Unusual Words
Please read the following passage, noting the italicized words and phrases as you proceed. Alonso got a big burst of inspo on his vacay after he unplugged and lazed around all week-he decided to become a professional pickleball player. Alonso, you see, imagines himself looking swole on a bluebird day, stans everywhere, as he scores in a heart-stopper with absolutely no garbage time on the clock. His friends all think “how on-brand of him” to want to become a pickleball player, considering that he joined the circus last year (and look how that turned out). In all fairness, though, how could Alonso have known that he’d get a bad case of coulrophobia and that captive animals would be his pain point? Having a little trouble deciphering the italicized words and phrases? Then look…
Hearts of Our People
A pink and blue Osage Wedding Coat lined with images of historic moments. A woven green and copper egg made from the fibres of a threatened tree. These are just a few pieces of art featured in a new exhibit dedicated to celebrating the individual talents and cultures of Native American women. Historically, museums have presented pieces of Native American art as unknown examples of cultures, when the artworks were created by female artists from any number of different Nations-but now these artists are finally getting their time to shine. “Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists” spans more than a thousand years of Indigenous women’s art, displaying the work…
Surprising Scholarships
There’s a lot of scholarships out there for college-bound students who can solve a geometric proof or score a touchdown. But not all scholarships are won by academics or athletics. Many organizations offer alternative and unusual ways to win scholarships, yielding a different way for students to achieve a scholarship. Duck noises are encouraged at the annual Chick and Sophie Major Memorial Duck Calling Contest. Named after champion duck callers Chick and Sophie Major, the contest awards scholarships to students that can use four different convincing duck calls in 90 seconds. The student deemed to have the most realistic duck calls of the year receives a $2,000 scholarship! Many scholarship…
Mushroom
For the rain violently poured And upwards birds could have not soared But the only thing that dared to show up Was a fungus with a head shaped like a cup
Saving Seeds of Cherokee Culture
Every kernel of Cherokee white eagle corn is a vital vestige of the past and a link to the Native American tribe’s future, along with other Cherokee heirloom crop varieties. These seeds are a key ingredient in the history and culture of their tribe, and on February 25, 2020, some were sent to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, located in the frigid mainland of Norway. Why have the Cherokee tribe chosen to send the valuable seeds there? The first reason for doing so is because of the location that they sent the seeds to. The Svalbard vault was created to reduce the risk of essential crops becoming extinct as a…
Mother’s Day/ Mother’s Birthday cards!
Yup, my mother’s birthday is very close to mother’s day. Like, only 4 days apart!
I Started a Sketchbook!
Pretty obvious what I did. Other things I am going to: Make a sticker collection Decorate my bedroom with art Decorate(and fill) my art binder Continue drawing the bunny Update: I decorated the sketchbook! The black textured surface was kinda boring, and with all the stickers I have made lying around, I just thought why not?
Get Some Sleep!
If you had a choice between eating broccoli or chocolate, you’d be most likely to choose chocolate, even though you know it is not as healthy. Many of us choose to do something that’s not good for us even when we know there’s a healthier alternative, which is why many of us don’t get a sufficient amount of sleep. A professor with a classroom full of sleep-deprived students at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, found out that just telling his students that sleep is important wasn’t enough, he had to show them. It’s not as if Professor Michael Scullin’s students were sleep-drooling on their desks for the duration of his…
Robots Might Replace Your Teacher Soon
Remote-controlled and humanoid robots, mind-power-using headbands, and VR goggles are not a common find in schools these days, but in the future might be able to change the way students and teachers work in the classroom. The mind power headband(it looks like a regular headband) lets students power computer games with their minds! The headband records electrical signals from students’ brains as they complete different activities that are designed to either help them sharpen their concentration skills or relax. The computer measures the students’ brain signals, and the measurements control the action on the screen—depending on the goal, the level of brain activity determines the outcome. The signals can even…
“You Must Collect Things for Reasons You Don’t Yet Understand.”
When it was founded in 1972, no one would have guessed that the ‘Frozen Zoo’, the largest animal cryobank in the world located at the San Diego Zoo in California, would serve a purpose, but as science became more complex, the important uses for the zoo were uncovered; the cells in the tissues that were stored in the zoo could be transformed into stem cells that could be used to save species, the cells could be cloned, and the cells could even help law enforcement! One of the purposes the Frozen Zoo serves is that scientists can use the stem cells created from the cells and tissues to build any type…
