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Zina S

A Maths Dictionary for Kids 2010 by Jenny Eather - 0 views

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    this is for math intersets
Katie Day

Art videos -- YouTube - eggman913's Channel - 0 views

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    Philip Scott Johnson has created several videos which juxtaposes art from many different historical periods, e.g., Women in Art, Visages d'Art, etc.
Katie Day

Resource: Art Through Time: A Global View - 0 views

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    "A course for high school, college, and adult learners, including 13 half-hour video programs, a Web site with art images, accompanying text, and course guide. Take a trip across the world and back through the ages to experience the art of many cultures and historical periods. Thirteen themes encompass hundreds of paintings, drawings, sculptures, photos, and works in non-traditional media in this vibrant approach to the study and appreciation of art. "
Marius S

Fibonacci Sequence - 0 views

  • 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233
Katie Day

Picturing the Story: Narrative Arts and the Stories They Tell - 0 views

  • Picturing the Story uses works of art as a springboard for an interdisciplinary approach to culture, environment, language, and learning. It was developed for classroom use, using selected narrative works of world art from the permanent collection of the Memorial Art Gallery.
Katie Day

Invisible Children - 0 views

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    << By inspiring youth culture to value creativity, idealism and sacrifice, the movement fuels the most effective, adaptable and innovative programs in the world. Motivated by the unseen war in Northern Uganda, Invisible Children was created by three young filmmakers with a singular mission: To use the power of stories to change lives around the world. >>
Avinash X

Troll (Middle-earth) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    funny info
Thomas C

Byzantine art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Just as the Byzantine empire represented the political continuation of the Roman Empire, Byzantine art developed out of the art of the Roman empire, which was itself profoundly influenced by ancient Greek art. Byzantine art never lost sight of this classical heritage.
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    Ancient art from one of the most mysterious of empires.
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    Hello.
Jean Luc L

Simple machine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • A simple machine is a mechanical device that changes the direction or magnitude of a force.[2] In general, they can be defined as the simplest mechanisms that use mechanical advantage (also called leverage) to multiply force.[3] A simple machine uses a single applied force to do work against a single load force. Ignoring friction losses, the work done on the load is equal to the work done by the applied force. They can be used to increase the amount of the output force, at the cost of a proportional decrease in the distance moved by the force. The ratio of the output to the input force is called the mechanical advantage. Usually the term refers to the six classical simple machines which were defined by Renaissance scientists:[4]
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    A good description of simple machines
Avinash X

Mean, Median, Mode, and Range - 0 views

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      i never knew these
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    This is very informative
Gurupranav G

