982010-11-10T19:17:00.000-08:002010-11-10T22:16:42.195-08:00A List of a Whole and its Parts: 61 "Compare and Contrast" Examples<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[DRAFT:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>61 items]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nova-Ember: Star & Fire: 6, 2010</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A List of a Whole & its Parts:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>including “Compare and Contrast” examples</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by Allen Berg</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> pencil v, pen </span></span><br />
2. flashlight v. desk lamp<br />
3. paper clip v. stapler<br />
4. ladder v. staircase<br />
5. nail clipper v Swiss army knife<br />
6. child's bike v. multi-gear bike<br />
7. landline /home phone v. cell phone<br />
8. 12” ruler<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>12’ tape measure (eg. Lufkin Hi-Viz product)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> s</span></span>cotch tape roll and dispenser<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>duct tape roll and dispenser</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 3</span></span>-ring binder and paper<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>spiral-bound notebook</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>scissors<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>knife</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">12. wallet v. purse</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">13. dollar bill v. coin</span></span><br />
14. dictionary<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>yellow pages business directory</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>hand tool<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v. another one</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">16.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>musical instrument<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>another one</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">17.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>shoe<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v. another one</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">18.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>lunch box<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v. knapsack</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">19.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>warm jacket<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v. another type</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">20.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>hand<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v. foot</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">21. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>wall clock<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>clock radio</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">22.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>calendar (<place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">USA</country-region></place>)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v. calendar (other country etc.)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">23.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>flower<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v. another one</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">24.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>sandwich<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>another type (or burrito etc.)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">25.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>door key and lock<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>combination lock</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">26.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>a bicycle bell v. a horn</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">27.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>the human eye<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>eyeglasses</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">28.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>sports equipment<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v. another type</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">29.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>skateboard<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in-line skates</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">30.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>school chair<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>home chair</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">31.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>food container<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>another one</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">32.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>comic strip<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>comic book (or graphic novel)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">33. crossword puzzle v. picture puzzle</span><br />
