25. idiom, vp 7 quiz, newspaper presentation, 4 a text

Reading 3IECP

Fall 2013Nikki Mattson

Idiom VP 8 quiz Newspaper Presentation RE 4A text

Agenda

Work together with a partner to create another example sentence. Once you have finished, write your sentence on the board and practice using the idiom in conversation.

1. What is something that you don’t have a clue about?

2. I told my friend to get a clue when….

3. Yesterday when I asked my friend___, he/she shook his/her head and told me to get a clue.

Practice

VP 8 Quiz

Newspaper Presentation

1. What are your sleep patterns like? Do you suffer from any of the sleep inhibitors mentioned in the article?

2. What are some of the changes that our bodies and mind experience as we fall asleep and continue to sleep?

3. According to the article, how does alcohol consumption affect sleep? Why do some people drink it to help them sleep?

4. Which chemicals and hormones are mentioned in the article? What are their functions?

5. According to the article, how can stress affect sleep? What does the article suggest that individual’s do when they feel anxious and can’t sleep?

6. What strategies do you have to promote restful, effective sleep?

Discussion Questions (3A)

1. If you were in William’s situation, what would you do? Do you think you would make the same decision that he has made?

2. Why do you think William was able to survive when so many other have not been so fortunate?

3. Why might William’s blood be useful in the fight against Ebola?

4. What can individuals (regular people like you and me) do to help people in Africa fight Ebola?

5. If Ebola keeps spreading to volunteers and healthcare workers, do you think we should we stop having healthy individuals treat patients with Ebola?

6. If Ebola spreads to State College, what should we do?

Discussion Questions (3B)

Questions1)Why does the speaker mention the spider and beetle examples?2)How is nature “like a catalog of products”?3)Why does the speaker mention the greenhouse building project?

Biomimetic Video

What is Biomimetics?

pg. 61, line 15 – The thorny devil can also do this when standing on damp sand – a _______competitive

advantage in the desert.

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Pg. 61, line 17 – Parker had come to solve the_______of precisely how it does this…


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Pg. 61, line 19 - …to make a_______to help people collect water in the desert.

Pg. 61, line 38 – Parker sent his observations and experimental results to…two __________.


Pg. 61, line 45 – This combination of biological ______ and engineering pragmatism is vital to success in biomimetics.


Pg. 62, line 95 - …Fearing is confident that over time he will close the ________ between nature and human

engineering.


pg. 62, line 105 – Cutkosky studied the extremely small structures on the gecko’s feet that allow it to run up and

down ______walls…


Pg. 63, line 135 – For the present, engineers cannot hope to _______ it.


Pg. 63, line 136 – _________, the gap with nature is gradually closing.


Pg. 63, line 136 - …the gap with nature is _______ closing.


Read 1 paragraph silently Orally summarize the paragraph with your

partner Repeat these steps until you have finished the

text( 25 minutes) Let Nikki know that you are ready for the

discussion questions Extra time? Complete pgs. 64-66

Reading and Oral Summarizing -4A Text

Discussion Questions

1. Why is Parker studying the thorny devil? How could this help people in the real world?

2. What are some examples from the text of how nature’s past has influenced our present? Do you think we needed to study nature in order to come up with these ideas?

3. What does it mean that the combination of biological insight and engineering pragmatism are vital for biomimetics? Why is this combination vital?

4. What do Rubner and Cohen consider to be a successful biomimetics project? Do you agree with their definition?

5. According to the article, what is an example of something from nature that we can’t replicate at this point it time? Do you think we will ever be able to replicate this?

6. What is stickybot? What could it be used for? What are your thoughts about this invention?

Newspaper Quiz = Friday (For this quiz, I will use 1-3 of the discussion questions (in the PPT). It will be “no notes.”

VP 9 complete + check answers (Monday = 3A, Tuesday = 3B)

Print two copies of your VP 9 group work assignment (Monday = 3A, Tuesday = 3B). I will collect your part at the beginning of class and grade it for accuracy.

HW

25. idiom, vp 7 quiz, newspaper presentation, 4 a text

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