Category: Arts

What is the Montessori method of learning? Montessori is a method of education that is based on self-directed activity, hands-on learning and collaborative play. In Montessori classrooms children make creative choices in their learning, while the classroom and the highly trained teacher offer age-appropriate activities to guide the process. Which approach did Maria Montessori emphasize? […]

What were the effects of the Black Death? The effects of the Black Death were many and varied. Trade suffered for a time, and wars were temporarily abandoned. Many labourers died, which devastated families through lost means of survival and caused personal suffering; landowners who used labourers as tenant farmers were also affected. What were […]

What were successes of the Articles of Confederation? Government successfully waged a war for independence against the British. Government negotiated an end to the American Revolution in the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1783. Government granted the free inhabitants of each state “all the privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several states.” Why […]

How do cows act when they have mad cow disease? A common sign of BSE in cows is incoordination. A sick cow has trouble walking and getting up. A sick cow may also act very nervous or violent, which is why BSE is often called “mad cow disease.” How do farmers prevent mad cow disease? […]

What is goofy if Pluto is a dog? Goofy was an anthropomorphic dog. On their web site, it stated that “Goofy was originally created as Dippy Dawg” and “was created as a human character, as opposed to Pluto, who was a pet, so [Goofy] walked upright and had a speaking voice”. What kind of dog […]

What is the size of the opening in the camera that the light passes through? Aperture can be defined as the opening in a lens through which light passes to enter the camera. It is expressed in f-numbers like f/1.4, f/2, f/2.8 and so on to express the size of the lens opening, which can […]

How did Brian find food in hatchet? The great discovery he makes several days later is that of remembering that water refracts light so once he leaves the tip of his arrow in the water, he finds himself able to get fish with it and he finally sates his hunger with all the fish he […]

How do I know what kind of dog I have? Figuring Out Your Dog’s Breed Browse Breeds. If you want to try to take a guess at your dog’s breed yourself, try to browse some breeds to figure it out. Ask Your Vet. As you probably already know, your veterinarian is a doggy expert! Doggy […]

What does Jim Smiley teach Webster? Dan’l Webster is the frog that Smiley educates to jump higher, faster, and farther than any other frog. He beats all the competition until the day that the stranger fills him with quail shot, immobilizing him. Who is Jim Smiley? Jim Smiley was a man who was hopelessly addicted […]

What your profile picture says about you? The social media profile picture could be the window to your soul. According to the study, social media users can be grouped into one of the Big Five model personality traits – openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism – based on their profile picture alone. What […]