<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">34.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>board game<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>outdoor game</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">35.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>a toy<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>another one</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">36.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>model construction kit<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>another one</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">37.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>phone bill<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tax return</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">38.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>apartment<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>house</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">39.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>store<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>another one</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">40.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>newspaper<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>magazine</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">41.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>school<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>another (elem-jhs-hs, or public v. private, etc.)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">42.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>snail mail<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>v.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>email</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">43.</span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>sports team v. another</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">44.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>book report v. movie review</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">45. </span><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>puppet: hand, rod, marionette</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">46.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>school day v. weekend day</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">47.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>party or celebration v. another</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">48.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>garden v. patio</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">49.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>school map v. road map</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">50.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>music band v. orchestra</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">51.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>library v. gymnasium</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">52.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>website v. another</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">53.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>incandescent light bulb v. fluorescent light bulb</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">54.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>breakfast v. dinner</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">55.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>candy bar v. another</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">56.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>hair style v. another</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">57.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>clothes style v. another</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">58.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>umbrella v. tent</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">59.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>sentence v. paragraph v. essay</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">60.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>textbook v. novel</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 67.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 67.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">61.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>microscope v. telescope<br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 21pt;">Et cetera… </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 49.5pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 3pt;">phineas8888</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-25220895553676457362010-11-10T08:31:00.000-08:002010-11-10T08:34:23.573-08:00Engineering of Everyday Things -- A Lesson Plan<h3 class="title">Engineering of Everyday Things -- A Lesson Plan by Allen Berg</h3><div class="title"><br />
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</div><div class="content"><div class="wrap">howdy Engineers and Imagineers<br />
This is the 3rd page is my series about Engineering Curriculum Resources<br />
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<br />
The Engineering of Everyday Things: Structure and Function<br />
---The Analysis of a Whole and its Parts.<br />
Lesson Plan by Allen Berg<br />
<br />
[Photograph of a ball point pen disassembled: the clear plastic tube of ink, the small inner spring, and the 2 parts of the outer casing with their molded screw connection. ]<br />
<br />
I am not incurious;<br />
I like to look at things, care-fully<br />
and understand how they work.<br />
Observation and then description<br />
are important tools of Science.<br />
<br />
As you can see from the picture of the pen above,<br />
