1) Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is located in the South Pacific and is famous for its giant stone statues called moai.
2) There are many mysteries surrounding how and why the moai statues were carved by the Rapanui people, as much of their culture has been lost.
3) The population of Rapa Nui peaked at around 6,000-10,000 people, but diseases and warfare reduced the population to just 111 people by 1877, though it has since rebounded to around 4,000 people today.
Dinosaur anatomy and systematics -Part 2Directions For this laAlyciaGold776
Dinosaur anatomy and systematics -Part 2
Directions: For this lab you will need to print it out and WRITE your answers on this paper. You will then need to scan or take pictures of each page and submit to Dropbox on Pilot. You will also need to utilize your book and/or Google to help with labeling and drawing.
The Saurischians and Ornithischians.
Laboratory Objective: This laboratory will introduce the student to two very important reptile groups. These groups have been distinguished by various skeletal features. These two groups the Saurischian defined as lizard hips and the Ornithischian defined as bird hips. This identification is based on differences with the pelvic structure.
Laboratory discussion: The Diapsids archosaur reptiles are typed primarily by their skeletal structures that allowed for an upright posture. A debate has been ongoing for about 150 years and questions still remain. In Saurischia the three pelvic bones point in different directions from the acetabulum, or hip socket, which is similar to other reptiles and in Ornithischia the ischium and pubis are in parallel to each other similar to birds.
Laboratory Activities:
1) Draw a cladogram of the major groups of dinosaurs discussed within your textbook (Google might be helpful for this question!!). Label and identify each group and provide a brief description.
2) Draw label and describe the pelvic structure of the Saurischian group.
3) Draw label and identify the pelvic structure of the Ornithischian group.
4) The diapsid reptiles consist of two large groups. Name and describe these two groups.
5) How do the ankle structures of the archosaur provide an insight to their phylogenetic relationship?
6) Describe what features distinguish saurischians from Ornithischia dinosaurs.
7) Briefly summarize the where when and what of the origin of dinosaurs.
Chapter 11 Homework
1. Iguanodon was so named because its _____.
a. skull was like an iguana’s
b. teeth were like an iguana’s
c. limbs were like an iguana’s
d. none of the above
2. The first North American dinosaurs were described by _____.
a. Richard Owen
b. Joseph Leidy
c. E. D. Cope
d. O. C. Marsh
3. The first partial skeleton of a dinosaur discovered in North America was found in _____.
a. New Jersey
b. Wyoming
c. Montana
d. Texas
4. The many dinosaur skeletons collected during the great dinosaur rush were primarily studied by _____.
a. Richard Owen
b. Gideon Mantell
c. Joseph Leidy
d. E. D. Cope and O. C. Marsh
5. John Bell Hatcher _____.
a. collected dinosaurs for O. C. Marsh
b. discovered Deinodon
c. worked for E. D. Cope
d. coined the word “heterotherm”
6. Two men, _____, collected more dinosaurs than anyone else in history.
a. E. D. Cope and O. C. Marsh
b. Richard Owen and Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
c. Henry Fairfield Osborn and Charles R. Knight
d. Barnum Brown and Charles H. Sternberg
7. The dinosaur art of Zdenek Burian was heavily influenced by the ar ...
You can email me at martzmonette@yahoo.com. You can me a send request stating the purpose of your need to have a copy of this presentation. Thank you so much.
Easter Island Heads_ Built in Honor or to Hide Bodies.pdfCIOWomenMagazine
The Moai statues are monuments on Easter Island in Chile. The highlights of these islands are the heads. It is believed that the moai were built in 1400- 1650 A.D, approximately. It is the easternmost outpost of the Polynesian island world. The island stands alone about 1900 km east of Pitcairn Island and 3540 km west of Chile.
Dinosaur anatomy and systematics -Part 2Directions For this laAlyciaGold776
Dinosaur anatomy and systematics -Part 2
Directions: For this lab you will need to print it out and WRITE your answers on this paper. You will then need to scan or take pictures of each page and submit to Dropbox on Pilot. You will also need to utilize your book and/or Google to help with labeling and drawing.
The Saurischians and Ornithischians.
Laboratory Objective: This laboratory will introduce the student to two very important reptile groups. These groups have been distinguished by various skeletal features. These two groups the Saurischian defined as lizard hips and the Ornithischian defined as bird hips. This identification is based on differences with the pelvic structure.
