What Can You Do With a Crash Course Biology?

What Can You Do With a Crash Course Biology?With a crash course biology you can be at the next level. Think about it, you want to be a doctor, a dentist, a teacher, a paralegal, a mechanic, a nurse, a plumber, a lawyer, a veterinarian, or just about anything else that can give you a good salary in this society.As you know there are a lot of careers available for those that want to make a new combination of income from several different fields. This is what makes it interesting for those that want to really change their careers and be on top of everything. You might think you might have some extra money after graduating from college, but that is far from the truth.While biology and other biological sciences can provide you with a solid background if you are a little bit imaginative, there are other more lucrative careers available for those that are serious about changing careers. In fact a crash course biology can help you do just that, provided you take advantage of all of the oppor tunities that can be available to you. You may never have thought of being a dentist as a possible career, but maybe you should think about it.You will need to take a crash course on your own time as you discover your new combination of careers, but that will not be a problem. All you have to do is go online and find a course, read it, and then follow the advice given on how to take action to get into the programs that will really fit your talents. Once you are in the program, you will need to do some research on the colleges that offer the courses, but the best places to start would be by doing some online research.You will need to do a course biology to really get started and get to the next level of your career. There are many different disciplines that you can pick, and while there may be a few courses that will open up a few career options for you, there are many others that will give you a better feel for what you are working towards. With a crash course biology you can really gain insight into what different career fields are, how they interact, what different skills they require, and how you can position yourself to get the job that you want.With a crash course biology you can also learn some valuable things about the people you will be working with. This is important because you will be interacting with others in the medical, dental, legal, mechanical, pharmacy, pharmaceutical, or veterinary career fields. You will get a chance to see what kind of people work in each of these fields, and you can also talk to the people you will be working with about what kind of things you need to take care of as you transition into the new career field.As you know biology is one of the fastest growing fields that are going to continue to grow. You may have the drive to start a career in biology, or you may just want to know more about the way the field operates and if there are any areas that you might want to consider.

Tips for Boosting your High School Students Reading Comprehension

Tips for Boosting your High School Student's Reading Comprehension Tips for Boosting your High School Student's Reading Comprehension Reading comprehension is one of the most important skills high school students can develop, and it's also one of their most common weaknesses. It can't be improved overnight it requires discipline, and often that discipline starts with the parents. If you manage to improve your child's reading fluency and the amount of information that is gleaned from reading a book, he or she will be equipped with one of the most important skills for taking standardized tests, getting into college, and being proficient in a new career field. On the flip side, a struggling teen reader has poor chances of achieving high SAT skills and will quickly become discouraged. A parent only has so much influence on how well their student absorbs reading material but it's important to make the most of the opportunities you have to help. Encourage More Frequent Reading As with anything, practice makes perfect. Help your student find out what he or she likes to read whether it's sports coverage articles, fantasy novels, or biographies and have him or her read on a regular basis. When a student reads material that is on par with their reading level, they can fully understand the majority of the words and learn a few new ones. If he or she tries to read material that is too difficult for your child, they won't understand a lot of it and it will be a lost cause. Reading material that introduces a few new words here and there is the best way to build up to a higher level and improve your vocabulary. Talk About It Get interested in what your student is reading. Have him or her explain it to you. Paraphrasing content forces a reader to truly think about the meaning of what was read, and not simply focus on the fact that they completed the task. Ask questions about why a character did a certain thing or what they think is going to happen next. Develop a Strategy The time will come when the student will be assigned material that he or she finds difficult, so preparedness is important. Rereading portions of the text and breaking it down sentence-by-sentence are the most common and useful strategies. Using context clues to figure out the meaning of foreign words is also a very useful skill. In essence, teach your reader to break passages into smaller, more manageable chunks to decode meaning. Hire a Professional Sometimes, you as a parent are simply not equipped to teach your child new skills. As long as you are making the effort to foster improvement, you are doing your job. Hiring a professional reading tutor has been proven to be successful in improving grades and teaching new, useful skills.