Things have parts that make up the whole.<br />
In this lesson, you will choose an object<br />
and analyze its structure and function.<br />
<br />
1. Name and define the object. (You can check a dictionary.)<br />
The definition of an object is often its purpose.<br />
<br />
2. Draw a picture of the object as a whole and as its separate parts.<br />
2a. Take digital photographs of the object as a whole and of its various parts.<br />
2b. Advanced students can use free 3-D software to produce computer-generated 3-Dimensional images. (Google’s “Sketch-Up” etc.)<br />
<br />
3. Label each part.<br />
Describe the material each part is made of.<br />
<br />
4. Explain the function of each part and how it is related to the<br />
whole object.<br />
<br />
5. Look close-up and carefully at the object to find the name of the<br />
country where it is made.<br />
<br />
6. Evaluate the object:<br />
a. Does it do the job it is supposed to do?<br />
Rate its performance: poor__ ok__ good__ excellent__ etc.<br />
b. What is the object’s durability?<br />
How long does it last? Can you repair or replace the parts<br />
or do you just throw it away?<br />
c. What is its cost? Is this a “fair value”?<br />
d. Would you recommend using this object? Why or why not?<br />
e. Can you suggest improvements in its design?<br />
List and explain your suggestions.<br />
Provide a visual image(s) of your improved design.<br />
<br />
7. Conclusion:<br />
How does this object compare to similar objects, for use?<br />
[Example of an “improved design”: the addition of a soft rubbery fingers grip… Photograph of the “improved” pen]<br />
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8. Share your Analysis with other students, family, and friends…<br />
Be proud that you are a Beginning Engineer…</div></div><div class="links"><div class="admin-edit-post"></div><div class="admin-edit-post"><span class="flag-wrapper flag-comment-abuse">Allen (phineas8888)</span></div><div class="admin-edit-post"></div><div class="admin-edit-post"></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-42797286628953641552010-11-10T08:25:00.000-08:002010-11-10T08:25:58.771-08:00National Geographic Magaine STEM (continued)<h3 class="title">National Geographic Magazine Online STEM (continued)</h3><div class="content"><div class="wrap">Hi Don and other colleagues:<br />
<br />
as promised here is the second link to a fantastic Engineering website:<br />
"Design for the Other 90%" sponsored by the aforementioned Smithsonian<br />
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum:<br />
<a class="external-link" href="http://other90.cooperhewitt.org/" jquery1289406130409="142" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://other90.cooperhewitt.org/">http://other90.cooperhewitt.org/</a><br />
<br />
Coincidentally, the Museum just concluded a second in this series of exhibitions: "Design for the Other 90%" (it ended in September, 2010...) but I could not find any online links to their collection...<br />
I guess that is still a work-in-progress...<br />
<br />
ps: if you go to the National Geographic current link for Big Ideas -<br />
Little Packages and read carefully the one paragraph about the "Infant Warmer", you will find a website link called:<br />
embraceglobal.org<br />
Which I higly recommend because they have a fantastic diagrammatic<br />
explanation of the "Analysis of the Whole and its Parts" of their product... including a new fabric technology (called something like a "Phase Sensor Textile" )<br />
<br />
Sincerely yours,<br />
Allen Berg<br />
<br />
ps 2: and the "Asthma Device" in the article is made from<br />
"folded paper" !!! at 1/20th the cost of conventional Asthma Devices:<br />
one dollar from paper vs twenty dollars for the other conventional product...<br />
<br />
Allen (phineas8888)<br />
</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-41273818891151135352010-11-10T08:21:00.000-08:002010-11-10T08:21:00.728-08:00National Geographic Magazine: Engineering of Everyday Things<h3 class="title">National Geographic magazine online STEM</h3><div class="content"><div class="wrap">Hi Don Morgan: Technology and Engineering Colleague,<br />
Edutopia.org ...Science, Technology, Engineering, Math teachers group<br />
<br />
I am new to this group and a computer newbie, so I will have to make several postings to include the several "Engineering" resources available online... I agree totally with you concerning the real everyday experience we all have with "Engineering" and its products etc.<br />
<br />
First I am going to post a link to the current edition of National Geographic magazine: (November 2010) their "Big Idea / Innovation" section (published every month):<br />
"Big Ideas - Little Packages" pages 24-31.<br />
<br />
<a class="external-link" href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/big-idea/16/little-packages" jquery1289405534572="134" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/big-idea/16/little-packages">http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/big-idea/16/little-packages</a><br />
<br />
This is a brief very visually effective 5-page spread about current engineering projects, that are included in the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum exhibition from 2007:<br />
"Design for the Other 90%" (and currently wonderfully permanently online! --that will be my second post, because I do not yet know how to copy & paste more than one hyper-link at this forum format ...but I will learn... :-)<br />
<br />
