Introduction Our Sun produces enough energy in one second to sustain life on earth for millions of years. However, there is an energy far more powerful than our Sun that makes it pale in comparison. Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic type of light in the universe and produce more energy in one second than the sun will produce in its ten-billion year lifetime. These dramatically powerful energetic explosions often originate billions of light-years from Earth yet produce a light so…
Inequality is a concept that has been around for centuries and it applies to many areas of human life such as education, income, and in some cases certain rights. Today many people are concerned about this concept of inequality and how it relates to people economically. There have been countless numbers of initiatives to close the gap between the different socio-economic classes. Having a more progressive tax system and raising minimum wage are the two most common tools that the public look…
How Stars Came to be and Their History The radiance of the stars is masked in secrecy. Only those who wish to ponder the vastness of the stars can be enlightened to their true beauty; their ability to create something from nothing is astounding. People revel at the beauty of the stars, generally enjoying a night under the twilight sky. The stars hold so many mysteries that are seldom ever questioned, but how many people ever wonder where the stars come from? How long a star’s lifespan is or why…
1. What is binary fission, according to the website (5-7 sentences) Binary fission comes from the most prokaryotic cells divide by the process of binary fission. Binary is/can be a figures of steps of a not stop cycle. The Binary Fission is a bacterial Cell and can divide nicely into prokaryotic cells which the two cells are divided by the binary fission. Eventually the parent cell will separate from the identical children cells and left to grow a bacterial body. Plus there is apical growth…
Inequalities Within the Glass Ceiling Inequality is a famous topic all over the world. Inequalities can be picked out of most situations. Inequality is often seen in gender roles. Through the eyes of a feminist, it is seen that women are often treated unfairly compared to men. Some examples being voting, which women couldn’t partake in until 1920. Another example is holding a job, which women couldn’t do until World War II when employers were losing male workers to the war. Women were treated as…
Equality and Fairness: Failed Principles The battle to achieve a sense of fairness and equality has been relevant amongst humans since the beginning of time. Advocates who effortlessly argue the need for an equal socioeconomic system recognize that little to no change has been made throughout time. Philosopher John Rawls’s principles of fairness and equality state that everyone has a right to basic liberties and the greatest social and economic privileges are granted only if the greatest social…
Through hand on learning activities, students will be able to sort and categorize objects according to color. Next, students will count the objects in each group and record their results. Learning Standards NYS Science Standards K.MD.3. Classify objects into given categories; count the number of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. K.CC.4a. When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and…
In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. society has been modified into a supposed utopia by making everyone equal. In the story everyone who is deemed “above average” is brought down to average with the use of handicaps. While these handicaps work for most, some people try to challenge the Handicapper General, Diana Moon Glampers. One of these people is Harrison Bergeron, a fourteen year old boy imprisoned for trying to take down the government. In the story Harrison breaks…
The graph shown in Figure 1 was supposed to gradually increase and then level off, but the graph from the data collected did not. The graph from the data collected increases, then it levels off, but towards the end it increased some more. Figure 2 shows what the graph should have looked like, when the slope was increasing, CaCl2 was the limiting reactant while NaIO3 was the excess reactant and when the graph leveled off NaIO3 was the limiting reactant while CaCl2 was the excess. A source of the…
As I was sitting in class one day, my professor prepared to ask us a question. I centered all my theological knowledge into one area of my brain, and was ready to analyze whatever came through. I was ready. He asked, “Can God cut down a tree with a floppy fish?” Completely flabbergasted, I was unaware of what to say or think, except that God could do anything he wished, so yes. Then he said, “But wouldn’t it be so much easier with a sword.” It then occurred to me that I was the floppy fish.…