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Agricultural and Food Scientist

What is this job like? What is this job like? Back to Top How can farms use less labor? Control pests and weeds? Conserve soil and water? Do all of the above, yet still grow more food?…

Inventions

Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Inventions Where can I find out about inventions and inventors? Start with this alphabetical list of important inventions and…

Anatomy and
Physiology: The Heart

The HeartAnatomy and PhysiologyThe HeartAnatomy of the HeartThe Four ChambersThe Heart's Own BloodECG: Measuring a Beat Valentine's Day, at least the greeting card variety, has forever done the…

Geometry: Polyhedra

PolyhedraGeometryThe Next Dimension: Surfaces and SolidsPrismsPyramidsCylinders and ConesPolyhedraSpheresPlatonic Solids A polyhedron is a three-dimensional version of a polygon. Recall that a…

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi political leaderBorn: 4/28/1937Birthplace: Tikrit, Iraq Hussein was raised in the farming village of Tikrit by his widowed mother. He joined the Ba'ath Socialist party in 1957 and was soon…

Three Branches of Government

The System of Checks and Balances In 1787 leaders of the states gathered to write the Constitution-a set of principles that told how the new nation would be governed. The leaders of the states…

Halloween History

The tangled origins of the October 31 holiday by Shmuel Ross Related Links Halloween GuideHalloween Traditions  New! Halloween by the NumbersHalloween Hangman  New…

Interjections

An interjection expresses an emotion. It might show excitement or surprise.Wow! That is a giant pumpkin!Ouch, you stepped on my toe!Yippee! We won!Whoa! Hold your horses!Bravo, you did a great job…