Upon getting information about an upcoming school science fair and the need to consider a topic of interest, many students will typically have no idea where to get started. While the science fair is typically a common occurrence in any school at any grade level, there are different types of topics that should be taken a look at depending on the age of the student. After first taking a look at the many different categories of science projects, you will be able to locate a suitable choice of topic to take to the next level.There is a wide variety of categories that fall under the types of science projects that can be chosen for a school science fair. These include biology, chemistry, physics, microbiology, biochemistry, medicine, environmental, mathematics, engineering, and earth science. While you may not have yet learned very much in any of these categories, don’t be afraid to see what each one entails. Taking a good look at your interests will allow you to focus on the right direction to take.Many resources are also available for those who are unsure as to the topic they are wanting to use to create their science projects. If you take a look at the topics that fall under the biology category, you will likely notice that there are topics that deal with plants, animals, and humans. For those who are in 2nd grade or 3rd grade, an interesting topic may be to determine if ants are picky over what type of food they eat. While this topic might not be of interest to an 8th grader, it is certainly something in the biology category that an elementary school student would enjoy.Along with the biology category, a high school student may want to take a look at diffusion and osmosis in animal cells as this would be a more appropriate topic for the grade level. A student in 6th grade would be more advanced than an elementary school student, but not as advanced as a high school student. At this middle school grade level, a topic of how pH levels effect the lifespan of a tadpole may be of interest.Whichever resource is used to locate a topic for science projects, it is always a good idea to consider the grade level of the student prior to making a selection. It is always assumed to be best to have a project at an appropriate level in order to keep the attention of the student and provide a fun and enjoyable learning experience.
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Opening An Art Studio in Second Life
Location, Location, Location is the same theme in Second Life as it is in First Life. When you find a location in a Second Life, in a mall or village shops, sometimes asking for an exclusive contract for your business if it is not clothing or clothing related is a good thing. Elven Enchantment Museum and Art Gallery are exclusive sponsors of Digital Knight Scripted Art Studio and so contracted for an exclusive contract at Magical Dreams Mall that we are the only people allowed to sell art in the mall.The second order of the day is an advertising campaign. There are many avenues of advertising in Second Life, billboards at the Edge are very popular, smaller advertising billboards at malls and clubs for people to click on and obtain a Landmark (LM). Other avenues are Second Life ads (SLads), writing articles for the Second Life Newspaper, and Enquirer. Just like in First Life writing to the editors to see if they are interested in an article is also a good practice and if you are fortunate, then your article will be accepted.Elven Enchantment Museum and Art Gallery used its group to remind members of the opening and also advertised on the Art and Artiste’s Network bringing in people who are interested in Second Life Art.The next item to do is to fill the studio full of art and plan your opening night. The former was done over the month of September and Mr. Montague decided to give away one copy of “Tall Ship” to the first person who could correctly guess the name of the ship.Then the last thing you do is write up a note card, fill in the information on the opening and drop it to all your friends on your friends list and ask them to bring a friend.After all the hard work and stress of organizing the artwork and planning the opening night, enjoying the fun on opening night was satisfying along with the payments for artwork purchased coming into your account.The competition for Tall Ship began right away and all of the guesses were fantastic and some of the guesses for the name of the French tall ships were Dora, Le Napoleon, the Royal Louis, and Cutter Sark to name a few. Some not so serious guesses of Unroyal Louis and H.M.S. Fig Newton were a few of my favorites.It was Atlantis Jewell who was the first to identify the name of the tall ship, but since the Museum were the Exclusive Sponsors of the event, was not qualified to win the artwork.Mr. Montague threw out helpful hints such as: It’s flying a French Flag! Napoleonic War and It’s a special ship as I had to find a picture of it to make it into “Tall Ship”. Spanish ships Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria made an appearance in the guessing line up as did the H.M.S. Victory and Surprise.The win went to Second Life Resident Tressie Jetaime with: “Acheron”. H.M.S. Surprise was the British ship that was commissioned to arrest the Acheron. The picture of this fabulous tall ship can be found in the movie, “Master and Commander.”
Muralists Now Using Digital Technology for Wallpaper Murals
In today’s economy the life of a muralist is a very difficult profession to make ends meet., especially with the innovation of photographic digital wallpaper mural art. Even though this may be true, muralists are still sought out by home owners and businesses in order to add that boost of life to their walls. Unlike photographic murals the look and texture of a hand painted mural adds that little bit of life to murals and some prefer this look, which is why some muralists have found a happy solution to the problem of making money from their profession. The answer is in digital murals. If you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em.Digital murals offer a faster and more cost effective way for muralists to showcase and sell their work to the masses. For instance, painting an 8ft by 12ft mural could take hours or even days for both customer and artist and end up costing thousands of dollars. Muralists have now embraced the digital mural trend technology to their advantage. Here’s how they do it. Simply by creating a mural on a smaller scale, perhaps 2ft by 4ft, than scanning sections of the image at a high resolution, piecing them together in a photo program and scaling the image up to the size of the wall, where they can than create a file for digital printers to print. All of this sounds pretty complex but thanks to some online companies, getting a mural made for retail has never been easier. Some wallpaper manufacturers offer scanning, scaling and layout services all in one location for custom made wallpaper murals, and some even offer incentives for muralists that wish to purchase their custom jobs in bulk for retail.Not only is this a time and money saver, but it can also yield some great results for the consumer that can buy these murals at a lower cost and can also have the freedom to remove them without feeling bad for destroying an original piece of art. Not only this, but Muralists can than opt to sell their original art or mass produce more versions for other consumers. This seems like a no brain-er alternative for muralists to continue to make a living doing what they love and offering a great competitive alternative to photo murals.