Brain Boosters.Give your class a brain booster as a quick morning wake-up activity, during a transition time, or as a cool-down activity to prompt meaningful discussions September 4 In 1882, the first electric power station is built in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to supply light and electricity to its people. Four hundred light bulbs, invented by Thomas Edison, light up the city. Each Edison light bulb could last for 40 hours. How many hours would 400 light bulbs last, if they were all lit at the same time? If they were lit consecutively? September 6 September is National Honey Month Same as Honeymoon. See also: Honey . A honey bee honey bee called also Apis mellifera. See also bee sting. flies at 15 miles per hour. An entire hive of bees has to travel an amazing 55 thousand miles to gather the nectar to make one pound of honey. In five minutes, think of as many ways as you can to help the honeybee honeybee Broadly, any bee that makes honey (any insect of the tribe Apini, family Apidae); more strictly, one of the four species constituting the genus Apis. The term is usually applied to one species, the domestic honeybee (A. gather more honey, more easily. September 18 In 1830, there was a famous nine-mile race between the first locomotive built in America (named the Tom Thumb Tom Thumb, 1838–83, American entertainer, whose original name was Charles Sherwood Stratton, b. Bridgeport, Conn. His career as General Tom Thumb began in 1842, when the showman P. T. ), and a horse. The locomotive lost! In those days, trains were called "Iran Horses." In five minutes, write down and explain three ways in which trains are similar to horses. September 25 On this day in 1912, the Ford Motor Company established an eight-hour workday and a five-day week five-day week n → semana inglesa five-day week n → semaine f de cinq jours five-day week five n → for their automobile workers. Today, the forty-hour work week is the standard. Consider your own "work" day. In the next five minutes, figure out how many hours in and outside of school you spend studying, learning, reading, and writing. Record your total. Do you think this amount of time is enough, too much, or not enough? Write a sentence or two to explain your answer. September 13 Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG BfG Bundesanstalt für Gewaesserkunde (Germany: Federal Institute of Hydrology) BFG Big Friendly Giant (Roald Dahl book) BFG Battlefleet Gothic (game) BFG Briefing and many other favorites, was born on this day in 1916. Dahl enjoyed inventing new words and names for things. In The BFG, the Big Friendly Giant tells Sophie about the yummy pigwinkles and yucky snozzcumbers (fruits and vegetables that grow in Giant Country). What do you think a snozzcumber looks and tastes like? In five minutes, invent a name and write a description for your own silly vegetable or fruit. |
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