International School of Africa Djibouti

International School of Africa â€" Djibouti International School of Africa â€" Djibouti The International School of Africa (ISA) is a PK-Grade 8 International school serving local and international families in Djibouti. The school is adding a grade level each year (9-12)with our first graduating class in 2024. Our curriculum is based on US CCSS, with the program growing into an inquiry model of teaching and learning. The school campus is a purpose built facility, with a Strategic Plan involving 4 phases; phases 1 and 2 are complete.ISAs mission is to promote academic excellence with an international focus. We are a culturally based partnership of students, parents, staff and community that strive to inspire students to become lifelong learners and critical thinkers engaged in an ever-changing society. Our vision views us as a pioneering educational community committed to academic excellence, innovative practice, community service and global citizenship for Africa. As ISA successfully progresses through the phases of the Strategic Plan, our vision is becoming reality. View our Brochure

The Making of a Video Game Easy for Everyone

The Making of a Video Game Easy for Everyone The Art of Video Games 2012 by: Blake PattersonQuote on wall: Games are a toolkit we use to create. -Henry Jenkins Wiley, who created his own video game studio called Hot Trouble, encourages all to create their own game with the help of friends. “No experience is necessary,” he said. “[You] just have to love games.” And consequently, know what you like in games â€" what works for you and what doesn’t. He said that you don’t have to be a programmer or an artist to create a game, since modern technology, and program-sharing people, have made it entirely possible to create a video game without prior knowledge. Wiley knows. With no previous programing knowledge, he made his own recognized game, “Lumpy Space Chess,” based on the Cartoon Network program “Adventure Time.” Who wants to play video games? by: JD HancockThis is Beemo, the friendly video game console from the TV series Adventure Time. Classically trained programmers are not needed for all types of video games now, thanks to the Internet. Wiley listed platforms that could be used to make games without knowing traditional game programming. They are: GameSalad, the worlds fastest game design engine where you can learn to make and publish hit games for free, with no coding; GameMaker: Studio, used for fast, cross-platform game development for non-programmers and programmers; and Flixel, a open source game-making library and coding community. Wiley also named where people with unsatisfactory art skills could obtain game art â€" not everyone is an artist â€" and a place to get game audio.   They are: OpenGameArt(.org), a place with high-quality, appropriately licensed, 2D and 3D  artwork; and Bfxr(.net) a flash-based sound generator used for game sound effects. He said there are many avenues to get involved, like game jams such as “the Global Game Jam” or “Ludum Dare.” The Art of Video Games by: Ryan Somma (Because Wikipedia can word it 10x better than a girl with no gaming knowledge can, “A game jam is a gathering of developers, artists, and other creatives over a short time during which a collective effort is made to make one or more games.” Thanks Wiki.) Wiley also said there are various meetings people can go to, to get connected to the gaming community â€" one being “Juegos Rancheros,” an independent gaming community based in Austin, Texas. “It’s the golden age of video games,” Wiley said. “Games are art, art creates culture and culture determines your life.” Go game.