btw: if you read about the Water Purifying Straw, called "LifeStraw", and go to their website: lifestraw.com<br />
They list the Maufacturer of the product, which is a Professional European Engineering Firm, and if you click on their link for the English version "Bochure" of their product you can download the Adobe file --which I highly recommend -- because <br />
<br />
It is a real-life Professional Engineering Product Description and Social Environmental Impact Report/Evaluation Example for students to read and view and learn about Engineering "Best Practices" including: graphics, technical writing, research data, tables, scientific journal references,etc.<br />
<br />
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<br />
Then after the second link, I will post my one-page lesson/project outline for "The Engineering of Everyday Things: Structure and Function -- The Anaysis of a Whole and its Parts"<br />
Then there are a couple of pages of Teacher Resource Lists of<br />
"Compare and Contrast Everyday Things" (Objects)<br />
such as:<br />
1. pencil vs. pen<br />
2. flashlight vs. desk lamp<br />
3. paper clip vs. stapler<br />
4. ladder vs. staircase<br />
5. nail clipper vs. Swiss army knife<br />
6. child's bicycle vs. multi-gear bike<br />
7. landline phone/home phone vs. cell phone<br />
etc.<br />
Then there cool books (CoolStuff and CoolStuff 2.0 etc.)<br />
then there are cool website links...<br />
then there are my arts & crafts 3-D geometry sculptures projects<br />
and papermodel crafting websites etc.<br />
to be continued...<br />
<br />
I appreciate your collegial collaboration<br />
Allen Berg (phineas8888 :-)<br />
</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-74433964580484102512010-11-05T17:58:00.000-07:002010-11-05T19:04:13.862-07:00Astronomy Picture of the Day: the Pleiades Star Cluster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsu4xMB0Zqz7AzlTt6g3ynsklyI0D5rVud5suqUZZaMKe6vEQyCW0udArBXRwgnASYxgmUlS2K0NJzYhE-oIdzPpFXhntXFoydrMlnBcRSK-1W9HGt0iFx6bb1oF2_3Q_n5B1tZWRfcIJ/s1600/pleiades_gendler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsu4xMB0Zqz7AzlTt6g3ynsklyI0D5rVud5suqUZZaMKe6vEQyCW0udArBXRwgnASYxgmUlS2K0NJzYhE-oIdzPpFXhntXFoydrMlnBcRSK-1W9HGt0iFx6bb1oF2_3Q_n5B1tZWRfcIJ/s320/pleiades_gendler.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is a fun daily view of our Universe, with Professional <br />
state-of-the-art Photographs accompanied by brief but very informative text explanations.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html">http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html</a><br />
<br />
Whenever I need an 'expansive view of things' (to counter-balance some of the stresses, routine here on Earth... I simply look up at our Moon and then some stars from the Constellations...<br />
(weather permitting :-)<br />
<br />
And one of my favorite Celestial views is the Star Cluster called the Pleiades, which is visible simply with your unaided eyes... but if you have binoculars or a low power/wide field-of-view telescope, you're in for a treat: The Jewel Box of the Stars...<br />
<br />
You can get more information online from Astronomy magazines and organizations, such as:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://ya.astroleague.org/">http://ya.astroleague.org/</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.hobbyspace.com/Astronomy/index.html">http://www.hobbyspace.com/Astronomy/index.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.jupiterscientific.org/virtualastronomer/amateurobservations/aointroduction.html">http://www.jupiterscientific.org/virtualastronomer/amateurobservations/aointroduction.html</a><br />
<br />
or at your local library, where they would know about local Astronomy Clubs in your community...<br />
<br />
phineas8888Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-65071571413280351262010-11-03T20:16:00.000-07:002010-11-04T09:16:17.122-07:00Paper Mozart Dance: Silent movie at Youtube...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmAjhRih9u7nSKDR5vpvCEtAFyExuzTUefrB_x2iPJJC3bzT-F0lbjFg-0lKRosmeTUqZMQUsh8p2QMrl7_v87KzUr0YGeXJzJlgklRVoyRb1CH5dtEfg7glA9BFAK8ZXc5QQRliJHzT9/s1600/Paper+Mozart+Dance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmAjhRih9u7nSKDR5vpvCEtAFyExuzTUefrB_x2iPJJC3bzT-F0lbjFg-0lKRosmeTUqZMQUsh8p2QMrl7_v87KzUr0YGeXJzJlgklRVoyRb1CH5dtEfg7glA9BFAK8ZXc5QQRliJHzT9/s320/Paper+Mozart+Dance.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
Education Fun:<br />
<br />
The previous post was about a Master Paperfolder who uses USA one dollar paper money bills <br />
to fold and create stunning miniature sculptures. I am an amateur papercrafter with little background in the specialty of Origami, but I have always loved working with paper for drawing and model-building etc.<br />
<br />
I recently posted my paper cutout card of a traditional folkart design of a Tree of Life and Light.<br />
The original card is 9"x12", so for color copying on standard 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock, I had to reduce the size for the copy machine. This led to a narrow white border area on all four sides of the dozen prints I made. I used an x-acto knife to cut (or "trim") these borders so that the purple background became the exact edge of the card, with no extra margin of the white border. I cut these pieces precisely using a metal ruler to guide my knife. Some very thin slivers of white 'pearlescent' paper remnants resulted with curlicue spirals... I was about to toss them in the waste basket, as remnants, but for a fortunate moment before doing so, they caught my eye with "artistic possibilities"... <br />
