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Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)
Sept. 19, 2020 - Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away last night due to complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer, according to the Supreme Court of the United States. She was 87.  Word of the Dayappointed: verb;named to a position, usually after a selection process; Find it in blue in today's top story!Writing Practice
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Complete this Writing Practice. Then print or email your document, or if available, save it to Google Drive. Writing ProgressTrack your progress all year. For your Student Summary Report Form: Weekly VOCABWeek of September 14 auditory: adjective; related to sound, hearing;Fourth of July fireworks: Protect hands, fingers, eyes - and ears hygienic: adjective; related to hygiene, practices to prevent the spread of infections; Cover your coughs and sneezes! lenient: adjective; not strict, relaxed, casual; Find refuge, if permitted, at a National Wildlife Refuge reluctant: adjective; hesitant, not ready to do something; Women who flew through the clouds to reach the stars Today In HistorySeptember 20 1878: Upton Sinclair, American novelist and politician, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. 1853: Library of Congress: Elisah Graves Otis sold his first "hoist machines," or elevators, featuring an automatic safety brake that he had recently patented. His seemingly simple invention - guaranteed to stop a rising platform from falling if the ropes that held it broke - not only launched Otis' business, but made possible the development of passenger elevators and, with them, the modern high-rise building. While before 1850 most buildings were no more than six stories tall, today's skyscrapers range from fifty to more than one hundred stories in height.
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Studio glass art is a recent development but creating functional glass from silica sand is thousands of years old. Through this Student News Net video, tour the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, Washington to marvel at the beauty of glass and the chemical elements! Student News Net was there in 2017. Read More: Seattle sights are simply stupendous Pink diamonds are rareOver 90 percent of the world's pink diamonds come from The Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. Pink Diamonds are very rare and very expensive, but all diamonds are tetrahedrons of carbon atoms.  A rush for gold ended quicklyThe story of the short-lived Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) is told at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in downtown Seattle.  Glass: a hot and cool combo of art and scienceGlassblowing is a red hot, totally cool combination of art and science. In The News Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020)Sept. 19, 2020 - Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away last night due to complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer, according to the Supreme Court of the United States. She was 87.  Christie's to auction STAN, a T. rex skeletonSept. 18, 2020 - Walking by Rockefeller Center in New York City right now is a walk way back in time - about 65 million years to be exact.  Sept. 17: Constitution DaySept. 17, 2020 - On this day in 1787, the Constitution of the United States was signed in Philadelphia.  Hurricane Sally makes landfallSept. 16, 2020 - Hurricane Sally made landfall early Wednesday near Gulf Shores, Alabama.   |
