High school programs at the National Gallery of Art value depth over breadth, exploring original works of art through a single specific question or theme.
High School Studio Workshops
Single museum visit, 2.5 hours
Grades 9—12
These half-day art workshops include an in-depth examination and discussion of works of art in the galleries, followed by behind-the-scenes access to the Education Studio, where students create a related art project.
During the workshop, National Gallery of Art educators will encourage students to look carefully at works of art and then share their responses and develop theories based on their observations.
Students will have the opportunity to create a work of art in the studio inspired by what they have in the galleries.
Museum Marker: Exploring Art and Museums
Grades 11—12
The Museum Makers program explains how museums operate and what they have to offer. It gives high school students the tools to experience and understand art. Participants will gain the knowledge of how an art museum works.
Students meet for seven Saturday sessions from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Completion of the program requires attendance of all seven sessions.
Creative Writing in the Galleries
Grades 7—12, 90 minutes
Students will provide a voice for their personal responses to art through creative writing while look ingat a selection of artworks in the galleries. Using close observation, group discussion, and personal reflection, they will be guided through exercises that use different writing forms, including free-form poetry.
A maximum of 30 students (minimum of 15) will be accommodated (容纳) at each session.
In the August sun, it's unbearably hot in my car. I'm in Vancouver, approaching the Knight Street Bridge as I try to get home after work. It's 5:15 pm. Traffic is already slowing down and then it comes to a full stop. I'm stuck even before getting on the bridge.
This has become my normal work commute (上下班往返) routine. Ahead of me is a heavily jammed on-ramp (匝道). I stare at the endless rows of vehicles, depressed.
At first I think this is not how it looks. The traffic will soon start moving. Seconds pass. Minutes pass. Looking at the rows of cars and trucks glittering (闪光) in the sun, I start counting — 299, 300, 301 — and I give up.
Suddenly I remember I'm one of the 300 helpless drivers. But I stay alert (警觉的). When the cars do move, I move carefully, making sure not to bump into other vehicles. Finally, I make it onto the bridge. The traffic is still crawling at a snail's pace. Tired and hungry, I become very anxious.
Just then, I hear a weak sound in the distance. The sound gradually becomes louder, until I can identify it as an ambulance approaching from behind. What do we do? The bridge is packed. There's no room for us to move.
But I'm wrong. Every single car quickly, yet carefully, moves to the side. Without thinking, I follow suit. The lane remains open for a few seconds during which the ambulance flashes through.
Afterward, every car moves back. We close up the emergency lane, ready to continue our patient wait. Back in my spot, I'm awestruck. I forget my tiredness and hunger. My anxiety is gone. I start reflecting upon what 300 fellow drivers and I just did.
How did we do that? Despite our exhaustion, we collectively decided to help the stranger who needed the time more desperately than we did. We drew on our sympathy and intelligence, requiring no directives.
Although I may seem alone stuck on the bridge, I'm connected to all the other drivers. Together we could make the impossible possible.
Of the 8,300 million tons of virgin (原始的) plastic produced up to the end of 2015, 6,300 million tons have been discarded (丢弃). Most of that plastic waste is still with us, buried in landfills or polluting the environment. Microplastics have been found in Antarctic sea ice, in the guts of animals that live in the deepest ocean trenches and in drinking water around the world.
But what if we could wave a magic wand and remove all plastics from our lives? For the sake of the planet, it would be a tempting prospect — but we'd quickly find out just how far plastic has spread to every aspect of our existence.
In hospitals, the loss of plastic would be devastating. "Imagine trying to run a dialysis (透析) unit with no plastic", says Sharon George, senior lecturer in environmental sustainability and green technology at Keele University in the UK. Plastic is used in gloves, tubing, blood bags, sample tubes and more.
Some everyday plastic items are also vital for protecting health. Face masks, including plastic-based surgical masks and respirators (人工呼吸器), as well as reusable cloth masks, have helped slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. "A mask that you have for COVID is related to our safety and the safety of others," says George. "The impact of taking that away could be loss of life if you took it away on a big scale."