<br />
So I now have a brief (2 1/2 minute) youtube video (silent movie clip) of their expressive forms...<br />
to share with you...<br />
<br />
I titled the video "Paper Mozart Dance" because the photographs I composed made me think and hear Mozart's romantic slow Andante's for "Piano Concerto K467" and "Flute and Harp Concerto K299"...<br />
<br />
But I decided to keep it pure and simple, and soundless/silent, so that you the viewers could hear your own music or choice of music...<br />
<br />
Here is the youtube video link: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2AtGu1PsIo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2AtGu1PsIo</a><br />
<br />
<br />
phineas8888Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-37753328917313776272010-10-30T11:57:00.000-07:002010-11-04T07:57:29.030-07:00Won Park: Master "Money Folder" OrigamiEducation Fun:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://thedesigninspiration.com/articles/won-park-the-master-of-origami-paper-folding/">http://thedesigninspiration.com/articles/won-park-the-master-of-origami-paper-folding/</a><br />
<br />
<div class="image-item-article"><h1>Won Park – The Master of Origami Paper Folding</h1>Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper, and using only one piece of paper.<br />
Won Park is the master of Origami. He is also called the “money folder”, a practitioner of origami whose canvas is the United States One Dollar Bill. Bending, twisting, and folding, Won Park creates life-like shapes inspired by objects living and not– both in stunning detail.<br />
<h3>One Dollar Koi</h3><a href="http://orudorumagi11.deviantart.com/art/One-dollar-koi-new-ver-side-57234934"><img alt="" src="http://maxcdn.thedesigninspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/origami/Koi-s.jpg" /></a><br />
<h3>One Dollar Butterfly</h3><a href="http://orudorumagi11.deviantart.com/art/One-Dollar-Butterfly-57083269"><img alt="" src="http://maxcdn.thedesigninspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/origami/Butterfly-s.jpg" /></a><br />
<h3>One Dollar Camera</h3><a href="http://orudorumagi11.deviantart.com/art/One-Dollar-Camera-57014918"><img alt="" src="http://maxcdn.thedesigninspiration.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/origami/Camera-s.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
<br />
phineas8888<br />
<br />
I will do further research to see if he has a book of instructions published...<br />
and check youtube for instructional videos... (I already found other people demonstrating<br />
similar origami constructions, but not with the one dollar bill and not by the original Master<br />
himself... to be continued... :-)<br />
<br />
*************************************<br />
<br />
Good News!!! I found a yahoo group dedicated to Won Park's origami art and he himself is a member of the group; here is the link:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/moneyfolders_unite/">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/moneyfolders_unite/</a><br />
<br />
ps: Won Park is a young man living in Hawaii... He does not fit the stereotype of an elder Japanese<br />
monkish sage... to be continued... :-)<br />
<br />
The moneyfolders yahoo group has exacting diagrams and step-by-step written instructions, and many photographs and some youtube videos etc. to fill an Origami Museum... :-) This on-going daily message board and Origami Resource worldwide is an international treasure for teaching and learning and creating magical powerful art and science and community spirit with the simplest of materials and techniques...<br />
<br />
This is the beginning of something wonderful for internet empowerment of ordinary and extraordinary people worldwide...and it is based on a small piece of paper that fits in the palm of your hand and is folded into the Creations of Infinite Possibilities...<br />
<br />
Sincerely and Respectfully,<br />
<br />
phineas8888 <br />
<br />
<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-75018141943556590502010-10-29T16:43:00.000-07:002010-10-29T16:43:04.364-07:00Free Online Drawing and Coloring Website for Cartoons, etc.Education Fun,<br />
<br />
Here is a kid-oriented website with free drawing and coloring tools, so that you can draw and/or color with your computer online. There are many cartoon characters to color yourself, or you can draw your own pictures to color with your computer free online.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.timtim.com/coloring/drawing">http://www.timtim.com/coloring/drawing</a><br />
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phineas8888Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-34041451790895093732010-10-28T16:37:00.000-07:002010-10-28T16:37:25.261-07:00Animation as a Pathway to College and a Career | Edutopia<a href="http://www.edutopia.org/stw-career-technical-education-classes-model-video">Animation as a Pathway to College and a Career Edutopia</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-24583951066633808662010-10-27T20:41:00.000-07:002010-10-28T05:55:05.986-07:00The Structure of a Medieval Manuscript -- Animation Video on youtube<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_D0H6EUU6vbRKUNHMPxQ_g0mBCywAwYg2IBDQJ8IFVGn5kRtGznjYFYz-Rv_-DngCpoSIfAu2rwiA-rWVyBTDgpALJ3PUpJ1Nh99d6u3KtW9GrdhFVk6v6yAZ-aML6CEwen4uxFBGQfBD/s1600/Medieval+Manuscript.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_D0H6EUU6vbRKUNHMPxQ_g0mBCywAwYg2IBDQJ8IFVGn5kRtGznjYFYz-Rv_-DngCpoSIfAu2rwiA-rWVyBTDgpALJ3PUpJ1Nh99d6u3KtW9GrdhFVk6v6yAZ-aML6CEwen4uxFBGQfBD/s320/Medieval+Manuscript.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Education Fun,<br />
