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Thank you so much for your reply; I appreciate it very much!
-Katie C.
I don't know if any New York State teachers are using the Serendip NGSS lessons. However, I have checked the New York State standards (http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/programs/curriculum-instruction/p-12-science-learning-standards.pdf) and many of the high school standards related to life-sciences appear to be quoted directly from the NGSS. I think it should be relatively easy to determine equivalence by comparing the New York State standards and the NGSS standards quoted in the Teacher Notes for each activity.
Good luck!
Ingrid
I was wondering if any New York State teachers are using any of the Serendipity NGSS lessons and if so, how they correlate to the NYSSLS?
I've been able to see patterns right infront of me,I can see the energy all around me in vibrations,I've even seen third eye right infront of me looks like a triangle then goes into a big eye with weird wings spinning cycles , then looks like dark hole like a vortex. I've had dreams where I was places like Italy,or Egypt, Spain, yet never been there .
How can you say something like dancing is an act of bonding for black people and “always seems like an opportunity to show off” for white people. First of all, he fact that you think they’re capable of showing off implies that these white people *can* dance. Second, battling/showing off is an inherent part of most styles of street dance. It started with bboying which, being on of the four elements of hip hop, is inherently competitive as hip hop itself is. The entire point was to outdo each other and other crews in order to push the artform as a whole to new levels. Same with DJ and rap battles and graffiti culture, the other three elements of hip hop. I guess my point is that showing off is a part of those styles of dance which were undeniably invented by mostly black and Hispanic kids (and some white kids) in NYC and then spread across the US and now the entire world. The main point is that it’s all love at the end of the day though. Or at least that’s how I think it should be. Even if we’re going head to head and trying to one up each other, it should be nothing but respect in the end. Now if you feel like some people are missing this key aspect of it, then I can understand where you’re coming from. But just saying white dancers “always seem” like they’re trying to show off sounds like a pretty lame judgment to make. Idk about Instagram, but the dance cyphers I go to have all different street styles: bboys/bgirls, krumpers, tutters, pop/lockers, wavers, animation, footwork/juke/shuffling/skanking/x-out/other electronic styles, contemporary hip hop, etc etc and we have all different races/ethnicities: black, hispanic, white, Asian, arab, anything you can think of and no one is ever disrespectful or racist and it’s all about bonding and love and sharing skills and ideas and HAVING FUN doing what we love to do. Idk your comment just kinda rubbed me the wrong way because it just seems to unnecessary to take something that has been such a beautiful and positive part of my life and always brought people together and make it into something negative. Don’t we got enough of those problems in life that we can’t just have one thing that we all share a mutual love of whether it be dance or art or music or whatever? I’m not saying problems don’t exist in these subcultures too, but we could talk about in constructively instead of feeding into the negative idk
I think “white people can’t dance” is really an outdated socioeconomic cultural statement. What it meant was that suburban WASPy white people can’t dance because it’s not part of their culture (unless they’re women doing ballet or other highly structured/stage performance dances). Whereas casual/improvised/street style dances are a part of black and Hispanic culture all over the world, but especially in the US. Nearly all new music genres and new dance styles associated with them are born out of oppression and/or poverty. Or they’re at least derivatives of older genres that were created that way. Because music and dance are two things that no one can take away from you no matter what. Dancing especially is always FREE (and freeing). I’ve met tons of white people that can dance, but most of them aren’t from the suburbs and they grew up in cultures where dancing was valued and practiced openly all the time for fun. I am myself mostly white (25% Arab, my mom is from North Africa). I’ve been dancing since before I started school and my mom was into all genres of music, so I grew up on classic rock, soul, R&B, hip hop, punk rock, southern rock, bluegrass, blues, etc. I love almost all genres of music and dance. I’m a dancing mf lol. Both just general grooving at a club or whatever and specific forms of street dance like tutting, animation, popping, skank/x-out, shuffling/2step, and some other stuff. I think it’s kinda racist to say something like “white people can’t dance/lack rhythm”. Plus obviously tons of professional musicians and dancers are white so it’s not even a true statement. Like I said, dancing has more of w cultural basis in black culture, but that doesn’t mean white people never dance. I’ve seen tons of primarily black or Hispanic or Asian dance crews that have a white person or two on the team lol. Stereotypes are lame and put people in a box and make assumptions about them and try to limit them. It’s wrong to do it to people of color, but it’s also wrong to do it to white people. Let’s just all try to love each other a little more and celebrate our shared love of these beautiful gifts such as dance and music and art. I’m not offended or anything because I can dance lol but I just think stuff like this just discourages people from exploring dance.
For the last two months I had exact same thing, for a few times now. I wake up in the middle of the night and see with my eyes closed patterns in light green quickly changing. Not scary, but definitely something unusual :)
I am white, trying to be a dance teaching artist for schoolchildren in NYC and wondering about what types of dance are appropriate for me to teach, or even to do by myself. Looking for answers to those questions is how I found this article. I understand what you are saying and I think your suggestions are astute and respectfully articulated. Thank you, thank you, THANK you for putting so much work into writing this.