2015 New Years Language Challenge Wrap-Up!

2015 New Year’s Language Challenge Wrap-Up! What a great way to welcome the New Year with the completion of the italki 2015 New Year’s Language Challenge! The Challenge was to complete 20 hours of language lessons on italki in 6 weeks (from January 15th to February 28th) to win a reward of 400ITC! (Click here for the Official rules) Challenge Recap! We did an analysis of this Challenge and it was similar to our previous Challenges (2014 October Challenge, 2014 World Cup Challenge, 2014 New Year’s Challenge). For this year: 48% of Challengers completed the Challenge! We had Challengers came from all over the world (representing 66 countries). These were the top 5 countries participating: 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Russian Federation 4. Spain 5. Canada Wow! We had over 49 languages that were learned in the Language Challenge. The 5 most popular languages that our Challengers were learning were: 1. English 2. Spanish 3. French 4. Chinese 5. Italian We also had a lot of much greater representation from our less popular languages like: ? Armenian ? Bengali ? Esperanto ? Galician ? Icelandic ? Lao ? Mongolian ? Punjabi ? Tamil ? Telugu ? Urdu ? Zhuang Other interesting tidbits: ? 71% of Challengers who submitted a Public Video Pledge completed the Challenge. Compared to the 48% that finished from all the Challengers, this really helps! ? One hardcore challenge winner completed over 100+ hours (and you know who you are). This is doing more than 2 hours of language lessons a day! Wow! ? 11.5% of our challengers were also Community Tutors or Professional Teachers on italki so many of them were not only learning but teaching during the challenge! ? 3.9% of the challengers just missed winning by 1 hour or less. Ouch. ? Planning ahead pays off! In one of our surveys, 82% of successful Challengers had already chosen a teacher (or teachers) before getting started.   They were also twice as likely to have considered their Challenge goal and mini-goals. ? Confidence is not enough. Of Challengers who told us their confidence levels, those who did not finish the language challenge were just as confident as those who did!   Plan ahead to create a structure and study habits to help you commit. ? Josie, Karthik and Aime our italki staff completed the Challenge and really improved their Chinese. They all won the reward but their bigger prize was that was they got to keep their jobs (just kidding)! Again, while it’s great that 48% of you that finished the New Year’s Challenge! We wanted congratulate all the challengers who participated. Even if you didn’t finish, we hope that this was a positive experience and it helped you kickstart your language learning for 2015! Give yourselves a big pat on the back! If you missed this Challenge, don’t worry as we’ll have future Language Challenges. See you at the next Challenge! 2015 New Year’s Language Challenge Wrap-Up! What a great way to welcome the New Year with the completion of the italki 2015 New Year’s Language Challenge! The Challenge was to complete 20 hours of language lessons on italki in 6 weeks (from January 15th to February 28th) to win a reward of 400ITC! (Click here for the Official rules) Challenge Recap! We did an analysis of this Challenge and it was similar to our previous Challenges (2014 October Challenge, 2014 World Cup Challenge, 2014 New Year’s Challenge). For this year: 48% of Challengers completed the Challenge! We had Challengers came from all over the world (representing 66 countries). These were the top 5 countries participating: 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Russian Federation 4. Spain 5. Canada Wow! We had over 49 languages that were learned in the Language Challenge. The 5 most popular languages that our Challengers were learning were: 1. English 2. Spanish 3. French 4. Chinese 5. Italian We also had a lot of much greater representation from our less popular languages like: ? Armenian ? Bengali ? Esperanto ? Galician ? Icelandic ? Lao ? Mongolian ? Punjabi ? Tamil ? Telugu ? Urdu ? Zhuang Other interesting tidbits: ? 71% of Challengers who submitted a Public Video Pledge completed the Challenge. Compared to the 48% that finished from all the Challengers, this really helps! ? One hardcore challenge winner completed over 100+ hours (and you know who you are). This is doing more than 2 hours of language lessons a day! Wow! ? 