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Exercise & Diet

You can be skinny and strong if you only eat enough carbohydrates to metabolize your protein, and make sure you get enough potassium to metabolize the carbohydrates. Your body needs carbohydrates to metabolize protein. So, don't cut out too many carbohydrates or you can't grow muscle. Some people get skinny by cutting carbohydrates. Other peo…

Cooking

Cooking uses pots and pans. Pots are deep and can hold water, broth, soup, or sauce. Pans are shallow and good for frying. A wok is like a pot and pan together, which is why it is so useful. There are eight types of cooking pot and pan surfaces: porcelain, no-stick surface, ceramic surface, carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, coppe…

Religion and Literature

Religion teaches us things that science can't understand. This can include: How the world was made before science can see What happens after we die Angels, demons, and things in the "spirit world" Ethics, morality, charity, virtue, honesty, and love The one-man Savior of the whole world Scripture vs Doctrine Every religion has …

Scientific Method

The scientific method has seven steps: State the question Research existing information Form a hypothesis Perform an experiment Analyze data Form a conclusion, repeat if needed Report findings Many Sciences Science means "study" or "learning". So, "scientific method" means "learning method". The scientific method is for e…

The Ginger Bread Man

by Jim Aylesworth (1875) Once there lived an old man, an old woman, and a little boy. One day, the old woman was baking bread. With the dough that was left over, she made a Gingerbread Man with the little boy’s help. The old woman made the shape of the Gingerbread Man. The boy put two black currants as his eyes, and a red cherry as the nose, a c…

Teaching Exercises

These are some simple, but effective, exercises that can be used, depending on the needs of the student. Phonic Sense Ss point at each word while reading Then, Ss point to random word from reading which T speaks Then, Ss write the random word from reading which T speaks Then, Ss type the random word from reading which T speaks …