Art in ancient Greece - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • The arts of ancient Greece have exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries, particularly in the areas of sculpture and architecture.
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      Useful info on greek art
  • There were several interconnected traditions of painting in ancient Greece. Due to their technical differences, they underwent somewhat differentiated developments. Not all painting techniques are equally well represented in the archaeological record.
  • The most respected form of art, according to authors like Pliny or Pausanias, were individual, mobile paintings on wooden boards, technically described as panel paintings. The techniques used were encaustic (wax) painting and tempera. Such paintings normally depicted figural scenes, including portraits and still-lifes; we have descriptions of many compositions. They were collected and often displayed in public spaces. Pausanias describes such exhibitions at Athens and Delphi. We know the names of many famous painters, mainly of the Classical and Hellenistic periods, from literature (see expandable list to the right). Unfortunately, due to the perishable nature of the materials used and the major upheavals at the end of antiquity, not one of the famous works of Greek panel painting has survived, nor even any of the copies that doubtlessly existed, and which give us most of our knowledge of Greek sculpture. The most important surviving Greek examples are the fairly low-quality Pitsa panels from circa 530 BC, and a large group of much later Graeco-Roman archaeological survivals from the dry conditions of Egypt, the Fayum mummy portraits, together with the similar Severan Tondo. Byzantine icons are also derived from the encaustic panel painting tradition.
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  • The tradition of wall painting in Greece goes back at least to the Minoan and Mycenaean Bronze Age, with the lavish fresco decoration of sites like Knossos, Tiryns and Mycenae. It is not clear, whether there is any continuity between these antecedents and later Greek wall paintings. Wall paintings are frequently described in Pausanias, and many appear to have been produced in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Due to the lack of architecture surviving intact, not many are preserved. The most notable examples are a monumental Archaic 7th century BC scene of hoplite combat from inside a temple at Kalapodi (near Thebes), and the elaborate frescoes from the 4th century "Grave of Phillipp" and the "Tomb of Persephone" at Vergina in Macedonia[1], sometimes suggested to be closely linked to the high-quality panel paintings mentioned above. Greek wall painting tradition is also reflected in contemporary grave decorations in the Greek colonies in Italy, e.g. the famous Tomb of the Diver at Paestum. Some scholars suggest that the celebrated Roman frescoes at sites like Pompeii are the direct descendants of Greek tradition, and that some of them copy famous panel paintings.
  • There were several interconnected traditions of painting in ancient Greece. Due to their technical differences, they underwent somewhat differentiated developments. Not all painting techniques are equally well represented in the archaeological record. [edit] Panel painting [show] List of known Ancient Greek painters One of the Pitsa panels, the only surviving panel paintings from Archaic Greece. &nbsp; Agatharchus Antiphilus Apelles Apollodorus (painter) Aristides of Thebes Cimon of Cleonae Echion (painter) Euphranor Eupompus Melanthius Nicomachus of Thebes Panaenus Parrhasius Pausias Polyeidos (poet) Polygnotus Protogenes Theon of Samos Timarete Timomachus Zeuxis and Parrhasius The most respected form of art, according to authors like Pliny or Pausanias , were individual, mobile paintings on wooden boards, technically described as panel paintings . The techniques used were encaustic (wax) painting and tempera . Such paintings normally depicted figural scenes, including portraits and still-lifes ; we have descriptions of many compositions. They were collected and often displayed in public spaces. Pausanias describes such exhibitions at Athens and Delphi . We know the names of many famous painters, mainly of the Classical and Hellenistic periods, from literature (see expandable list to the right). Unfortunately, due to the perishable nature of the materials used and the major upheavals at the end of antiquity, not one of the famous works of Greek panel painting has survived, nor even any of the copies that doubtlessly existed, and which give us most of our knowledge of Greek sculpture. The most important surviving Greek examples are the fairly low-quality Pitsa panels from circa 530 BC, and a large group of much later Graeco-Roman archaeological survivals from the dry conditions of Egypt, the Fayum mummy portraits , together with the similar Severan Tondo . Byzantine icons are also derived from the encaustic panel painting tradition. [edit] Wall painting Symposium scene in the Tomb of the Diver at Paestum, circa 480 BC. The tradition of wall painting in Greece goes back at least to the Minoan and Mycenaean Bronze Age , with the lavish fresco decoration of sites like Knossos , Tiryns and Mycenae . It is not clear, whether there is any continuity between these antecedents and later Greek wall paintings. Wall paintings are frequently described in Pausanias, and many appear to have been produced in the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Due to the lack of architecture surviving intact, not many are preserved. The most notable examples are a monumental Archaic 7th century BC scene of hoplite combat from inside a temple at Kalapodi (near Thebes ), and the elaborate frescoes from the 4th century "Grave of Phillipp" and the "Tomb of Persephone" at Verg in a in Macedonia http://en.wikipedia.org
Zina S

Rainforest Animals :: Environmental Facts :: Young People's Trust for the Environment - 0 views

shared by Zina S on 09 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Animals of the rain forests are provided with a variety of habitats in the different layers of the forest trees. Some live at the top of the tallest trees while others live in the lower zones. Some animals, live on the ground level or even below the surface and so we have this vast and complex pattern of plant and animal life which has been evolving steadily for millions of years.
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      change to own words and put in report
  • Animals of the rain forests are provided with a variety of habitats in the different layers of the forest trees. Some live at the top of the tallest trees while others live in the lower zones. Some animals, live on the ground level or even below the surface and so we have this vast and complex pattern of plant and animal life which has been evolving steadily for millions of years.
Shashank A