To the people who have left disrespectful comments on this article. Because I grew up (and still live) in white culture, I too can feel the impulse to be defensive. Think about the history of black people in this country, and white people, and consider the possibility that your assumptions that you are being wrongly victimized by this article are incorrect. It will not hurt you to consider this possibility -- do a thought experiment, let yourself be open to it. Black people in the USA feel that they are constantly fighting for space, and this is because of the ingrained culture here. This is not an illusion, so if you think it is, consider the possibility that you are not listening enough.
Us white people have so much power in spaces, and that means that we can do so much good by giving some of it up, to those who don't have it handed to them. Obviously I'm talking in general terms, but these are truthful generalizations.
Anyway, to the author -- thank you. It is good to know that you think there is a place for me to dance WITH black/latinx people, (even potentially in a dance teacher role where my classes will contain students of color?), as long as I openly acknowledge whose dances these are, agree to dance to the beat, and give space where it seems like I should. Even -- ESPECIALLY, in fact -- if it is challenging for me, since I have been raised to feel entitled to living a life without challenges. If it's not challenging, I'm probably not doing it right.
I pee in odd places while I sleep walk. Last night I peed in my short bathroom garbage can.
What culture? Everything you claim as your own has been "borrowed" from those around you. I can guarantee you would NOT be speaking this way in person. Also, sounds like your parents failed you, with that potty mouth
The view of the boat that goes over the horiozn is enlarged by a telescope but DOES NOT reappear. You might see some of its upper deck if it has not progressed fully over the curve, but the ONLY way you can see it again is if you raise your viewing point. You can do this by climbing a hill, or by going up in a building.
If you try to view the ship with binoculars or a telesccope from your standard eye height, you do not see any extra of the ship that went below the horion. Go to the sea with binoculars and try it yourself.
It will only reappear if you raise your viewing point.
The reason for this is that you are trying to view the boat while the refracting conditions are the same for your eyes and for the telescope or binoculars
My husband has been pissing on various places in the house lately. He's in his early 40's, the trigger almost always seems to be alcohol, like you said. I have caught him sleepwalking before, but in this past year, it's progressed to sleep walking while pissing in every place other than the toilet.hes nowhere near near about it. He's pissed twice in the hardwood floor, all over the kids toys that they left out that day, he's pissed in a laundry basket full of clothing and on our bedroom door/my vacuum cleaner. While I understand what you're saying about it being connected to something else that might develop later, that doesn't mean that getting rid of alcohol all together couldn't be a good idea. I mean, whoever said that beer or any alcohol besides red wine maybe, is good for you. And nothing that's getting you drunk enough to piss yourself is a reasonable amount. Moderation is key. Alcohol dies seem to be the trigger for most people on here though, and I observed they myself, though of course, someone who drinks regularly will always find a way to try to act as if the drinking doesn't have anything to do with any of their issues in life. ItS hElPiNg
I have clarified the Student Handout and updated the information in the Teacher Notes.
Ingrid
I have revised the Student Handout for clarity and accuracy. Also, I have updated the Reliable Relevant Sources for student reports in the Student Handout. I have updated and added information and references in the Teacher Notes.
Ingrid
I think my daughter started snorting cocaine at the age of 13 & she’s 36 now. My question is? For her start has a teenager & still using now at the age of 36. Will this cause crazy behaviour: things she would never normally do? To make her think she’s the o r being disrespected? Also like threatening people who love & care for her. Does it make her think she’s not in the wrong. I am praying for her & that’s all I am able to do right now. She’s has gotten out of control. Not only that: their was an 18 year old guy who introduced my daughter to alcohol & started drinking at the age of 11: I didn’t know she was drinking. Top it off she missed 3 months of school do to drinking & the school never called or let me know at the end of the 3 months she wasn’t in school. Still to this day she doesn’t want to forgive what happened in her childhood. I am a Residential School Survivor & a Sixtiesscoop Survivor. When I was raising her by myself: I had a lot of anger & I didn’t know why I was full of anger. I have blocked out the Residential School trama experience & forget I blocked out until my real mother told me. I had so very much anger & rage too because the foster dad put his hand in my underwear & I woke up & he took his hand out & was playing with his private in front of me & than one of his sons asked if I wanted to have sex with him when I was 14. I really need to know: for her using for so long: would it make her very shelfish. I have to grandchildren & she just decided she didn’t want to take care of her children & left to another town. She really doesn’t show any love or care for both of them. The fact my granddaughter was born into this toxic relationship she got into with her parents for over 10 years. Now my grandson is an addict & I am so very worried for both of my grandchildren. I am more worried about my granddaughter: that she might get sexually abused by one of my daughter’s male companion. I am so scared & worried. I don’t want my granddaughter to go through what I went through. My mother was also a Residential School Survivor: I suffered because she was a Survivor & my daughter suffered because I am a Survivor & now my grandchildren are suffering. So? Is this why my daughter doesn’t love or show any care towards her