Laboratory discussion: The Diapsids archosaur reptiles are typed primarily by their skeletal structures that allowed for an upright posture. A debate has been ongoing for about 150 years and questions still remain. In Saurischia the three pelvic bones point in different directions from the acetabulum, or hip socket, which is similar to other reptiles and in Ornithischia the ischium and pubis are in parallel to each other similar to birds.
Laboratory Activities:
1) Draw a cladogram of the major groups of dinosaurs discussed within your textbook (Google might be helpful for this question!!). Label and identify each group and provide a brief description.
2) Draw label and describe the pelvic structure of the Saurischian group.
3) Draw label and identify the pelvic structure of the Ornithischian group.
4) The diapsid reptiles consist of two large groups. Name and describe these two groups.
5) How do the ankle structures of the archosaur provide an insight to their phylogenetic relationship?
6) Describe what features distinguish saurischians from Ornithischia dinosaurs.
7) Briefly summarize the where when and what of the origin of dinosaurs.
Chapter 11 Homework
1. Iguanodon was so named because its _____.
a. skull was like an iguana’s
b. teeth were like an iguana’s
c. limbs were like an iguana’s
d. none of the above
2. The first North American dinosaurs were described by _____.
a. Richard Owen
b. Joseph Leidy
c. E. D. Cope
d. O. C. Marsh
3. The first partial skeleton of a dinosaur discovered in North America was found in _____.
a. New Jersey
b. Wyoming
c. Montana
d. Texas
4. The many dinosaur skeletons collected during the great dinosaur rush were primarily studied by _____.
a. Richard Owen
b. Gideon Mantell
c. Joseph Leidy
d. E. D. Cope and O. C. Marsh
5. John Bell Hatcher _____.
a. collected dinosaurs for O. C. Marsh
b. discovered Deinodon
c. worked for E. D. Cope
d. coined the word “heterotherm”
6. Two men, _____, collected more dinosaurs than anyone else in history.
a. E. D. Cope and O. C. Marsh
b. Richard Owen and Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
c. Henry Fairfield Osborn and Charles R. Knight
d. Barnum Brown and Charles H. Sternberg
7. The dinosaur art of Zdenek Burian was heavily influenced by the ar ...
You can email me at martzmonette@yahoo.com. You can me a send request stating the purpose of your need to have a copy of this presentation. Thank you so much.
Easter Island Heads_ Built in Honor or to Hide Bodies.pdfCIOWomenMagazine
The Moai statues are monuments on Easter Island in Chile. The highlights of these islands are the heads. It is believed that the moai were built in 1400- 1650 A.D, approximately. It is the easternmost outpost of the Polynesian island world. The island stands alone about 1900 km east of Pitcairn Island and 3540 km west of Chile.
I advised a group of students in Students Consulting Nonprofit Organizations (SCNO), as a Project Manager. We worked with our client, the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI), to create a new orientation manual for their future employees. This would be a guide to the new staff members in understanding the company, realizing what resources they had access to, and a general place to refer to when seeking information about the company.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
2. Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, located in the South Pacific, is
famous for its giant statues called moai. These statues are an
important part of the Rapanui culture, but many mysteries
surround the Rapanui and their statues. Everyone who has
ever studied the moai has his or her own theories about how
and why these statues were carved, but no one knows the
exact answers to these questions because so much of their
culture has been lost. The population of Rapa Nui at its peak
was between 6,000 - 10,000. However, by 1877, due to many
factors including disease, warfare, and slavery, the population
of the island had fallen to just 111. Since then the population
has grown, and today, it is just under 4,000 people. The
Rapanui have overcome many difficulties and the near loss of
their culture. The moai statues, however, are one reminder of
their long cultural history.
2
3. Possessive adjectives are followed immediately by a noun.
Many mysteries surround the Rapanui
and their statues.
3
poss.
adj. + noun
Whose statues? The Rapanui’s
4. Use a plural generic noun to avoid problems with masculine or feminine
pronouns.
A student has his / her / his or her own
theories of why the statues were carved.
Students have their own theories of why the
statues were carved.
4
CoErarseicetr, bsoultu ctoiomnplex
5. In formal English, use a singular pronoun to refer to an indefinite pronoun.
Everyone who has ever studied the Rapanui
has his or her own theories about how and
why the statues were carved, but no one
knows the answers.