WikiAnswers - Is an equilateral triangle equal to an isosceles triangle - 0 views

  • An isosceles triangle has at least two congruent sides. An equilateral triangle has three congruent sides. So, an equilateral triangle is a special case of isosceles triangles. Since the equilateral triangle has three congruent sides, it satisfies the conditions of isosceles triangle. So, equilateral triangles are always isosceles triangles.
  • An isosceles triangle has at least two congruent sides. An equilateral triangle has three congruent sides. So, an equilateral triangle is a special case of isosceles triangles. Since the equilateral triangle has three congruent sides, it satisfies the conditions of isosceles triangle. So, equilateral triangles are always isosceles triangles.
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    An isosceles triangle has at least two congruent sides. An equilateral triangle has three congruent sides. So, an equilateral triangle is a special case of isosceles triangles. Since the equilateral triangle has three congruent sides, it satisfies the conditions of isosceles triangle. So, equilateral triangles are always isosceles triangles.
Zoe P

Properties of Triangles - 0 views

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      THIS IS REALLY COOL TRY IT
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    COOL THING WER E U MAKE URE SORT OF TRIANGLE IS VERY COOL
Katie Day

Life in Wartime Vietnam - 2/17/2010 7:44:00 AM - School Library Journal - 0 views

  • -- School Library Journal, 2/17/2010 7:44:00 AM For the current generation of teens, the Vietnam War is something that happened very long ago, and may only be known to them through video games (Strike Force, Men of Valor) or movies (Faith of My Fathers, Watchmen). Keeping in mind the Edward Gibbon quote “I know no way of judging of the future but by the past,” introduce young adult readers to the intimacies of the Vietnam War and its lasting effects on generations of Americans through these books.
Katie Day

British Library: Beowulf - 0 views

  • This is the only known manuscript of Beowulf, and dates from c.1000. However, the poem is much older than this manuscript&nbsp;- some historians believe it might date right back to c.750.
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    Enlarged image of Beowulf manuscript along with activities for students to explore the language of the poem and how English has changed -- includes an audio clip of someone reading the original text
Katie Day

British Library: Beowulf - read and listen - 0 views

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    Includes audio of someone reading the original Beowulf.... "This exercise will show you how English was written and spoken a thousand years ago. At first the words may seem completely unfamiliar. But, look closely, and you'll find plenty of links to the modern English of today. This passage is from the epic tale of Beowulf, a tale told around winter fires on long evenings in Britain in the Dark Ages. The manuscript shown here is 1000 years old; blackened edges to the pages are the result of a fire in the Cotton Library in 1731. But the story of Beowulf is 2 or perhaps 3 centuries older."
Katie Day

The British Library: Words for time travellers - 0 views

  • Become a language time traveller, travelling back in time to&nbsp;explore the history of&nbsp;the English language.Having looked at the Language&nbsp;timeline &nbsp;and the Written word timeline,&nbsp;try out&nbsp;these activities&nbsp;and learn&nbsp;how our language has been changing&nbsp;constantly over past&nbsp;centuries.&nbsp; Anglo-Saxon word play &nbsp; Beowulf - page 1 &nbsp;
Zoe P

Wizards and Wizardry - 0 views

  • Wizards are always in pursuit of knowledge. The grimoire or book of magical knowledge contains all the facts a wizard needs to know. It included spells, to charms, divinations, potions.
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      I dont think that Wizards are real and the so caled Wizards grimmore book.
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    Wizards
Elizabeth B

World's Top 10 Most Endangered Species; complete guide. - 0 views

  • According to the World Wildlife Federation (WWF) the top 10 most endangered species are: Black Rhino Giant Panda Tiger Beluga Sturgeon Goldenseal Alligator Snapping Turtle Hawksbill Turtle Big Leaf Mahogany Green-Cheeked Parrot Mako Shark
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