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Q: How many kangaroos live in Australia?
A: Around 25 million. That's more kangaroos than people (people population is about 22.6 million).
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ATHELETES IN PLACE
Q: Five athletes were returning from a cross-country race. Athlete C placed third, and athlete E placed second. From the following information, can you tell how athletes A, B, and D placed in the race?
Athlete A was not last. Athlete A came in after E. Athlete D was not first.
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GENETICS
Capture your students attention and get them ready to learn with these worksheets. Try this vocabulary matching exercise on the subject of genetics at the beginning of a science lesson.
Human Development
Students will do the following:
- Examine the eight stages of human emotional and psychological development described by psychologist Erik Erikson
- Discuss Erikson’s first five stages of life, infancy through adolescence, with a focus on the adolescent “identity crisis”
Understanding Television
Students will understand the following:
- Producing a television show is a complex task that requires many skills, many people, and a great deal of thought and planning
Understanding Sterotypes
Students will:
- Assumptions can lead to stereotypes and unfair judgments about individuals and groups
- Stereotypes and biases affect our lives
Concepts in Algebra
Students will:
- Discover Islamic achievements in mathematics
- Understand Al-Khwarizmi's six standard forms of equations
- Be able to solve equations in any of the forms
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Students will:
- Read one work by Edgar Allan Poe ("The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Raven," or "The Tell-Tale Heart")
- Summarize basic elements (plot, characters, setting, perspective)
- Identify the emotions revealed in the work
- Create an original piece portraying these emotions
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