Nt1310 Unit 1 Assignment

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The properties of seasons can be effectively studied during many academic stages. The Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA, 2012) states that by Year 7, all students should have the knowledge to answer how and why Earth’s regions are subject to differing seasons.

The National Geographic (The reasons for seasons, 2013), states that it is imperative to develop relevant geographical and astronomical knowledge to understand the logic of Earth’s seasons. This comprehension can be achieved by completing and/or studying research regarding meteorological terms including climate, the equator, weather and the Southern and Northern Hemispheres. Learners should also understand how Earth revolves around the sun.

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Countries in the Southern Hemisphere, including Australia, experience warmer months from December through March. This variation in weather demonstrates Earth’s revolution around the sun. Figure 1.Describes variation in weather as earth revolves around the sun. Earth the Exceptional blue planet .(2016)
Earth’s Revolution around the Sun

Earth needs twenty-four hours for a complete revolution on its axis. While Earth is spinning, some countries will be moved away from the sun and thus experience night. Countries on the other side of Earth will experience day by sunlight (Woodlands Junior School, n.d.).

Figure 2.Describes day and night.(Kurdistan Planetarium ,2011).

Rosenberg (2013) discusses Earth’s yearly orbit around the sun. They state that Earth’s orbit occurs in an elliptical rather than a circular motion. Rosenberg (2013) also states that the distance between Earth and the sun varies during the course of the year. Means (2013) also mentions that if Earth did not revolve around the sun elliptically, cold and hot temperatures would continually exist throughout the year depending on the area.

Figure 3. Describes Earths orbiting the sun the sun (Bob the

Nt1310 Unit 1 Assignment

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Question 1: During the semester we covered five major areas of technology. Discuss how EACH ONE of these technologies are relevant to your life or society. (10 pts.) All the major areas of technology is important not only in society but in our lives. Here’s how: • Communication technologies, such as our cellphones or computers, are relevant to society because we use it for business and personal enjoyment. “Technology has advanced to the point where instant communication anywhere in the world is…

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The standards addressed throughout the learning segment are: 6.NS.C.5 Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g. Temperature above/below zero, elevations above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation and 6.NS.C.7 Understand ordering and absolute value of rational…

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CE1.1 Duration : 6 Months Location : Hyderabad, India Name of Organisation : Shaaz College of Engineering & Technology Position : Group Leader I have successfully completed my bachelor’s degree in Engineering with Electronics and communication as my specialization. During the period of completion, I have worked on various individual as well as team projects. The major project that I worked on for successful completion of engineering degree was “Vehicle Tracking System” which involved the installation…

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MAC OS X for Apple Macintosh by Apple. Latest version is MAC OS X 10.12 Sierra IOS for Mobile by Apple. Latest version is IOS 10.0.3 Windows for Microsoft Windows by Microsoft. Latest Version is (10.0.14393.222) Application Software Application 1: Adobe Photoshop Purpose of the Application Adobe Photoshop is a digital editor for images and graphics. This can allow the user to modify and edit existing photos. Where the Application was…

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et al. quoting (Altekruse 2004 & Rainbow, 2002) described the bottom-up approach as an ethical decision that is based on the situation, (2013, P.67). I continue to use four criteria specified in the text for guidance in deciding ethical dilemmas. (1) Utilitarian this is an ethical behavior that is guided by what will result in the greatest good for the greatest number of people. (2) Individual ethical behavior that is guided by what will result in the individual’s best long-term interests, which…

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1. What is the difference between a. and a. Tell us something you have done outside your school curriculum to prepare yourself for your chosen degree programme(s). For example, did you work in a relevant part-time job, or did you take an online course? I frequently watch commentary Youtube videos (e.g. Johnny Harris to keep myself updated on global affairs and train my critical thinking skills. The videos helped me develop a greater understanding of the world, while the comment section trained my…

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Forum #7 Respond to the following questions (please number your responses) 1. Over your career, what professional development opportunity has impacted you the most and why? I would say that the professional development opportunity that has impacted me the most is the class I took this summer on Istation. Through all my administrative classes and through my teaching I have heard repeatedly about data-driven instruction. However, I have never felt I had a norm-referenced assessment piece that gave…

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Map: The primary visual feature of the State College Sound Map application is the map, which was implemented using the Leaflet API. The purpose of this map to not only provide the user with the spatial location of our data collection points, but to also allow the user to visually interpret the sound attributes of location type, recording loudness and recording type. Based on recommendations by MacEachren (1995) on the use of map signs, we designed a set of custom multivariate map symbols. We first…

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Task 1: 1.1 – Introduction: Apple is a world famous brand and the company was founded by Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne and Steve Wozniak on 1st April, 1976 in America for developing and selling personal computers. Apple has travelled from a small company to a world’s second largest information technology company which is now developing and selling various innovative technological gadgets like iPhone, iPod, iPad, tablet, personal computer, laptop, different computer software, Apple Watch, web browser and…

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