5
6. With informal English, a plural pronoun is usually used.
Everyone who has ever studied the Rapanui
has his or her own idea about why the
statues were carved.
Everyone who has ever studied the Rapanui
has their own idea of why the statues were
carved.
6
FORMAL
INFORMAL
7. Use a singular, gender-neutral pronoun when the collective noun refers to a single
impersonal unit.
The population has grown since then, and it is
just under 4,000 people today.
7
What is the collective noun?
Is it a single unit or a group?
The population
A single unit, so use it.
8. 1. The huge statues are famous for their / theirs large
eyes staring up into the sky.
2. Tourists often take his or her / their pictures next
to the moai.
3. The population of Rapa Nui is a mix of different
nationalities. It is / They are 60% Rapanui and
about 40% people from other countries such as
Chile.
4. Everyone has their / her theories about why the
moai were carved.
8
Practice 1 Choose the correct completions.
10. Walking among the gigantic moai, one can’t help but be filled
with questions. How were they built and later moved? Why did
they face away from the sea? Did the islanders believe each
moai itself had special powers? Was each one a statue of a
famous person? The answers to some of these questions are
known, while others remain a mystery. Almost all of the moai
were carved at a single site inside an extinct volcano crater.
They were carved by hand with stone chisels, and each statue
represents an important person. Transporting the massive moai
required large amounts of timber. Some believe that the moai
were placed on logs and rolled to their destinations. As more
statues were made, more logs were needed, leading some
scientists to speculate that the Rapanui themselves might
have played a role in the deforestation of the island.
10
11. Use reflexive pronouns when the subject and the object of a sentence are the
same person.
The Rapa Nui might have played a role themselves
in the deforestation.
11
Subject Object
? ?
same meaning
The Rapa Nui themselves might have played a role in
the deforestation of the island.
12. Did the islanders believe each moai itself
had special powers?
What does itself
emphasize?
The islanders
The mo’ai
12
Use reflexive pronouns for emphasis.
13. Use You, One, and They as impersonal pronouns that refer to “people in general”
Walking among the gigantic figures, you can’t
help but be filled with questions.
Who does the you refer to?
Someone, anyone, people in general
Walking among the gigantic figures, one can’t
help but be filled with questions.
Same meaning, but one is much more
formal than you.
13
14. Practice 2 Using the pronouns provided, create your own sentences about Rapa
Nui.
1. (one) _____________________________.
2.(themselves) ________________________.
3.(you) ______________________________.
4.(itself) _____________________________.
14
16. Fossil evidence shows that Rapa Nui used to have many
different kinds of trees. However, there are now no trees on
Rapa Nui. One theory for the lack of trees is that gradually
colder temperatures killed the trees. Another is that the
people themselves cut down more and more trees in order to
transport and erect the growing number of moai. Still others
point to a combination of factors from overpopulation, wars,
climate change, and moai construction. Whatever the actual
reason, did anyone stop to question the effects of their
actions? As the Rapa Nui chopped down the last remaining
trees one after another, did they ask each other where new
trees would come from? Or did everyone just assume there
were more trees on the other side of the island? The answer
will never be known, but for the island of Rapa Nui hope
remains. Seeds of the island’s trees have been found in
museums and may be reintroduced in the near 16
future.
17. Use forms of other as either adjectives or pronouns.
One theory is that colder weather killed all the
trees. Another theory is that lack of rain killed
them. Others include cutting down all the trees
for firewood or using the trees to transport
moai.
17
(first example)
adjective + noun
pronoun
18. Other is used in many different expressions.
Separate events that occurred very close in time
They chopped down the last remaining trees
one after another.
Without trees, the Rapanui couldn’t move the
moai. They tried every other way they could
think of but none worked.
18
Alternative
Reciprocal relationship
The people helped each other move the moai.
19. Practice 3Complete the sentences with a form of other.
1.Most tourists come to Rapa Nui to see the moai.
____________ come to see the beautiful beaches.
2.____________ island I’ve visited has palm trees,
but Rapa Nui does not.
3.With only 4,000 people on the island, neighbors
have to help ____________ with large projects like
building houses.
4.Scientists have found ____________ five mo’ai
buried under a landslide.
19
Others
Every other
each other
another
20. Rapa Nui…Easter Island
20
The End
End of the lesson
Learn English With Les Advanced
Lesson