own children. I have been praying. Still to this day my daughter has no respect & refuse to admit she has a problem & that constantly is blaming for own problems. I wasn’t the one at her house drinking or using. She’s been breaking my heart since she was 11 years old. Now I hear she talks about killing herself when she’s drunk & high. I myself have been suicidal: I know it comes with my childhood trama. I still get those thoughts on & off, especially when my daughter shows no respect for me. She’s very mean & I noticed when she’s drunk & high: that’s when unkind person behaviour comes out. Yes! I have tried to kill myself more than a dozen times. I am get counseling now & it’s helping. I do cry for my granddaughter: because I am so worried about her well being & safety. I have reported her 3 times about her & she knows how to make herself look good: she always makes me look like the bad person: because she doesn’t want to take the responsibility of her own actions & than she tells them: oh that’s just my crazy mom talking crazy. It isn’t. She’s the one that’s crazy & out of control. I am literally crying while I am telling you all this. She does make me feel unwanted, unloved, unimportant & that I am not a live to her. Keeps telling me I am disrespecting her. I know I am not: because she’s keeps disrespecting me & it hurts so very much. I get counseling once a week & I am releasing a lot of anger & pain slowly. I still struggle with alcohol. I have tried treatment Center & it was just too intense & deep. That it was setting off the sensory overload & my fibromyalgia. I let her & try to tell her. My mother is in heaven & I know she’s always with me & has helped relize things I never understand about myself when I became a teenager. At first when I found my mother: I moved to Chilliwack to find her. I started drinking at the age of 19 & now I understand why. It’s our bodies that remember the childhood trama. So how may I help my daughter out: I know her brain is very damaged. I myself need to take some new medication for my last attempt suicide sometime this year. I do think about: I don’t go through: because I need to be here for my granddaughter. I really want to be here for her. I let her know she may talk to me if she needs to talk. I definitely know she’s loved & wanted by me. I know she’s struggling already: because her mom abandoned her & leaving her with her dad who I know mentally & verbally abused her & has he did with my daughter has well & he beat my daughter up too when he was drunk: Everytime he got drunk. I have been just trying to stop this horrible cycle.
I appreciate your kind comments.
Ingrid
I am a Nurse by profession and chose to be in the academe. This was very helpful to me and I am grateful for your generosity in sharing these learning and instructional mats with us.
I'm grateful for your very positive feedback. I hope this activity will work well in your summer biology class.
Ingrid
I have updated the tables to include all the new NGSS activities as of March 2022.
Ingrid
Absolutely beautiful resource. I was just looking for simple resources for my biology summer class and this is gold. Thank you for sharing it with us. The kids are gonna love this!
I was wondering who you are referring to the author or another reply?
Thank you for the information nonverbal communication is an ancient behavior that has contributed towards understanding what an individual is actually expressing. I truly believe people take for granted initially of his or her nonverbal gesturing, eyebrow movement and starring/star gazing just for a split second. Just to actually realized what they had just done, example, did I just flirt with her? I hope he didn't realize or notice me running my fingers through my hair.
The Student Handout and Teacher Notes have been updated with many recent research results, including on the Omicron variant. Also, I have streamlined and reorganized the Student Handout and added information to the Teacher Notes.
Ingrid
The Student Handout has been revised and reorganized to improve logical flow, clarity and student understanding of natural selection.
Ingrid
The Student Handout has been revised to improve clarity and student understanding of natural selection. The Teacher Preparation Notes have been revised and streamlined to improve clarity.
Ingrid
The Student Handout has been revised, reorganized and expanded to improve logical flow, clarity and student understanding of natural selection.
Ingrid
Just to preface I'm white and can't really dance. I feel like I can in private, but I'm just not an open enough person to do that in public(mostly due to some childhood trauma). So in public I don't know how to dance. But to be honest, I feel like your article went from something about dance to something about all the reasons why white people are bad. You also kind of contradicted yourself. You said you understand that not all white people are like this and then you admit that you punched a poster of a random white guy. That shows inherent racism against white people. So you just ruined the validity of your entire essay/article. I can understand some frustration after people mistreating you when you're trying to have fun, but generalizing a group of people(and a random guy on a poster) after having a bad experience with some isn't right. That's like me assuming that all black people are thieves after being robbed by one. First of all, it's completely unethical to make such an assumption. Second of all, it's just inherently an invalid argument that can be supported. In all honesty, I don't think anything that the white people did to you there was racially motivated. They were just people at a bar/club that were either assholes or too drunk to tell the difference between right and wrong.
Please see the Teacher Notes for information about how to obtain the key, as well as background biology and instructional suggestions.
Ingrid
I haven’t been diagnosed yet but I know I have this. My head feels brain damaged, I haven’t slept for weeks now. No appetite. I just stay in bed waiting to die. Where do people go? I can hardly shower and get dressed, my family think it’s just depression. I’ve never experienced this before and don’t want to die alone .
Can you sent me this answers key?