How were your holidays? Your school vacation? Mine was good. I surprised my family with this HDTV, which I wrapped and hung on our wall. The size of an HDTV is determined by the length of its diagonal. What size…
HDTV Surprise!
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Asian giant hornets
Vespa mandarinia In AnKang, China in Shaanxi province, giant hornets have injured and killed scores of people. Government officials are now trying to eradicate these insect’s hives and have destroyed about 4,500 nests so far. The Asian giant hornet is the…
California wildfire
Wildfires are burning in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Yosemite National Park. In this activity we ask students to examine various maps of this California region, calculate distances using map scales, draw conclusions about the nature of fighting fire here,…