11.5% of our challengers were also Community Tutors or Professional Teachers on italki so many of them were not only learning but teaching during the challenge! ? 3.9% of the challengers just missed winning by 1 hour or less. Ouch. ? Planning ahead pays off! In one of our surveys, 82% of successful Challengers had already chosen a teacher (or teachers) before getting started.   They were also twice as likely to have considered their Challenge goal and mini-goals. ? Confidence is not enough. Of Challengers who told us their confidence levels, those who did not finish the language challenge were just as confident as those who did!   Plan ahead to create a structure and study habits to help you commit. ? Josie, Karthik and Aime our italki staff completed the Challenge and really improved their Chinese. They all won the reward but their bigger prize was that was they got to keep their jobs (just kidding)! Again, while it’s great that 48% of you that finished the New Year’s Challenge! We wanted congratulate all the challengers who participated. Even if you didn’t finish, we hope that this was a positive experience and it helped you kickstart your language learning for 2015! Give yourselves a big pat on the back! If you missed this Challenge, don’t worry as we’ll have future Language Challenges. See you at the next Challenge! 2015 New Year’s Language Challenge Wrap-Up! What a great way to welcome the New Year with the completion of the italki 2015 New Year’s Language Challenge! The Challenge was to complete 20 hours of language lessons on italki in 6 weeks (from January 15th to February 28th) to win a reward of 400ITC! (Click here for the Official rules) Challenge Recap! We did an analysis of this Challenge and it was similar to our previous Challenges (2014 October Challenge, 2014 World Cup Challenge, 2014 New Year’s Challenge). For this year: 48% of Challengers completed the Challenge! We had Challengers came from all over the world (representing 66 countries). These were the top 5 countries participating: 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Russian Federation 4. Spain 5. Canada Wow! We had over 49 languages that were learned in the Language Challenge. The 5 most popular languages that our Challengers were learning were: 1. English 2. Spanish 3. French 4. Chinese 5. Italian We also had a lot of much greater representation from our less popular languages like: ? Armenian ? Bengali ? Esperanto ? Galician ? Icelandic ? Lao ? Mongolian ? Punjabi ? Tamil ? Telugu ? Urdu ? Zhuang Other interesting tidbits: ? 71% of Challengers who submitted a Public Video Pledge completed the Challenge. Compared to the 48% that finished from all the Challengers, this really helps! ? One hardcore challenge winner completed over 100+ hours (and you know who you are). This is doing more than 2 hours of language lessons a day! Wow! ? 11.5% of our challengers were also Community Tutors or Professional Teachers on italki so many of them were not only learning but teaching during the challenge! ? 3.9% of the challengers just missed winning by 1 hour or less. Ouch. ? Planning ahead pays off! In one of our surveys, 82% of successful Challengers had already chosen a teacher (or teachers) before getting started.   They were also twice as likely to have considered their Challenge goal and mini-goals. ? Confidence is not enough. Of Challengers who told us their confidence levels, those who did not finish the language challenge were just as confident as those who did!   Plan ahead to create a structure and study habits to help you commit. ? Josie, Karthik and Aime our italki staff completed the Challenge and really improved their Chinese. They all won the reward but their bigger prize was that was they got to keep their jobs (just kidding)! Again, while it’s great that 48% of you that finished the New Year’s Challenge! We wanted congratulate all the challengers who participated. Even if you didn’t finish, we hope that this was a positive experience and it helped you kickstart your language learning for 2015! Give yourselves a big pat on the back! If you missed this Challenge, don’t worry as we’ll have future Language Challenges. See you at the next Challenge!

