Articles for category: Education

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The Beauty of the Crown Jellyfish

The crown jellyfish comes from a family of eight in the taxonomic order Coronatae. These are the Nausithoidae, Tetraplatidae, Paraphylinidae, Atonllidae, Linuchidae, Periphyllidae, Collapididae, and the Atonellidae. Their cone-shaped swimming bell has a reach of 20 cm in height and a diameter of 17 cm. The bell is see-through revealing its reddish brown stomach. The ...

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Turn Mexican Salsa into Italian Pasta Sauce

The humble tomato creates so many different kinds of sauces. Ketchup, salsa, tomato paste and spaghetti sauce are all birthed by the “love apple.” Call it a fruit or a vegetable but these tomato-based sauce experiences all provide our bodies with the cancer-fighting antioxidant lycopene. My style of passionista cooking is known in my inner ...

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Ashworth University: My Experience as a “Correspondence School” Student

Let me begin by sharing my personal background. Since September of 2005, I’ve been employed with KinderCare Learning Center. When I was hired, I only had a high school diploma, with minimal child-care experience. The company now requires that employees have a CDA (Child Development Associate) or higher degree in Education (Associate, Bachelor’s, etc). In ...

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Phrase Origins: Raining Cats and Dogs

I like English, literature and grammar. I always liked learning about idioms and phrases when I was in English class. However, I certainly never learned about all the phrases that are in common use and I still use some today that make me wonder about the origins of the phrases. I know that “raining cats ...

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Children’s Books for Chinese New Year

Whether your family is celebrating the Chinese New Year or you have decided to take the opportunity to teach your children about other cultures, one of the best ways to explore the holiday is by reading about it together. There are a wealth of children’s books out there to help teach kids about the Chinese ...

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Elementary Classroom Reading Centers

The role of reading centers in the primary classroom is to offer engaging, hands-on learning activities that promote reading skills and an interest in reading. Reading centers, as with all centers, are a supplement to large group, small group and one on one reading reading lessons. Reading centers can be created at home or in ...

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Movie Quotes and Theories of Evolution and Anarchy

Teenagers and young adults love anarchy as much as they fear it. Struggling against the status quo is a major part of that age, and movies that represent those new ideals play a major role in the lives of people of that age. When I was in college, much like people I know in college ...

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Top Online Associate’s Degree Programs

While an online student can still choose from many traditional degree programs that are offered online, the online degree programs available now are geared more for the newer and emerging technology and workforce needs. Because of this, many of the top online associate’s degree programs available are tech-based associate’s degree programs, involving some sort of ...

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Benjamin Rush: The Father of Modern Medicine

Benjamin Rush (1745-1813), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was the most celebrated American physician and the leading social reformer of his time. He was a close friend of both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and corresponded with many of the prominent figures of the revolutionary generation. Rush’s strong belief in universal salvation helped ...