Essays Tagged: "school textbooks"

Tesla / The history of tesla and the fued with Edison that blackend his name. A very thought out paper about tesla being left out of history because of his budgetery concerns.

shaped more by Tesla than any other individual. By being erased from the Smithsonian and omitted in school textbooks, Tesla has been all but forgotten by the vast majority of society (Wagner).Nikola T ... n the ministry, Tesla insisted on studying engineering (Herskovits). Nikola entered the Polytechnic School in Graz where he studied 20 hours a day, earned straight A+ grades, and learned to speak nine ...

(6 pages) 31 0 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

My Dream Room

tands adjacent to the trendiest red leather chair ever seen. Within the shelf, sit rows of colorful school textbooks and various books. Among those, rest Rebecca, The Giver, Anna Karenina, bibliograph ... desk when I work. The desk possesses seven drawers stuffed with miscellaneous objects, ranging from school work to laptop supplies. On the ground beside the desk sits a radio/cd/tape player, which is ...

(2 pages) 24 0 2.5 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Problems of Aral Sea

rs ago, exceeded 66 thousand sq. km. It was considered as one of the biggest lakes in the world. In school textbooks these data are still given in present time, no less than on geographical maps Aral ...

(10 pages) 33 0 2.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Technology Makes Textbooks Lighter for Future Elementary Students.

ndards have increased overthe past few years, so has the weight of the textbooks.Today's elementary school textbooks are the size and weight of college level books ofa few years ago. Along with this e ... extra weight comes a burden that might not have beenenvisioned twenty-five years ago. Today's young school children are being subjected toinjuries that have brought about much controversy over the pas ...

(4 pages) 33 0 0.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Freedom described in "Master Harold" ... and the boys.

f Hally's upbringing and are close friends. Hally has educated Sam with the knowledge acquired from school textbooks, but Sam has been trying to teach Hally lessons necessary for a healthy lifestyle. ...

(1 pages) 31 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Hazelwood history of censorshi

or whatever reasons, to disappear . . . Virtually every film and television show would vanish . . . School textbooks would be so watered-down as to be meaningless. Newspapers would be forbidden to run ... Court ruled on the Hazelwood court case. The professional journalists have set an example for high school students who also want to cover important events that are pertinent to their school and commu ...

(12 pages) 26 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Avogadro

s in crystals with an error of less than .000 000 01. By 1958 Avogadro's constant was being used in school textbooks, a testament to the finally accepted number that has taken over 140 years to be rec ...

(1 pages) 2241 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry