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Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport, with six rotating players, separated from the other team by a high net. However a casual game can include any number of players. Players are set in 2-3 rows. Generally

Settlement Patterns There are three main types of settlement patterns. Linear settlements arise along a path: river, highway, or coastline. They are shaped by transportation and economic opportunities.

Heat Transmission There are three modes of heat transmission. Radiation - is the transfer of heat where there is no contact and no intermediary substance or object, no mediu. An example of radiation is

Chindogu Chindogu is the Japanese art of making unuseless inventions, like shoes with umbrellas. The shoes will keep your feet dry but they are also an absurdity. Chindogu results in useful inventions

The New Seven Wonders of the World In 2007, more than 100 million people voted to crate the New Seven Wonders of the World list. The following list is in no particular order and meant to represent global

Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank The Nobel Laureate and professor of Economics, Muhammad Yunus, founded the Grameen Bank in 1983. The professor saw real-world problems as opportunities and was willing

From Rebellion Came Democracy When we think of a rebellion leading to democracy, we usually think of the United States and its War of Independence against the British, between 1775 and 1783; but Canada

Mythical Creatures We are asked to give a brief description of the following mythical creatures. Centaurs are a mixture of man and horse. They have a horse body and the torso, head and arms of a man. They

The Heroic Story of Sang Lan Sang Lan was a young gymnast for China who suffered a spinal cord injury at the at the 1998 Goodwill Games while vault jumping. She was paralyzed from the neck down. Before

Patterning In a pattern that which repeats is called the core. Every element, number, symbol, or shape, is called a term. 535535535 In the above example 535 is our core and 5 is the fourth term and 3 is

#The Three Roses The Three Roses is a Czech folktale. There was a mother who had three daughters. There was going to be a market and she was going to go to it. Two daughters asked for a lot of stuff. The

Summer Solstice Resolutions and Poetic Similies Caden Teneycke describes a New Year's resolution as decision or promise that people make that they plan to do or keep for the whole year. They might decide

Transformation in Geometry According to the Minity Maths Youtube channel, there are four transformations in math. To transform a shape is to change its size or position. Translations The movement of a

My Artistic Journey of the Last Year We regularly visited art galleries like the Vancouver Art Gallery, Museum of Vancouver, the Belkin, Bill Reid, and HSBC lobby and enjoyed the artistic exhibits at Beaty

Literary Devices and Sneetches Point of View The Sneetches is told with the narrator outside of the story. It is told in third person. Symbolism The stars on the Sneetches is an example of symbolism. Stars

Coordinate Plane Graphing The X-axis is on the horizontal. The Y-axis is on the vertical. The first quadrant has two positive ordinal pairs. Going counter-clockwise, we come to the second quadrant that

Self Image Self image is the same as self - concept. They are the ways we think about ourselves, the ideas and opinions we have of ourselves. I see myself as having a good sense of humour and being resilient

Positive Thought Strategies We have finished our provincially supplied Math program and have returned to working in the Grade seven Canadian Curriculum book. Math is hard for some of us and so we have

Fun with Pugs Okay, not pugs, but pug. Just one. Our friend, Bao, is back in the hood. We haven't seen her for almost a year, and it was really nice to spend time with her again. We took her for a walk

Tomb Raiding When studying ancient archaeological sites, particularly burial sites, like the Lady of Cao, or the tomb of King Tut, our desire for knowledge and understanding of history and humanity must