Our food system would also quickly come apart. We use packaging to protect food from damage in transit and preserve it long enough to reach supermarket shelves, as well as for communication and marketing. "I cannot imagine how plastic would be replaced completely in our system," says Eleni Iacovidou, a lecturer in environmental management at Brunel University London.
Swapping out plastic packaging would have knock-on (产生连锁反应的) environmental effects. While glass has some advantages over plastic, such as being endlessly recyclable, a one-liter glass bottle can weigh as much as 800 g compared to a 40 g plastic one. When those heavier bottles and jars need to be transported over long distances, carbon emissions grow even more.
It's clear that replacing one material with another won't solve all our plastic problems
Despite the bad reputation of sharks, they are crucial to the health of the marine ecosystem and can even help fight climate change.
In the shallows of Shark Bay, Western Australia, seagrass is food for the sea cows, which can weigh as much as 500 kg and eat roughly 40 kg of seagrass a day. Sea cows are a rich source of food for tiger sharks. By keeping the sea cow population controlled, tiger sharks here help the seagrass grow sustainably. A booming seagrass meadow stores twice as much CO2 per square mile as forests typically do on land.
But tiger shark numbers are declining. Off Australia's northeast coast of Queensland, tiger sharks are estimated to have fallen by at least 71 percent, largely due to overfishing. A reduction in tiger sharks means more seagrass consumed by herbivores (食草动物) and less carbon stored in sea vegetation. This raised the question: What if they were absent from the Shark Bay — would the seagrass-dominated ecosystem survive?
To find out, researchers led by Rob Nowicki of Florida International University, spent time in Eastern Australia, where shark numbers were lower and sea cows ate seagrass largely undisturbed. "When uncontrolled, sea cows can rapidly destroy wide areas of seagrass," said Nowicki.
Those findings emphasized that tiger sharks were playing an important role in preventing the reduction of seagrass in Shark Bay. If their populations continue to decline, the resilience of carbon-rich ocean ecosystems will likely decrease.
When it comes to stimulating shark numbers, there have been movements toward more sustainable fishing, but a large percentage of the industry have not changed their methods, which is a reason why the population of many marine top predators (捕食者) continues to decline.
Aside from supporting sustainable fishing, Nowicki said the only way to truly protect marine life is to reduce our global greenhouse gas emissions. "Ultimately, if we are going to protect our ecosystems in the centuries to come, we are going to need to solve climate change while undertaking species protection at the same time."
You've probably heard countless times how exercise is "good for you". But did you know that it can improve your mood too? .
Exercising regularly can help prevent weight gain, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. Exercises like jumping or lifting weights can help keep your bones strong. Also, when you exercise, your body makes chemicals that help you feel good. Exercise lowers your chances of depression and decreases feelings of anxiety. .
Considering all the health benefits of being physically active, it's easy to see why doing exercise is wise. And the great thing is that it's never too late to start. — like taking a short bike ride, walking the dog or raking (用耙子拢) leaves.
However, sometimes you may find it hard to keep exercising regularly. . If what you're doing isn't fun, it's hard to keep it up. But there are many different sports and activities you can try and see which one inspires you. If you need a little more motivation, take a class, join a team or find an exercise buddy to help keep you on track.
, even those with disabilities or medical problems. But if you have a health problem or other concerns, talk to your doctor before beginning an exercise plan.
A. Even small things can count as exercise
B. Everyone can benefit from moving more and sitting less
C. Exercise benefits every part of the body, including the mind
D. Sports and activities that encourage flexibility are easy to find
E. One of the biggest reasons people drop an exercise program is a lack of interest
F. Plus, exercise can give you a sense of accomplishment after you achieve a goal
G. Strengthening the heart, muscles and bones isn't the only important goal of exercise
Aged 25, I'd been 1 home when my wheels hit a puddle and I lost control. The car flew through the air, and when it landed, my body was soaked in blood.