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I am working on a curriculum project for students K-University, called Engineering of Everyday Things.<br />
It has lessons and actvities for Analyzing a "Whole (Everyday Thing) and its Parts". This involves describing the Structure and Function of an Object; there are many objects offered for student examples in several lists and picture collections. Some examples are found online as well. Here is a brief and yet very effective video animation produced by the Getty Museum titled: The Structure of a Medieval Manuscript, posted on youtube at:<br />
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<a href="http://waldorfschool.tv/medieval-manuscript-structure/">http://waldorfschool.tv/medieval-manuscript-structure/</a><br />
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It demonstrates how books of long ago were handmade on parchment pages and sewn together with a cover and binding technique that is still used today in making books.<br />
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phineas8888Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-41616373714848015862010-10-22T20:09:00.000-07:002010-10-22T20:09:32.512-07:00Microscope Photo of Soap BubblesEducation Fun,<br />
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Nikon Photography has an annual worldwide competition for photographs taken through microscopes; the results of this year's competition can be seen at their Small World website:<br />
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<a href="http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/">http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/</a><br />
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Among my favorites is this simply beautiful colorful photograph of soap bubbles,<br />
at 150X magnification... the colors are real, not Photoshop!<br />
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I think if you double-click on the image it will zoom larger on the screen...<br />
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The pure black background is based on a specific lighting technique of Photo Microscopy; you can learn more at their website about the various techniques that can be used to highlight and colorize microscope specimens.<br />
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Enjoy the view that our unaided eyes cannot see... <br />
Microscopes and telescopes bring the very very small and the very very large world views into human focus; they are very important tools of Science and Understanding...<br />
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I think that every school should have both available for supervised student use.<br />
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phineas8888Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-18010430506618869342010-10-19T23:02:00.000-07:002010-10-19T23:02:39.271-07:00German Tarts (A Delicious Photograph :-)Dear Education Fun<br />
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I am fortunate to have a good friend who is a Professional Photographer of Extraordinary Talents...<br />
He recently returned from an extended stay in Germany and just today I got to view many of his spectacular photographs from his trip...<br />
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One of my favorites is simply put: "Delicious"...<br />
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I will let you judge for yourself (remember that if you double click on the photograph you will see a much larger dramatic image...)<br />
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Bon Appetit<br />
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phineas8888Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-91429564309377370632010-10-19T21:14:00.000-07:002010-10-19T21:31:40.715-07:00Breathing (in French :-)Dear Education Fun<br />
Cher Education Amusant<br />
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Here is an educational anatomy illustration about "Breathing" from Wikipedia.<br />
I looked at the English Language version and then decided that I would select the French version,<br />
because the anatomy words seemed softer and smoother and less "harsh" sounding...<br />
and also I simply did it just "For Fun"...<br />
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So the next time you "take a breath" or think about "breathing"...<br />
this picture can add some "in-sight" to your life and living...<br />
what the French call "joie de vivre"...<br />
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:-)<br />
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phineas8888<br />
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a bientot...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="result_box" lang="fr"><span closure_uid_pd0686="62" se="Breathing is the process that moves air in and out of the lungs." te="La respiration est le processus qui se déplace de l'air dans et hors des poumons. " title="">La respiration est le processus qui se déplace de l'air dans et hors des poumons. </span><span closure_uid_pd0686="63" se="Aerobic organisms require oxygen to release energy via respiration, in the form of the metabolism of energy-rich molecules such as glucose." te="Les organismes aérobies ont besoin d'oxygène pour libérer l'énergie par la respiration, sous la forme du métabolisme de molécules riches en énergie comme le glucose.
