Measuring progress

In my past 18 years, I have been living in an environment that people telling me what should I do and what should I not to do. My mum taught me to be a good role model for my younger sister, my dad told me to study hard so I can have a good future. By going to school, teachers teach me that what is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ from the textbook and I have also been learning that from the TV, newspaper and radio. The mass media is always a channel for me to receive what is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ about the social

In lieu of having the opportunity to measure a tall object, I decided that it would be interesting to know the height of my barn because it was never identified. There are few steps to finding how tall an item is, however, it is quite difficult to be completely accurate with the objects that I utilized. First, I needed to build a clinometer with a straw, protractor, and string, which was used to find the angle of elevation. “The angle of elevation is the angle formed by a horizontal line and a line

If you want to become a grilling expert, it is important to learn about the two main ways to cook over an open flame: smoking and grilling. What are their main differences? Is the flavor from one different from the flavor from the other? We will consider these questions and more as we look at smoking vs. grilling. What is the difference between smoking and grilling? Smoking is an ancient method of preserving meats using smoke, indirect heat and low cooking temperatures. The original reason for

Gun violence is a major problem. Various proposals have been offered by the lobbyists, politicians and citizens to reduce including ban on assault rifles, military style riffles, some even went on to the extent of shedding some worrisome over the second amendment because of the series of gun violence in the country. No doubt that this is a challenging subject and it requires bold actions in order to reduce the violence perpetrated by the wrongful use of gun that is now a days use to take the life

School shootings have been on the rise in the United States since the early 80’s, questioning the safety and security of schools all across the country. Lots of ideas have come up for trying to keep weapons out of schools but the idea of having metal detectors has stuck and on paper seems to be a viable option for schools but in real use they have lots of issues. One of the biggest problems with using metal detectors in public schools will be cost. Cost affects many different things to do with the

Problem: How do different material cups such as, plastic, paper, and styrofoam cups affect an anemometers speed? Styrofoam Cups Styrofoam is known as plastic #6 or PS (Polystyrene). Styrofoam was first used in 1941 when Dow’s Chemical Physics Lab found a way to make foamed polystyrene. Styrofoam starts out as little pellets. These pellets are about 1 millimeter big and will go through a heating and cooling process, expanding the pellet 40 - 50 times its size. Styrofoam is usually used to

In the old days, instrumentation and measurements were needed only in the transfer of goods and for consistency of the exchanges. The 19th century industrial revolution brought much development in instrumentation to serve the industrial needs of process variables measurement. The last few years of the 20th century (because of the new innovations and development in electronics) resulted in new instruments and measurement techniques, which are implemented in the oil and gas industry. Instrumentation

Validity: External, Internal, and Construct Internal validity measures what it intends to measure or, more generally, if it examines what it sets out to examine. In effect, a valid study gives real answers to the research questions and provides a real test of the hypotheses. According to Aken, Berends, and Bij (2007), “Internal validity concerns conclusions about the relationship between phenomena. The results of a study are internally valid when conclusions about relationships are justified and

magnetic lid lifter, a jar wrench and a jar funnel – cost at Target is $35. ~The canning set is used to process the product in the mason jars to preserve the product. • Liquid measuring cup, measuring cups and measuring spoons – cost at dollar store is a $1 each. ~ The liquid measuring cup, measuring cups, and measuring spoons will be used to measure out the ingredients. • Wooden spoon – cost at dollar store is a $1. ~ Wooden spoon will be used to stir the product during the whole process. 4/5.

Kids should be safe in schools. Recently, people have taken their anger out on kids in school. This causes kids to not be safe in schools. This is usually unexpected. People are hurting innocent kids because they have their own anger. We need to add an metal detector for all of all of the schools around the world an they need guards in the schools that they will help kids in the school that they need help from bad people in the world. We need to buy some guns for some of the teachers in