2, a driver stopped to help me and I was cut out of my vehicle. Looking up in the ambulance, I saw a 3 face. "You lectured us not long ago," I said to Dr Stephen Rashford, my former teacher. Before he could reply, I began to 4: How would I become a doctor now? Seeing the fear in my eyes, he tried to 5 me. "Everything will be okay," he said. "If you want to get back to medicine after this, you'll find a way."
When I was alone in hospital, I 6 completely. "I'm crippled (残废)!" I cried, noting the many tubes coming out of me.
After eight months in hospital, I went back home, having 7 some upper limb (上肢) function and the ability to sit up again. 8 I had no movement in my fingers and legs. Despite all the misfortunes, over time, I began to 9 what had happened to me and I could still enjoy life.
As time passed, academics at university 10 me. "If you want to come back, now is the time you told me." However, returning to study after five years away was a 11.
In 2016, I passed my exams in university and was eventually 12 a scholarship at Gold Coast University Hospital. I can do everything from ultrasounds (超声波) to inserting cannulas (插管), but I know the most 13 part of being a good doctor is having a heart. The patients never showed any 14 about having me, a person with walking disability, as their doctor. In fact, a man in a wheelchair even expressed his confidence in me. "You understand what I'm 15," he said.
Social media is a platform people from all over the world can connect and interact with each other. It has become one of the biggest platforms ever in history and (change) so many things in our life. Students are also using social media in a number of (way).
Social media provides a platform for students (learn) and communicate. Learning has gone beyond classrooms, and social learning is involved in almost all the e-learning websites. Students can also take advantage live video that is a part of so many social networking sites to take classes.
Social media also offers students tool to express themselves. Many students are scared of the thought of what will happen if they express themselves. And social media helps them to share their thoughts without any fear, (make) it more likely for them to come out of the box and explore their talents. When students (active) take part in social media, they may come to a global level. For instance, they can even learn about the different courses (present) by universities from all around the world, which is (benefit) for them to improve their knowledge of foreign cultures.
Dear John,
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Yours,
Li Hua
Catherine was the coolest kid in her class. Whenever she went, she was in the spotlight, with a bunch of kids following her and doing everything she did.
Her deskmate, Landy, however, was not in the cool kids' group. Being the tallest kid in her class, she was teased by her classmates, who were always chanting "Landy, Landy, long as spaghetti (意大利面)". Every time Landy heard those silly chants, she could feel her face burst into flames. God knew how she wished the ground to crack and swallow her!
Catherine didn't really like it when the kids chanted "Landy, Landy, long as spaghetti". But she never told them to stop either, and nor did she ever talk to her. She liked being popular.
One weekend, Catherine went over to her grandfather for Thanksgiving. Her grandfather lives on a farm at the opposite end of town, where he keeps chickens. While helping to feed the chickens, Catherine noticed a peculiar one. Curling in the corner, it looked smaller than the others and was almost half-bare!
"What's the matter with it?" She asked her grandfather, with a puzzled frown on her face. Her grandfather told her how chickens could act. "They have a pecking (啄) order," he explained, wrinkles of concern spreading around his forehead. "If one chicken is different, the others will push it away and keep pecking it. Sometimes they peck it so much that it dies."
"Oh, what a poor little thing!" Catherine let out a sigh as she scooped the frightened chicken up in her arms, whose heart was beating fast in the bony little body. Suddenly, she thought of Landy, the girl being "pecked" by her classmates. "I'm going to take it home and take good care of it," she said with a determined look.
Back in school, Catherine told the cool kids about the chicken. "It's looking healthy," she said proudly. "It's fatter and its feathers are growing. Even the cat likes it. She carries it around the garden, and..." Everyone was entertained by Catherine's story of her lovely chicken, laughter lingering around the classroom.
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Then Catherine spotted Landy sitting by herself in a corner.
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But Catherine walked directly toward Landy, regardless of what they said.