" title="">Les organismes aérobies ont besoin d'oxygène pour libérer l'énergie par la respiration, sous la forme du métabolisme de molécules riches en énergie comme le glucose.<br />
</span><span closure_uid_pd0686="64" se="Breathing is only one process that delivers oxygen to where it is needed in the body and removes carbon dioxide." te="La respiration est un seul processus qui apporte l'oxygène à l'endroit où elle est nécessaire dans le corps et élimine le dioxyde de carbone. " title="">La respiration est un seul processus qui apporte l'oxygène à l'endroit où elle est nécessaire dans le corps et élimine le dioxyde de carbone. </span><span closure_uid_pd0686="65" se="Another important process involves the movement of blood by the circulatory system." te="Un autre processus important concerne la circulation du sang par le système circulatoire. " title="">Un autre processus important concerne la circulation du sang par le système circulatoire. </span><span closure_uid_pd0686="66" se="Gas exchange occurs in the pulmonary alveoli by passive diffusion of gases between the alveolar gas and the blood in lung capillaries." style="background-color: #e6ecf9; color: black;" te="Les échanges gazeux se produit dans les alvéoles pulmonaires par diffusion passive des gaz entre le gaz alvéolaire et le sang dans les capillaires du poumon. " title="">Les échanges gazeux se produit dans les alvéoles pulmonaires par diffusion passive des gaz entre le gaz alvéolaire et le sang dans les capillaires du poumon. </span><span closure_uid_pd0686="67" se="Once these dissolved gases are in the blood, the heart powers their flow around the body (via the circulatory system)." te="Une fois que ces gaz dissous dans le sang, les pouvoirs cœur de leur écoulement autour du corps (par l'intermédiaire du système circulatoire). " title="">Une fois que ces gaz dissous dans le sang, les pouvoirs cœur de leur écoulement autour du corps (par l'intermédiaire du système circulatoire). </span><span closure_uid_pd0686="68" se="The medical term for normal relaxed breathing is eupnea." te="Le terme médical pour la respiration normale est détendue eupnée.
" title="">Le terme médical pour la respiration normale est détendue eupnée.<br />
</span><span closure_uid_pd0686="69" se="In addition to removing carbon dioxide, breathing results in loss of water from the body." te="En plus d'éliminer le dioxyde de carbone, la respiration se traduit par une perte d'eau du corps. " title="">En plus d'éliminer le dioxyde de carbone, la respiration se traduit par une perte d'eau du corps. </span><span closure_uid_pd0686="70" se="Exhaled air has a relative humidity of 100% because of water diffusing across the moist surface of breathing passages and alveoli." te="air expiré a une humidité relative de 100% à cause de l'eau diffusent à travers la surface humide de la respiration passages et les alvéoles." title="">air expiré a une humidité relative de 100% à cause de l'eau diffusent à travers la surface humide de la respiration passages et les alvéoles.</span></span></div><div class="g-section" id="gt-res-tools"><div class="gt-icon-c" closure_uid_pd0686="3" id="gt-res-listen" style="display: none;" tabindex="0"><span class="gt-icon-text"></span></div><div class="gt-icon-c" closure_uid_pd0686="5" id="gt-res-roman" style="display: none;" tabindex="0"><span class="gt-icon-text"></span></div></div><div dir="ltr" id="translit" style="display: none;"> </div><div id="gt-res-dict" style="display: none;"> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7298240848670828825.post-45304948261907339112010-10-15T16:01:00.000-07:002010-10-15T16:06:39.915-07:00Cardboard Model of a Laptop Computer :-)Dear Education Fun,<br />
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The previous post mentioned paper-crafting in relationship to our modern era of computers...<br />
Now, I found a humorous combination of both!! in a magazine advertisement picture.<br />
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You are familiar with the ubiquitous cardboard boxes of the shipping companies UPS and FedEx<br />
("United Parcel Service" and "Federal Express") and of course our old-fashioned reported-to-be-<br />
in-financial-crisis U.S. Postal Service, USPS, and predicted by some/many "experts" to be doomed for <br />
Extinction...unless they can re-invent their Organization, Services, and Products, etc.<br />
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Email certainly has replaced millions of paper letters of correspondence and the U.S. Postal Service has drastically lost their "customer-base" (to use an Economics term), so it will indeed be interesting to see and live-through the shake-up and/or evolution of communications, product deliveries, and information services...<br />
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So in this frame of reference, here is a humorous, almost quaint hand-crafted cardboard model of a laptop computer used in a magazine advertisement for who...? UPS :-)<br />
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Enjoy the artwork...<br />
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phineas8888<br />
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