What You Should Know About Ordering Groceries Online

What You Should Know About Ordering Groceries Online Image via Pixabay.com Not only can time be an issue when you go grocery shopping, but the trip itself can be tiresome. Who actually enjoys going grocery shopping? Even the people waltzing from aisle to aisle in their Grinch pajamas arent dying with excitement to be in a grocery store. Sometimes, the trips can be downright awful. Finding available parking can be tough, especially if you’re at the one grocery store near campus. You know the one. Every college student decides that is the only store in the city and it becomes the designated spot for students to shop. And if parking is bad, then you know the inside of the store is going to be utter chaos. Waiting in line can take thirty minutes at times, even with the addition of self-service checkout stations in many grocery stores. However, if it’s a busy time of the day, even the line for the machines can wind back into the aisles. Don’t get me started on how aggressive people can get while grocery shopping and it happens to be extremely crowded. I’ ve lost count of the number of times that I’ve nearly been mowed down by old ladies whizzing down the spices aisle with their packed carts. Grocery shopping: it’s a dangerous sport. Naturally, when I heard about ordering groceries online, my curiosity was thoroughly piqued. Ordering groceries online is a relatively fast and new way to bring the groceries you need right to your front door, helping you skip the crowds of other grocery shoppers and time restraints. Many grocery stores have implemented this ordering groceries online into one of the services they offer while other companies have made this their specialty. If you’re interested in ordering groceries online, there are several things you should know before you make that first order: 1.  Not every grocery store offers this service. As I mentioned, ordering groceries online is a service that’s still being introduced in many grocery stores. This service is in the testing stage at some place. Stores want to see if this way of getting groceries will prove to be popular or if it’s something that no one will be interested in.  To see if a store offers a way for you to order your groceries online, check out their website and search for an option that will allow you to start adding items to your virtual cart. 2.  You might be paying more money Companies like Instacart, an online grocery-ordering service, offer items from grocery stores at slightly higher prices to help cover the cost of the service. Prices for things like eggs, bread, and cheese might be a little more expensive online. It’s up to you to decide if the increased price is worth the convenience of having your groceries delivered to you. 3.  Some stores offer grocery pickup instead Maybe you’ve noticed those giant, orange parking lots that have started popping up at some Wal-Marts. Those are the pickup areas. Customers can use their Walmart Grocery app to pick out and purchase goods online. After paying online with your credit, debit, or gift card, you’ll select from a list of available pickup times and days. From there, Walmart will notify you when your grocery order has been processed and rounded up by one of their employees. Then, all you have to do is drive into one of the pickup spaces, check in on your app, and an employee will bring your things right out to you. Fun fact: I used this service to pick up two giant bean bags before! It was great!  4. You’ll need to be home if you’re getting groceries delivered to your door This one probably goes without saying but you’ll definitely need to be at home if you ordered groceries online and you’re expecting them to be delivered soon. I list this as a “need to know” item because you should factor this into your decision on whether you want to order groceries online or not. Sometimes, the delivery time will change, according to how fast your delivery person is. If you think you have time to run a quick errand but your delivery person arrives at your house before you’ve finished, it could cause a problem. It’s best to pick a delivery time when you know you’ll have a few hours where you can be at home. 5.  You should tip your delivery person They did a lot of hard work for you! It’s only polite to give them a nice tip. There you have it! Have you decided if online grocery shopping is the thing for you?

The Chemistry Department at Hunter College

The Chemistry Department at Hunter CollegeThe Chemistry Department at Hunter College is one of the most popular in the country, especially in urban areas like New York City. Unlike some schools where the department may be small or only as large as the major, the Department of Chemistry at Hunter College is a department for the whole Hunter College student body.Chemistry is such a broad subject that you can study it at any university as long as it is related to chemistry. The exact word you will hear is 'academic chemistry'academic chemistry and biological chemistry.' Both these disciplines include chemistry for teaching in classrooms, labs, and lecture halls. However, the exact sciences that are taught in the curriculum are different.If you have taken an undergraduate chemistry course, you may have found out that most of the students who get into chemistry graduate at a lesser level. This is because the syllabus that they use at the major college where they are majors are different f rom the syllabus that they will use in their undergrad.If you took biology courses, you will find that your science classes are slightly more challenging and you will probably have to take remedial chemistry if you are not prepared for this. After you take science classes, you may have to take a similar type of chemistry class to follow up with that course. The Chemistry Department at Hunter College has six different science courses, which they offer in a bi-weekly basis.These chemistry courses for biology majors are the following: A Physical and Biological Chemistry, Computational and Quantum Chemical Chemistry, Physics of Nature and Applications, Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, and Molecule Structure and Functions. The chemistry department covers all the sciences necessary for a good university and they offer a lot of supplemental courses, based on the classes that the major and minor course students take. The department also offers a first-year course on organic chemistry. Th is is something that is offered every year at every university.The department has thirty class numbers in all, and each class number has ten to fifteen students in it. Some of the class numbers have no seating on the floor and some have seats in the gymnasium. Each class numbers class has a corresponding chemistry department sign and they have each of their students sit down at their assigned class number when they sit down for their respective chemistry class.In addition to the other chemistry courses that they offer, they also offer four different majors: Biological Engineering, Medical and Clinical Chemistry, Applied and Computational Chemistry, and Computational Analysis and Science. All of these different departments provide students with a full range of scientific knowledge that includes anatomy, botany, geology, biology, chemistry, physics, and all the rest of the sciences of nature.